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Erin Dawkins

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Erin Dawkins

  • 301.286.7827
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 675
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: CATHOLIC UNIV OF AMERICA

    • Education

    • 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 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

    Stober, G., R. Weryk, D. Janches, et al. E. C. Dawkins, F. Günzkofer, J. L. Hormaechea, and D. Pokhotelov. 2023. "Polarization dependency of transverse scattering and collisional coupling to the ambient atmosphere from meteor trails - theory and observations." Planetary and Space Science, 105768 (In Press) [10.1016/j.pss.2023.105768]

    Dawkins, E. C., G. Stober, D. Janches, et al. J. D. Carrillo‐Sánchez, R. S. Lieberman, C. Jacobi, T. Moffat‐Griffin, N. J. Mitchell, N. Cobbett, P. P. Batista, V. F. Andrioli, R. A. Buriti, D. J. Murphy, J. Kero, N. Gulbrandsen, M. Tsutsumi, A. Kozlovsky, J. H. Kim, C. Lee, and M. Lester. 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]

    Dawkins, E. C., M. Sarantos, D. Janches, E. Mierkiewicz, and A. Colaprete. 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]

    Janches, D., A. Yu, M. Krainak, et al. C. Gardner, B. Kaifler, S. Etemad, D. Fritts, S. Eckermann, R. Collins, E. Dawkins, R. Lieberman, D. Marsh, G. Liu, and W. Jarvis. 2019. "The Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Across the Mesopause (ACaDAMe) Mission." Advances in Space Research, (In Press) [10.1016/j.asr.2019.07.012]

    Dawkins, E. C., A. Feofilov, L. Rezac, et al. A. A. Kutepov, D. Janches, J. Höffner, X. Chu, X. Lu, M. G. Mlynczak, and J. Russell. 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, (In Press) [10.1029/2018jd028742]

    Langowski, M. P., C. von Savigny, J. P. Burrows, et al. D. Fussen, E. C. Dawkins, W. Feng, J. M. Plane, and D. R. Marsh. 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]

    Dawkins, E., J. M. Plane, M. P. Chipperfield, et al. W. Feng, D. R. Marsh, J. Hoeffner, and D. Janches. 2016. "Solar cycle response and long-term trends in the mesospheric metal layers." JGR- Space Physics, [10.1002/2016JA022522]

    Dawkins, E., J. M. Plane, M. P. Chipperfield, and W. Feng. 2015. "The near-global mesospheric potassium layer: Observations and modeling." Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, [10.1002/2015JD023212]

    Feng, W., J. Höffner, D. R. Marsh, et al. M. P. Chipperfield, E. Dawkins, T. P. Viehl, and J. M. Plane. 2015. "Diurnal variation of the potassium layer in the upper atmosphere." Geophysical Research Letters, [10.1002/2015GL063718]

    Plane, J. M., W. Feng, and E. Dawkins. 2015. "The Mesosphere and Metals: Chemistry and Changes." Chemical Reviews, [10.1021/cr500501m]

    Dawkins, E., J. M. Plane, M. P. Chipperfield, et al. W. Feng, J. Gumbel, J. Hedin, J. Höffner, and J. S. Friedman. 2014. "First global observations of the mesospheric potassium layer." Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (15): 5653–5661 [10.1002/2014GL060801]

    Plane, J. M., W. Feng, E. Dawkins, et al. M. P. Chipperfield, J. Hoffner, D. Janches, D. R. Marsh, and E. Dawkins. 2014. "Resolving the strange behaviour of extra-terrestrial potassium in the upper atmosphere." Geophysical Research Letters, 41: [10.1002/2014GL060334]

    Kidd, C., E. Dawkins, and G. J. Huffman. 2013. "Comparison of Precipitation Derived from the ECMWF Operational Forecast Model and Satellite Precipitation Datasets." J. Hydrometeor., 14 (5): 1463-1482 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1175/JHM-D-12-0182.1]

    Publications

    Refereed

    Stober, G., R. Weryk, D. Janches, et al. E. C. Dawkins, F. Günzkofer, J. L. Hormaechea, and D. Pokhotelov. 2023. "Polarization dependency of transverse scattering and collisional coupling to the ambient atmosphere from meteor trails - theory and observations." Planetary and Space Science (In Press) 105768 [10.1016/j.pss.2023.105768]

    Dawkins, E. C., G. Stober, D. Janches, et al. J. D. Carrillo‐Sánchez, R. S. Lieberman, C. Jacobi, T. Moffat‐Griffin, N. J. Mitchell, N. Cobbett, P. P. Batista, V. F. Andrioli, R. A. Buriti, D. J. Murphy, J. Kero, N. Gulbrandsen, M. Tsutsumi, A. Kozlovsky, J. H. Kim, C. Lee, and M. Lester. 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]

    Dawkins, E. C., M. Sarantos, D. Janches, E. Mierkiewicz, and A. Colaprete. 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]

    Janches, D., A. Yu, M. Krainak, et al. C. Gardner, B. Kaifler, S. Etemad, D. Fritts, S. Eckermann, R. Collins, E. Dawkins, R. Lieberman, D. Marsh, G. Liu, and W. Jarvis. 2019. "The Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Across the Mesopause (ACaDAMe) Mission." Advances in Space Research (In Press) [10.1016/j.asr.2019.07.012]

    Dawkins, E. C., A. Feofilov, L. Rezac, et al. A. A. Kutepov, D. Janches, J. Höffner, X. Chu, X. Lu, M. G. Mlynczak, and J. Russell. 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 (In Press) [10.1029/2018jd028742]

    Langowski, M. P., C. von Savigny, J. P. Burrows, et al. D. Fussen, E. C. Dawkins, W. Feng, J. M. Plane, and D. R. Marsh. 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]

    Dawkins, E., J. M. Plane, M. P. Chipperfield, et al. W. Feng, D. R. Marsh, J. Hoeffner, and D. Janches. 2016. "Solar cycle response and long-term trends in the mesospheric metal layers." JGR- Space Physics [10.1002/2016JA022522]

    Dawkins, E., J. M. Plane, M. P. Chipperfield, and W. Feng. 2015. "The near-global mesospheric potassium layer: Observations and modeling." Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres [10.1002/2015JD023212]

    Feng, W., J. Höffner, D. R. Marsh, et al. M. P. Chipperfield, E. Dawkins, T. P. Viehl, and J. M. Plane. 2015. "Diurnal variation of the potassium layer in the upper atmosphere." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1002/2015GL063718]

    Plane, J. M., W. Feng, and E. Dawkins. 2015. "The Mesosphere and Metals: Chemistry and Changes." Chemical Reviews [10.1021/cr500501m]

    Dawkins, E., J. M. Plane, M. P. Chipperfield, et al. W. Feng, J. Gumbel, J. Hedin, J. Höffner, and J. S. Friedman. 2014. "First global observations of the mesospheric potassium layer." Geophysical Research Letters 41 (15): 5653–5661 [10.1002/2014GL060801]

    Plane, J. M., W. Feng, E. Dawkins, et al. M. P. Chipperfield, J. Hoffner, D. Janches, D. R. Marsh, and E. Dawkins. 2014. "Resolving the strange behaviour of extra-terrestrial potassium in the upper atmosphere." Geophysical Research Letters 41 [10.1002/2014GL060334]

    Kidd, C., E. Dawkins, and G. J. Huffman. 2013. "Comparison of Precipitation Derived from the ECMWF Operational Forecast Model and Satellite Precipitation Datasets." J. Hydrometeor. 14 (5): 1463-1482 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1175/JHM-D-12-0182.1]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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