Dr. Erin Dawkins is a researcher in the Ionospheric, Thermospheric, and Mesospheric (ITM) Physics Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Dawkins' research focuses on detection and monitoring of both the Earth's atmosphere and lunar exosphere, using satellite and ground-based remote sensing techniques. Her work aims to better understand processes occurring within our atmosphere, including coupling of weather occurring at the Earth's surface to activity occurring within the upper reaches of our atmosphere at the boundary of space, as well as better understanding the lunar environment.
Erin Dawkins
(RESEARCH ASSOCIATE)
| Email: | erin.dawkins@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.7827 |
| Org Code: | 675 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 675 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | CATHOLIC UNIV OF AMERICA |
Brief Bio
Research Interests
Earth's upper atmosphere (remote sensing, chemistry, dynamics)
Earth Science: Atmospheric MeasurementEducation
- PhD - Atmospheric satellite remote sensing - University of Leeds (UK) - Awarded Jan 2015
- MSc - Applied Meteorology and Climatology - University of Birmingham (UK) - 2010
- MBiolSci - Zoology - University of Sheffield (UK) - 2008
Awards
- NASA Heliophysics Science Division - Peer Award - 2024
- NASA Special Act Award (group) - 2024
- NASA Robert H. Goddard Award, awarded to the NGAPS+ Early Career Workplace Survey team, in the DEIA category - 2024
- NASA Special Act Award - 2023
- NASA Special Act Award - 2022
- NASA GSFC Sciences and Exploration Directorate Team Award for Diversity, Inclusion and Equity - 2021
- NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement in Mentoring - 2020
- NASA Heliophysics Science Division - Peer Award - 2017
- Women of Achievement 2016 - Roll of Honour list - University of Leeds (UK) - 2016
- IUGG/IAGA Young Scientist Award - 2015
- Postgraduate Researcher Publication Award 2014/15 - University of Leeds (UK) - School of Earth and Environment - 2015
- Poster Prize - National Centre for Earth Observation (UK) Early Career Scientist Conference - 2014
- Bursary (~€2.7k) - National Centre for Atmospheric Science (UK) to attend European Research Course on Atmospheres - 2012
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Seasonal and Local Time Variation in the Observed Peak of the Meteor Altitude Distributions by Meteor Radars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 129 (21): [10.1029/2024jd040978] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Radar observation of the new lambda -Sculptorid meteor shower." Astronomy & Astrophysics [10.1051/0004-6361/202450281] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "A novel methodology to estimate pre-atmospheric dynamical conditions of small meteoroids." Planetary and Space Science 105796 [10.1016/j.pss.2023.105796] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Polarization dependency of transverse scattering and collisional coupling to the ambient atmosphere from meteor trails - theory and observations." Planetary and Space Science 105768 [10.1016/j.pss.2023.105768] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Solar Cycle and Long‐Term Trends in the Observed Peak of the Meteor Altitude Distributions by Meteor Radars." Geophysical Research Letters 50 (2): [10.1029/2022gl101953] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Selenographic and Local Time Dependence of Lunar Exospheric Sodium as Observed by LADEE." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (9): 220 [10.3847/psj/ac8805] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Across the Mesopause (ACaDAMe) Mission." Advances in Space Research [10.1016/j.asr.2019.07.012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Validation of SABER v2.0 Operational Temperature Data with Ground-based Lidars in the Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Region (75-105 km)." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres [10.1029/2018jd028742] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Comparison of Global Datasets of Sodium Densities in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere from GOMOS, SCIAMACHY and OSIRIS Measurements and WACCM Model Simulations from 2008 to 2012." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions 1-24 [10.5194/amt-2016-416] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Solar cycle response and long-term trends in the mesospheric metal layers." JGR- Space Physics [10.1002/2016JA022522] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The near-global mesospheric potassium layer: Observations and modeling." Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres [10.1002/2015JD023212] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Diurnal variation of the potassium layer in the upper atmosphere." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1002/2015GL063718] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The Mesosphere and Metals: Chemistry and Changes." Chemical Reviews [10.1021/cr500501m] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "First global observations of the mesospheric potassium layer." Geophysical Research Letters 41 (15): 5653–5661 [10.1002/2014GL060801] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Resolving the strange behaviour of extra-terrestrial potassium in the upper atmosphere." Geophysical Research Letters 41 [10.1002/2014GL060334] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Comparison of Precipitation Derived from the ECMWF Operational Forecast Model and Satellite Precipitation Datasets." J. Hydrometeor. 14 (5): 1463-1482 [Full Text] [10.1175/JHM-D-12-0182.1] [Journal Article/Letter]