Dr. James Gleason is the Chief of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory. He serves Project Scientist for the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Mission (Suomi NPP) and as the Senior Project Scientist for the NASA/NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program.
Gleason is contributor to many ongoing research groups and studies involving atmospheric remote sensing. He was the Principal Investigator of the Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) data product from Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Earth Observing System's Aura mission.
As the NASA Headquarters Tropospheric Chemistry Program Manager, he led the development and coordination of NASA's contribution to the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) field campaign. Gleason and NOAA colleagues used the NASA DC-8, the NOAA P-3 aircraft and the NOAA ship Ron Brown, to coordinate a campaign of 13 aircraft from 5 countries and 5 US agencies. He serves on European Space Agency, EUMETSAT and NOAA advisory boards, helping to transfer NASA's lessons-learned from research satellites to help improve the planning for future operational satellites.
In addition to his work on OMI NO2, he has published papers on the effect of the Mount Pinatubo eruption on stratospheric ozone, long-term ozone trends and using Total Ozone Mapping (TOMS) Aerosol Index to monitor biomass burning in the Amazon Region.
Remote sensing of atmospheric trace species,
validation and analysis of satellite data,
laboratory kinetic studies.
Joint Polar Satellite System Senior Project Scientist
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) Project Scientist
1/2016
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Present
Chief, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
6/2015
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1/2016
Associate Chief, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory
NASA,
Goddard Space Flight Center
2005
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Present
Senior Research Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
2000
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2004
Tropospheric Chemistry Program Manger
NASA,
Detailed to NASA Headquarters
1993
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2005
Research Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenblt MD
1991
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1993
Research Scientist
University Space Research Association,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt MD
1989
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1991
NAS/NRC Resident Research Associate,
NAS National Research Council ,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt MD
1987
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1989
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Upton, NY
1980 – B. S. Chemistry, St. Lawrence University
1987 - Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Colorado
American Geophysical Union
,
1985
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Present
American Chemical Society
,
1979
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Present
1995 - 2004 European Space Agency ERS-2 GOME Science Advisory Group
2004 - 2012 EUMETSAT Post-EPS Mission Expert Team
2014 - 2018 European Space Agency Sentinel 5 Precursor Mission Advisory Group
2018 - present ESA Sentinel 5 Precursor Mission Quality Working Group
2004 - present Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) Project Scientist
2010 - present Joint Polar Satellite System Senior Project Scientist
2012 NASA Exceptional Acheivement Medal
2011 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
2007 Pecora Group Award for the Total Ozone Mapping (TOMS) Instrument Team
2006 AIAA Space Systems Group Award "for developing the Earth Observing System”
1993 - 1995 EOS Aura Project Scientist
1999 - 2011 Principal Investigator NO2 Data Product OMI Science Team
2002 - 2005 Tropospheric Chemistry Program Manager; NASA Headquarters
Dr. James Gleason is the Chief of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory. He serves Project Scientist for the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Mission (Suomi NPP) and as the Senior Project Scientist for the NASA/NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program.
Gleason is contributor to many ongoing research groups and studies involving atmospheric remote sensing. He was the Principal Investigator of the Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) data product from Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Earth Observing System's Aura mission.
As the NASA Headquarters Tropospheric Chemistry Program Manager, he led the development and coordination of NASA's contribution to the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) field campaign. Gleason and NOAA colleagues used the NASA DC-8, the NOAA P-3 aircraft and the NOAA ship Ron Brown, to coordinate a campaign of 13 aircraft from 5 countries and 5 US agencies. He serves on European Space Agency, EUMETSAT and NOAA advisory boards, helping to transfer NASA's lessons-learned from research satellites to help improve the planning for future operational satellites.
In addition to his work on OMI NO2, he has published papers on the effect of the Mount Pinatubo eruption on stratospheric ozone, long-term ozone trends and using Total Ozone Mapping (TOMS) Aerosol Index to monitor biomass burning in the Amazon Region.
