Brief Bio

Kerry Meyer's research interests include satellite and aircraft remote sensing of clouds and aerosols. He is a member of the MODIS, S-NPP, and DSCOVR science teams, working on the operational cloud optical and microphysical property products as well as EOS-SNPP climate data record continuity. He has also been involved with remote sensing field campaigns using the MODIS Airborne Simulator flown on the NASA ER-2.

Meyer joined the Climate and Radiation Branch of the Laboratory for Atmospheres in 2007 as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the NASA Postdoctoral Program. He was an Assistant Research Scientist with Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland – Baltimore County, from 2010 to 2011, and from 2011 through 2016 was a Research Scientist with Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research, Universities Space Research Association. In January 2017, he became a civil servant in the Climate and Radiation Branch.

Publications

Refereed

Pincus, R., P. A. Hubanks, S. A. Platnick, et al. K. Meyer, R. E. Holz, D. Botambekov, and C. J. Wall. 2022. "Updated observations of clouds by MODIS for global model assessment." Earth System Science Data (Accepted) [10.5194/essd-2022-282]

Yuan, T., H. Song, R. Wood, et al. C. Wang, L. Oreopoulos, S. E. Platnick, S. von Hippel, K. Meyer, S. Light, and E. Wilcox. 2022. "Global reduction in ship-tracks from sulfur regulations for shipping fuel." Science Advances 8 (29): [10.1126/sciadv.abn7988]

Kato, S., T. J. Thorsen, S.-H. Ham, et al. N. G. Loeb, R. A. Ferrare, D. M. Winker, H. Barker, G. L. Stephens, S. Schmidt, K. G. Meyer, and B. Cairns. 2022. "Effect of Spectral Variability of Aerosol Optical Properties on Direct Aerosol Radiative Effect." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.904505]

Yue, Q., E. J. Fetzer, L. Wang, et al. B. H. Kahn, N. Smith, J. M. Blaisdell, K. G. Meyer, M. Schreier, B. Lambrigtsen, and I. Tkatcheva. 2022. "Evaluating the consistency and continuity of pixel-scale cloud property data records from Aqua and SNPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 15 (7): 2099-2123 [10.5194/amt-15-2099-2022]

Wind, G., A. M. da Silva, K. G. Meyer, S. Platnick, and P. M. Norris. 2022. "Analysis of the MODIS above-cloud aerosol retrieval algorithm using MCARS." Geoscientific Model Development 15 (1): 1-14 [10.5194/gmd-15-1-2022]

Redemann, J., R. Wood, P. Zuidema, et al. S. J. Doherty, B. Luna, S. E. LeBlanc, M. S. Diamond, Y. Shinozuka, I. Y. Chang, R. Ueyama, L. Pfister, J.-M. Ryoo, A. N. Dobracki, A. M. da Silva, K. M. Longo, M. S. Kacenelenbogen, C. J. Flynn, K. Pistone, N. M. Knox, S. J. Piketh, J. M. Haywood, P. Formenti, M. Mallet, P. Stier, A. S. Ackerman, S. E. Bauer, A. M. Fridlind, G. R. Carmichael, P. E. Saide, G. A. Ferrada, S. G. Howell, S. Freitag, B. Cairns, B. N. Holben, K. D. Knobelspiesse, S. Tanelli, T. S. L'Ecuyer, A. M. Dzambo, O. O. Sy, G. M. McFarquhar, M. R. Poellot, S. Gupta, J. R. O'Brien, A. Nenes, M. E. Kacarab, J. P. Wong, J. D. Small-Griswold, K. L. Thornhill, D. Noone, J. R. Podolske, K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, H. Chen, S. P. Cochrane, A. J. Sedlacek, T. J. Lang, E. Stith, M. Segal-Rozenhaimer, R. A. Ferrare, S. P. Burton, C. A. Hostetler, D. J. Diner, S. E. Platnick, J. S. Myers, K. G. Meyer, D. A. Spangenberg, H. Maring, and L. Gao. 2021. "An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the Southeast Atlantic basin." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics [10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021]

Platnick, S., K. Meyer, G. Wind, et al. R. E. Holz, N. Amarasinghe, P. A. Hubanks, B. Marchant, S. Dutcher, and P. Veglio. 2020. "The NASA MODIS-VIIRS Continuity Cloud Optical Properties Products." Remote Sensing 13 (1): 2 [10.3390/rs13010002]

Yuan, T., H. Song, R. Wood, et al. J. Mohrmann, K. Meyer, L. Oreopoulos, and S. Platnick. 2020. "Applying deep learning to NASA MODIS data to create a community record of marine low-cloud mesoscale morphology." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 (12): 6989-6997 [10.5194/amt-13-6989-2020]

Platnick, S., K. Meyer, N. Amarasinghe, et al. G. Wind, P. A. Hubanks, and R. E. Holz. 2020. "Sensitivity of Multispectral Imager Liquid Water Cloud Microphysical Retrievals to the Index of Refraction." Remote Sensing 12 (24): 4165 [10.3390/rs12244165]

Meyer, K., S. Platnick, R. Holz, et al. S. Dutcher, G. Quinn, and F. Nagle. 2020. "Derivation of Shortwave Radiometric Adjustments for SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS for the NASA MODIS-VIIRS Continuity Cloud Products." Remote Sensing 12 (24): 4096 [10.3390/rs12244096]

Mallet, M., F. Solmon, P. Nabat, et al. N. Elguindi, F. Waquet, D. Bouniol, A. M. Sayer, K. Meyer, R. Roehrig, M. Michou, P. Zuidema, C. Flamant, J. Redemann, and P. Formenti. 2020. "Direct and semi-direct radiative forcing of biomass-burning aerosols over the southeast Atlantic (SEA) and its sensitivity to absorbing properties: a regional climate modeling study." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20 (21): 13191-13216 [10.5194/acp-20-13191-2020]

Marchant, B., S. Platnick, K. Meyer, and G. Wind. 2020. "Evaluation of the Aqua MODIS Collection 6.1 multilayer cloud detection algorithm through comparisons with CloudSat CPR and CALIPSO CALIOP products." AMT (Accepted) [10.5194/amt-2019-448]

Cochrane, S. P., K. S. Schmidt, H. Chen, et al. P. Pilewskie, S. Kittelman, J. Redemann, S. LeBlanc, K. Pistone, M. Kacenelenbogen, M. Segal Rozenhaimer, Y. Shinozuka, C. Flynn, S. Platnick, K. Meyer, R. Ferrare, S. Burton, C. Hostetler, S. Howell, S. Freitag, A. Dobracki, and S. Doherty. 2019. "Above-cloud aerosol radiative effects based on ORACLES 2016 and ORACLES 2017 aircraft experiments." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 (12): 6505-6528 [10.5194/amt-12-6505-2019]

Ding, J., P. Yang, M. D. King, et al. S. Platnick, X. Liu, K. G. Meyer, and C. Wang. 2019. "A Fast Vector Radiative Transfer Model for the Atmosphere-Ocean Coupled System." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 239 106667 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.106667]

Peers, F., P. Francis, C. Fox, et al. S. J. Abel, K. Szpek, M. I. Cotterell, N. W. Davies, J. M. Langridge, K. G. Meyer, S. E. Platnick, and J. M. Haywood. 2019. "Observation of absorbing aerosols above clouds over the south-east Atlantic Ocean from the geostationary satellite SEVIRI – Part 1: Method description and sensitivity." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (14): 9595-9611 [10.5194/acp-19-9595-2019]

Yuan, T., C. Wang, H. Song, et al. S. Platnick, K. Meyer, and L. Oreopoulos. 2019. "Automatically Finding Ship-tracks to Enable Large-scale Analysis of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1029/2019gl083441]

Mallet, M., P. Nabat, P. Zuidema, et al. J. Redemann, A. M. Sayer, M. Stengel, S. Schmidt, S. Cochrane, S. Burton, R. Ferrare, K. Meyer, P. Saide, H. Jethva, O. Torres, R. Wood, D. Saint Martin, R. Roehrig, C. Hsu, and P. Formenti. 2019. "Simulation of the transport, vertical distribution, optical properties and radiative impact of smoke aerosols with the ALADIN regional climate model during the ORACLES-2016 and LASIC experiments." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (7): 4963-4990 [10.5194/acp-19-4963-2019]

Yang, Y., K. Meyer, G. Wind, et al. Y. Zhou, A. Marshak, S. Platnick, Q. Min, A. B. Davis, J. Joiner, A. Vasilkov, D. Duda, and W. Su. 2019. "Cloud products from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC): algorithms and initial evaluation." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 (3): 2019-2031 [10.5194/amt-12-2019-2019]

Wang, C., S. Platnick, T. Fauchez, et al. K. Meyer, Z. Zhang, H. Iwabuchi, and B. H. Kahn. 2019. "An Assessment of the Impacts of Cloud Vertical Heterogeneity on Global Ice Cloud Data Records From Passive Satellite Retrievals." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres [10.1029/2018jd029681]

Spencer, R. S., R. C. Levy, L. A. Remer, et al. S. Mattoo, G. T. Arnold, D. L. Hlavka, K. G. Meyer, A. Marshak, E. M. Wilcox, and S. E. Platnick. 2019. "Exploring aerosols near clouds with high-spatial-resolution aircraft remote sensing during SEAC4RS." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres [10.1029/2018jd028989]

Witte, M. K., T. Yuan, P. Y. Chuang, et al. S. Platnick, K. G. Meyer, G. Wind, and H. H. Jonsson. 2018. "MODIS Retrievals of Cloud Effective Radius in Marine Stratocumulus Exhibit No Significant Bias." Geophysical Research Letters 45 (19): 10,656-10,664 [10.1029/2018gl079325]

Marshak, A., J. Herman, A. Szabo, et al. K. Blank, S. Carn, A. Cede, I. Geogdzhayev, D. Huang, L.-K. Huang, Y. Knyazikhin, M. Kowalewski, N. Krotkov, A. Lyapustin, R. McPeters, K. Meyer, O. Torres, and Y. Yang. 2018. "Earth Observations from DSCOVR/EPIC Instrument." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society BAMS-D-17-0223.1 [10.1175/bams-d-17-0223.1]

Fauchez, T., S. Platnick, T. Várnai, et al. K. Meyer, C. Cornet, and F. Szczap. 2018. "Scale dependence of cirrus heterogeneity effects. Part II: MODIS NIR and SWIR channels." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18 (16): 12105-12121 [10.5194/acp-18-12105-2018]

Yuan, T., L. Oreopoulos, S. E. Platnick, and K. Meyer. 2018. "Observations of Local Positive Low Cloud Feedback Patterns and Their Role in Internal Variability and Climate Sensitivity." Geophysical Research Letters 45 (9): 4438-4445 [10.1029/2018gl077904]

Fauchez, T., S. Platnick, K. Meyer, et al. C. Cornet, F. Szczap, and T. Várnai. 2017. "Scale dependence of cirrus horizontal heterogeneity effects on TOA measurements – Part I: MODIS brightness temperatures in the thermal infrared." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (13): 8489-8508 [10.5194/acp-17-8489-2017]

Rajapakshe, C., Z. Zhang, J. E. Yorks, et al. H. Yu, Q. Tan, K. Meyer, S. Platnick, and D. M. Winker. 2017. "Seasonally transported aerosol layers over southeast Atlantic are closer to underlying clouds than previously reported." Geophysical Research Letters [10.1002/2017gl073559]

Ding, J., P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, et al. M. D. King, S. Platnick, and K. G. Meyer. 2017. "Validation of quasi-invariant ice cloud radiative quantities with MODIS satellite-based cloud property retrievals." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 194 47-57 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.03.025]

Fauchez, T. J., S. E. Platnick, O. Sourdeval, K. G. Meyer, and C. C. . 2017. " Cirrus heterogeneity effects on cloud optical properties retrieved with an optimal estimation method from MODIS VIS to TIR channels." AIP Conference Proceedings 1810 (1): [10.1063/1.4975504 ]

Yue, Q., B. H. Kahn, E. J. Fetzer, et al. S. Wong, R. Frey, and K. G. Meyer. 2017. "On the response of MODIS cloud coverage to global mean surface air temperature." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122 966-979 [10.1002/2016jd025174]

Platnick, S. E., K. G. Meyer, M. D. King, et al. G. Wind, N. Amarasinghe, B. Marchant, G. T. Arnold, Z. Zhang, P. A. Hubanks, R. E. Holz, P. Yang, W. L. Ridgway, and J. Riedi. 2017. "The MODIS cloud optical and microphysical products: Collection 6 updates and examples from Terra and Aqua." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 55 (1): 502–525 [10.1109/TGRS.2016.2610522]

Werner, F., G. Wind, Z. Zhang, et al. S. Platnick, L. Di Girolamo, G. Zhao, N. Amarasinghe, and K. Meyer. 2016. "Marine boundary layer cloud property retrievals from high-resolution ASTER observations: case studies and comparison with Terra MODIS." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9 (12): 5869-5894 [10.5194/amt-9-5869-2016]

Thompson, D. R., I. McCubbin, B. C. Gao, et al. R. O. Green, A. A. Matthews, F. Mei, K. G. Meyer, S. Platnick, B. Schmid, J. Tomlinson, and E. Wilcox. 2016. "Measuring cloud thermodynamic phase with shortwave infrared imaging spectroscopy." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121 (15): 9174-9190 [10.1002/2016jd024999]

Zhang, Z., F. Werner, H.-M. Cho, et al. G. Wind, S. Platnick, A. S. Ackerman, L. Di Girolamo, A. Marshak, and K. Meyer. 2016. "A framework based on 2-D Taylor expansion for quantifying the impacts of subpixel reflectance variance and covariance on cloud optical thickness and effective radius retrievals based on the bispectral method." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121 (12): 7007-7025 [10.1002/2016jd024837]

Hioki, S., P. Yang, B. A. Baum, et al. S. Platnick, K. G. Meyer, M. D. King, and J. Riedi. 2016. "Degree of ice particle surface roughness inferred from polarimetric observations." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16 (12): 7545-7558 [10.5194/acp-16-7545-2016]

Wang, C., S. Platnick, Z. Zhang, K. Meyer, and P. Yang. 2016. "Retrieval of ice cloud properties using an optimal estimation algorithm and MODIS infrared observations: 1. Forward model, error analysis, and information content." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 121 (10): 5809-5826 [10.1002/2015jd024526]

Meyer, K., Y. Yang, and S. Platnick. 2016. "Uncertainties in cloud phase and optical thickness retrievals from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9 (4): 1785-1797 [10.5194/amt-9-1785-2016]

Holz, R. E., S. E. Platnick, K. G. Meyer, et al. M. Vaughan, A. Heidinger, P. Yang, G. Wind, S. Dutcher, S. Ackerman, N. Amarasinghe, F. Nagle, and C. Wang. 2016. "Resolving ice cloud optical thickness biases between CALIOP and MODIS using infrared retrievals." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16 (8): 5075-5090 [10.5194/acp-16-5075-2016]

Wang, C., S. E. Platnick, Z. Zhang, et al. K. G. Meyer, G. Wind, and P. Yang. 2016. "Retrieval of ice cloud properties using an optimal estimation algorithm and MODIS infrared observations: 2. Retrieval evaluation." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 121 [10.1002/2015jd024528]

Meyer, K. G., S. E. Platnick, G. T. Arnold, et al. R. E. Holz, P. Veglio, J. E. Yorks, and C. Wang. 2016. "Cirrus cloud optical and microphysical property retrievals from eMAS during SEAC⁴RS using bi-spectral reflectance measurements within the 1.88  µm water vapor absorption band." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9 (4): 1743-1753 [10.5194/amt-9-1743-2016]

Marchant, B., S. Platnick, K. Meyer, G. T. Arnold, and J. Riedi. 2016. "MODIS Collection 6 shortwave-derived cloud phase classification algorithm and comparisons with CALIOP." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9 (4): 1587-1599 [10.5194/amt-9-1587-2016]

Zhang, Z., K. Meyer, H. Yu, et al. S. Platnick, P. Colarco, Z. Liu, and L. Oreopoulos. 2016. "Shortwave direct radiative effects of above-cloud aerosols over global oceans derived from 8 years of CALIOP and MODIS observations." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16 (5): 2877-2900 [10.5194/acp-16-2877-2016]

Yuan, T. L., L. Oreopoulos, M. Zelinka, et al. H. Yu, J. Norris, M. Chin, S. E. Platnick, and K. G. Meyer. 2016. "Positive low cloud and dust feedbacks amplify tropical North Atlantic multidecadal oscillation." Geophysical Research Letters 43 (3): 1349–1356 [10.1002/2016gl067679]

Ding, J., P. Yang, R. E. Holz, et al. S. E. Platnick, K. G. Meyer, M. A. Vaughan, Y. Hu, and M. D. King. 2016. "Ice cloud backscatter study and comparison with CALIPSO and MODIS satellite data." Optics Express 24 (1): 620 [10.1364/oe.24.000620]

Meyer, K. G., and S. E. Platnick. 2015. "Simultaneously inferring above-cloud absorbing aerosol optical thickness and underlying liquid phase cloud optical and microphysical properties using MODIS." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos 120 (11): 5524–5547 [10.1002/2015JD023128]

Cho, H.-M., Z. Zhang, K. G. Meyer, et al. M. Lebsock, S. E. Platnick, A. S. Ackerman, L. Di Girolamo, L. C. Labonnote, C. Cornet, J. Riedi, and R. E. Holz. 2015. "Frequency and causes of failed MODIS cloud property retrievals for liquid phase clouds over global oceans." J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos 120 (9): 4132-4154 [10.1002/2015JD023161]

Fauchez, T., P. Dubuisson, C. Cornet, et al. F. Szczap, A. Garnier, J. Pelon, and K. G. Meyer. 2015. "Impacts of cloud heterogeneities on cirrus optical properties retrieved from space-based thermal infrared radiometry." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8 (2): 633-647 [10.5194/amt-8-633-2015]

Liu, C., P. Yang, S. L. Nasiri, et al. S. Platnick, K. G. Meyer, C. Wang, and S. Ding. 2015. "A fast Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite simulator for cloudy atmospheres." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 120 (1): 240-255 [10.1002/2014jd022443]

Zhang, Z., K. Meyer, S. Platnick, et al. L. Oreopoulos, D. Lee, and H. Yu. 2014. "A novel method for estimating shortwave direct radiative effect of above-cloud aerosols using CALIOP and MODIS data." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 7 (6): 1777-1789 [10.5194/amt-7-1777-2014]

Meyer, K. G., S. E. Platnick, L. Oreopoulos, and D. Lee. 2013. "Estimating the direct radiative effect of absorbing aerosols overlying marine boundary layer clouds in the southeast Atlantic using MODIS and CALIOP." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (10): 4801-4815 [10.1002/jgrd.50449]

Meyer, K. G., and S. E. Platnick. 2010. "Utilizing the MODIS 1.38 μ m channel for cirrus cloud optical thickness retrievals: Algorithm and retrieval uncertainties." J. Geophys. Res. 115 (D24): D24209 [10.1029/2010JD014872]

Meyer, K. G., P. Yang, and B.-C. Gao. 2007. "Tropical ice cloud optical depth, ice water path, and frequency fields inferred from the MODIS level-3 data." Atmospheric Research 85 171-182 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.09.009]

Meyer, K. G., P. Yang, and B.-C. Gao. 2007. "Ice Cloud Optical Depth From MODIS Cirrus Reflectance." IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING LETTERS 4 (3): 471-474 [10.1109/LGRS.2007.897428]

Gao, B.-C., K. G. Meyer, and P. Yang. 2004. "A New Concept on Remote Sensing of Cirrus Optical Depth and Effective Ice Particle Size Using Strong Water Vapor Absorption Channels Near 1.38 and 1.88 µm." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 42 (9): 1891-1899 [10.1109/TGRS.2004.833778]

Meyer, K. G., P. Yang, and B.-C. Gao. 2004. "Optical Thickness of Tropical Cirrus Clouds Derived From the MODIS 0.66- and 1.375-µm Channels." IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING 42 (4): 833-841 [10.1109/TGRS.2003.818939]