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Dr. Emily L Wilson

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Dr. Emily L Wilson

  • Associate Deputy Director for Atmospheres , Earth Sciences Division
  • 301.614.6730
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 610.8
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Research Interests

    Research Interests:

    specializes in instrument development for measurement of atmospheric trace gases

    Positions/Employment

    2016 - Present

    Research Physical Scientist

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
    2013 - 2016

    Lab Chief, Laser Remote Sensing Lab

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
    2010 - 2013

    Associate Lab Chief, Laser Remote Sensing Lab

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
    2008 - 2010

    Associate Head, Laser and Electro-Optics Branch

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
    2005 - 2008

    Optical Physicist - Laser and Electro-Optics Branch

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
    2002 - 2005

    NRC Postdoc - Laser and Electro-Optics Branch

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
    1999 - 2002

    Graduate Research Assistant

    George Washington University, Washington, DC
    1997 - 1999

    Science Education Assistant

    Lemelson Center for Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, Washington DC
    1995 - 1997

    Graduate Research Fellow

    Boston University, Boston, MA

    Education

    PhD, Physcial Chemistry, George Washington University, 2002

    MA, Chemistry, Boston University, 1999

    BS, Chemistry, University of Montana, 1995

    Other Professional Information

    Instrument Development Experience

    • P.I. on Laser Heterodyne Radiometer instrument for measurements of CO2 in the troposphere. Supported by NASA/GSFC Internal Research and Development (IRAD) program. 
    •   P.I. on Miniaturized Hollow-Fiber Gas Correlation Radiometer instrument for trace gas measurements on Mars. Supported under NASA Planetary Instrument Definition and Development (PIDD) program.
    • Co-I on Fabry-Perot Interferometer instrument development let by William S. Heaps.  Supported under the Earth Science Technology Office Instrument Incubator Program (ESTO IIP).  Passive instrument measures CO2, O2, and H2O in Earth’s atmosphere.
    • Co-I on CO2 Laser Sounder instrument development led by James B. Abshire.  Effort also supported under ESTO IIP.  Active instrument measures atmospheric CO2 and O2.  Led instrument field testing.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Boyd, P. T., E. L. Wilson, A. P. Smale, et al. P. Supsinskas, T. A. Livengood, T. Hewagama, G. L. Villanueva, A. Marshak, N. A. Krotkov, P. Pokorny, J. Bixler, J. D. Noland, G. Ramu, P. Cleveland, J. Ganino, M. Jhabvala, E. Quintana, E. Gilbert, K. Colón, G. N. Arney, S. D. Domagal-Goldman, A. Mandell, T. Barclay, M. Kuchner, and L. Ott. 2022. "EarthShine: Observing our world as an exoplanet from the surface of the Moon." Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 8 (01): 014003 [10.1117/1.jatis.8.1.014003]

    Wilson, E. L., V. J. Riot, A. J. DiGregorio, et al. G. Ramu, P. Cleveland, L. M. Simms, D. Carter, B. Bruner, J. Young, and G. Villanueva. 2021. "MiniCarb: a passive, occultation-viewing, 6U CubeSat for observations of CO2, CH4, and H2O." Measurement Science and Technology, 33 (1): 015902 [10.1088/1361-6501/ac3679]

    Wilson, E. L., A. J. DiGregorio, G. Villanueva, et al. C. E. Grunberg, Z. Souders, K. M. Miletti, A. Menendez, M. H. Grunberg, M. A. Floyd, J. E. Bleacher, E. S. Euskirchen, C. Edgar, B. J. Caldwell, B. Shiro, and K. Binsted. 2019. "A portable miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer (mini-LHR) for remote measurements of column CH4 and CO2." Applied Physics B, 125 (11): 211 [10.1007/s00340-019-7315-8]

    Palmer, P. I., E. L. Wilson, G. L. Villanueva, et al. G. Liuzzi, L. Feng, A. J. DiGregorio, J. Mao, L. Ott, and B. Duncan. 2019. "Potential improvements in global carbon flux estimates from a network of laser heterodyne radiometer measurements of column carbon dioxide." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12 (4): 2579-2594 [10.5194/amt-12-2579-2019]

    Wilson, E. L., A. J. DiGregorio, V. J. Riot, et al. M. S. Ammons, W. W. Bruner, D. Carter, J. Mao, A. Ramanathan, S. E. Strahan, L. D. Oman, C. Hoffman, and R. M. Garner. 2017. "A 4 U laser heterodyne radiometer for methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements from an occultation-viewing CubeSat." Measurement Science and Technology, 28 (3): 035902 [10.1088/1361-6501/aa5440]

    Sinclair, J., P. Irwin, S. Calcutt, and E. Wilson. 2015. "On the detectability of trace chemical species in the martian atmosphere using gas correlation filter radiometry." Icarus, 260: 103-127 [10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.005]

    Melroy, H. R., E. L. Wilson, G. B. Clarke, et al. L. E. Ott, J. Mao, A. K. Ramanathan, and M. L. McLinden. 2015. "Autonomous field measurements of CO2 in the atmospheric column with the miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer (Mini-LHR)." Appl. Phys. B, 120 (4): 609-615 [10.1007/s00340-015-6172-3]

    Clarke, G. B., E. L. Wilson, J. H. Miller, and H. R. Melroy. 2014. "Uncertainty analysis for the miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer (mini-LHR) for the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmospheric column." Measurement Science and Technology, 25 (5): 055204 [10.1088/0957-0233/25/5/055204]

    Wilson, E. L., M. L. Mclinden, J. H. Miller, et al. G. R. Allan, L. E. Ott, H. Melroy, and G. B. Clarke. 2013. "Miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer for measurements of CO2 in the atmospheric column." Applied Physics B, 114 (3): 385-393 [10.1007/s00340-013-5531-1]

    Wilson, E. L., M. F. Neveu, H. Riris, E. M. Georgieva, and W. S. Heaps. 2011. "A hollow-waveguide gas correlation radiometer for ultra-precise column measurements of formaldehyde on Mars." Measurement Science and Technology, 22 (8): 085902 [10.1088/0957-0233/22/8/085902]

    Georgieva, E. M., W. Heaps, and E. Wilson. 2008. "Differential Radiometers Using Fabry–Perot Interferometric Technique for Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 46 (10): 3115-3122 [10.1109/TGRS.2008.921570]

    Heaps, W., E. Wilson, and E. M. Georgieva. 2008. "Precision Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Constituents Using a Compact Fabry-Perot Radiometer." Intern'l J High Speed Electronics and Systems (IJHSES), 18 (3): 601-612 [10.1142/S0129156408005606]

    Wilson, E., E. M. Georgieva, and W. Heaps. 2007. "Development of a Fabry-Perot interferometer for ultra-precise measurements of column CO2." Measurement Science and Technology, 18: 1495-1502 [10.1088/0957-0233/18/5/040]

    Georgieva, E. M., E. Wilson, M. Miodek, and W. Heaps. 2006. "Total Column Oxygen Detection Using Fabry-Perot Interferometer." Optical Engr, 45 (11): 115001.

    Georgieva, E., E. Wilson, M. Miodek, and W. S. Heaps. 2004. "Experimental data on O 2 absorption using Fabry-Perot-based optical setup for remote sensing atmospheric observations." Earth Observing Systems IX, [10.1117/12.559891]

    Wilson, E. L., and J. Houston Miller. 2002. "Temporally resolved species measurements in a flickering AIR-diluted, non-premixed natural gas flame by extractive sampling of flame gases and fourier transform ir analysis." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 29 (2): 2711-2718 [10.1016/s1540-7489(02)80330-3]

    Miller, J. H., A. R. Awtry, M. E. Moses, A. D. Jewell, and E. L. Wilson. 2002. "Measurements of hydrogen cyanide and its chemical production rate in a laminar methane/air, non-premixed flame using cw cavity ringdown spectroscopy." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 29 (2): 2203-2209 [10.1016/s1540-7489(02)80268-1]

    Wilson, E. L., and J. H. Miller. 2001. "Development of a pulsed sampling probe for time-resolved measurements in flickering flames." Measurement Science and Technology, 12 (10): 1701--1708 [10.1088/0957-0233/12/10/313]

    Publications

    Refereed

    Boyd, P. T., E. L. Wilson, A. P. Smale, et al. P. Supsinskas, T. A. Livengood, T. Hewagama, G. L. Villanueva, A. Marshak, N. A. Krotkov, P. Pokorny, J. Bixler, J. D. Noland, G. Ramu, P. Cleveland, J. Ganino, M. Jhabvala, E. Quintana, E. Gilbert, K. Colón, G. N. Arney, S. D. Domagal-Goldman, A. Mandell, T. Barclay, M. Kuchner, and L. Ott. 2022. "EarthShine: Observing our world as an exoplanet from the surface of the Moon." Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 8 (01): 014003 [10.1117/1.jatis.8.1.014003]

    Wilson, E. L., V. J. Riot, A. J. DiGregorio, et al. G. Ramu, P. Cleveland, L. M. Simms, D. Carter, B. Bruner, J. Young, and G. Villanueva. 2021. "MiniCarb: a passive, occultation-viewing, 6U CubeSat for observations of CO2, CH4, and H2O." Measurement Science and Technology 33 (1): 015902 [10.1088/1361-6501/ac3679]

    Wilson, E. L., A. J. DiGregorio, G. Villanueva, et al. C. E. Grunberg, Z. Souders, K. M. Miletti, A. Menendez, M. H. Grunberg, M. A. Floyd, J. E. Bleacher, E. S. Euskirchen, C. Edgar, B. J. Caldwell, B. Shiro, and K. Binsted. 2019. "A portable miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer (mini-LHR) for remote measurements of column CH4 and CO2." Applied Physics B 125 (11): 211 [10.1007/s00340-019-7315-8]

    Palmer, P. I., E. L. Wilson, G. L. Villanueva, et al. G. Liuzzi, L. Feng, A. J. DiGregorio, J. Mao, L. Ott, and B. Duncan. 2019. "Potential improvements in global carbon flux estimates from a network of laser heterodyne radiometer measurements of column carbon dioxide." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 (4): 2579-2594 [10.5194/amt-12-2579-2019]

    Wilson, E. L., A. J. DiGregorio, V. J. Riot, et al. M. S. Ammons, W. W. Bruner, D. Carter, J. Mao, A. Ramanathan, S. E. Strahan, L. D. Oman, C. Hoffman, and R. M. Garner. 2017. "A 4 U laser heterodyne radiometer for methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements from an occultation-viewing CubeSat." Measurement Science and Technology 28 (3): 035902 [10.1088/1361-6501/aa5440]

    Sinclair, J., P. Irwin, S. Calcutt, and E. Wilson. 2015. "On the detectability of trace chemical species in the martian atmosphere using gas correlation filter radiometry." Icarus 260 103-127 [10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.005]

    Melroy, H. R., E. L. Wilson, G. B. Clarke, et al. L. E. Ott, J. Mao, A. K. Ramanathan, and M. L. McLinden. 2015. "Autonomous field measurements of CO2 in the atmospheric column with the miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer (Mini-LHR)." Appl. Phys. B 120 (4): 609-615 [10.1007/s00340-015-6172-3]

    Clarke, G. B., E. L. Wilson, J. H. Miller, and H. R. Melroy. 2014. "Uncertainty analysis for the miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer (mini-LHR) for the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmospheric column." Measurement Science and Technology 25 (5): 055204 [10.1088/0957-0233/25/5/055204]

    Wilson, E. L., M. L. Mclinden, J. H. Miller, et al. G. R. Allan, L. E. Ott, H. Melroy, and G. B. Clarke. 2013. "Miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer for measurements of CO2 in the atmospheric column." Applied Physics B 114 (3): 385-393 [10.1007/s00340-013-5531-1]

    Wilson, E. L., M. F. Neveu, H. Riris, E. M. Georgieva, and W. S. Heaps. 2011. "A hollow-waveguide gas correlation radiometer for ultra-precise column measurements of formaldehyde on Mars." Measurement Science and Technology 22 (8): 085902 [10.1088/0957-0233/22/8/085902]

    Georgieva, E. M., W. Heaps, and E. Wilson. 2008. "Differential Radiometers Using Fabry–Perot Interferometric Technique for Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 46 (10): 3115-3122 [10.1109/TGRS.2008.921570]

    Heaps, W., E. Wilson, and E. M. Georgieva. 2008. "Precision Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Constituents Using a Compact Fabry-Perot Radiometer." Intern'l J High Speed Electronics and Systems (IJHSES) 18 (3): 601-612 [10.1142/S0129156408005606]

    Wilson, E., E. M. Georgieva, and W. Heaps. 2007. "Development of a Fabry-Perot interferometer for ultra-precise measurements of column CO2." Measurement Science and Technology 18 1495-1502 [10.1088/0957-0233/18/5/040]

    Georgieva, E. M., E. Wilson, M. Miodek, and W. Heaps. 2006. "Total Column Oxygen Detection Using Fabry-Perot Interferometer." Optical Engr 45 (11): 115001

    Georgieva, E., E. Wilson, M. Miodek, and W. S. Heaps. 2004. "Experimental data on O 2 absorption using Fabry-Perot-based optical setup for remote sensing atmospheric observations." Earth Observing Systems IX [10.1117/12.559891]

    Wilson, E. L., and J. Houston Miller. 2002. "Temporally resolved species measurements in a flickering AIR-diluted, non-premixed natural gas flame by extractive sampling of flame gases and fourier transform ir analysis." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 29 (2): 2711-2718 [10.1016/s1540-7489(02)80330-3]

    Miller, J. H., A. R. Awtry, M. E. Moses, A. D. Jewell, and E. L. Wilson. 2002. "Measurements of hydrogen cyanide and its chemical production rate in a laminar methane/air, non-premixed flame using cw cavity ringdown spectroscopy." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 29 (2): 2203-2209 [10.1016/s1540-7489(02)80268-1]

    Wilson, E. L., and J. H. Miller. 2001. "Development of a pulsed sampling probe for time-resolved measurements in flickering flames." Measurement Science and Technology 12 (10): 1701--1708 [10.1088/0957-0233/12/10/313]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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