Dr. Ott received her Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2006. She joined the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at Goddard Space Flight Center in 2006, as a NASA post-doctoral fellow, and in 2011, as a civil servant. Her research focuses on understanding how small scale atmospheric processes affect atmospheric composition and our understanding of the carbon cycle.
1/2011
-
Present
Research Meteorologist
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
10/2008
-
1/2011
Assistant Research Scientist
Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County ,
Baltimore, MD
10/2006
-
10/2008
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD
9/2000
-
9/2006
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park,
College Park, MD
Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science from the University of Maryland - College Park, 2006
Dissertation: An Analysis of Convective Transport, Lightning NOx Production, and Chemistry in Midlatitude and Subtropical Thunderstorms
M.Sc. in Meteorology from the University of Maryland - College Park, 2003
B.Sc. in Physical Sciences from the University of Maryland - College Park, 2000
Refereed
Knowland, K. E., L. E. Ott, B. N. Duncan, and K. Wargan. 2017. "Stratospheric intrusion-influenced ozone air quality exceedances investigated in the NASA MERRA-2 Reanalysis."
Geophysical Research Letters,
44
(10):
691–10,701
[10.1002/2017gl074532]
Knowland, K. E., R. M. Doherty, K. I. Hodges, and L. E. Ott. 2017. "The influence of mid-latitude cyclones on European background surface ozone."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,
17
(20):
12421-12447
[10.5194/acp-17-12421-2017]
Ott, L. E., B. N. Duncan, A. M. Thompson, et al. 2016. "Frequency and impact of summertime stratospheric intrusions over Maryland during DISCOVER-AQ (2011): New evidence from NASA's GEOS-5 simulations."
J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.,
[10.1002/2015jd024052]
Ott, L. E., S. Pawson, G. J. Collatz, et al. 2015. "Assessing the magnitude of CO2 flux uncertainty in atmospheric CO2 records using products from NASA's Carbon Monitoring Flux Pilot Project."
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres,
120:
734-765
[doi:10.1002/2014JD022411]
McGrath-Spangler, E. L., A. M. Molod, L. E. Ott, and S. Pawson. 2015. "Impact of planetary boundary layer turbulence on model climate and tracer transport."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
15
(13):
7269-7286
[10.5194/acp-15-7269-2015]
Melroy, H. R., E. L. Wilson, G. B. Clarke, et al. 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]
Lyapustin, A. I., M. J. Alexander, L. E. Ott, et al. 2014. "Observation of mountain lee waves with MODIS NIR column water vapor."
Geophys. Res. Lett.,
41
(2):
710-716
[10.1002/2013GL058770]
Liu, J., K. W. Bowman, M. Lee, et al. 2014. "Carbon monitoring system flux estimation and attribution: impact of ACOS-GOSAT X CO₂ sampling on the inference of terrestrial biospheric sources and sinks."
Tellus B,
66:
22486
[10.3402/tellusb.v66.22486]
Tangborn, A., L. L. Strow, B. Imbiriba, L. Ott, and S. Pawson. 2013. "Evaluation of a new middle-lower tropospheric CO₂ product using data assimilation."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
13
(9):
4487-4500
[10.5194/acp-13-4487-2013]
Steel, E. W., M. L. Mclinden, J. H. Miller, et al. 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]
Allen, M., D. Erickson, W. Kendall, et al. 2012. "The influence of internal model variability in GEOS-5 on interhemispheric CO2 exchange."
J. Geophys. Res.,
117
(D10):
D10107
[10.1029/2011JD017059]
Strode, S. A., L. E. Ott, S. Pawson, and T. Bowyer. 2012. "Emission and transport of cesium-137 from boreal biomass burning in the summer of 2010."
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,
117:
[10.1029/2011JD017382]
Ott, L., S. Pawson, and J. Bacmeister. 2011. "An analysis of the impact of convective parameter sensitivity on simulated global atmospheric CO distributions."
J. Geophys. Res.,
116
(D21):
D21310
[10.1029/2011JD016077]
Liang, Q., R. S. Stolarski, S. Kawa, et al. 2010. "Finding the missing stratospheric Bry: a global modeling study of CHBr₃ and CH₂Br₂."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.,
10
(5):
2269-2286
[10.5194/acp-10-2269-2010]
Ott, L., B. N. Duncan, S. Pawson, et al. 2010. "Influence of the 2006 Indonesian biomass burning aerosols on tropical dynamics studied with the GEOS-5 AGCM."
J Geophys Res,
115
(D14):
D14121
[10.1029/2009JD013181]
Ott, L., K. E. Pickering, G. Stenchikov, et al. 2010. "Production of lightning NOx and its vertical distribution calculated from three-dimensional cloud-scale chemical transport model simulations."
J. Geophys. Res.,
115
(D4):
D04301
[10.1029/2009JD011880]
Ott, L. E., J. T. Bacmeister, S. Pawson, et al. 2009. "Analysis of Convective Transport and Parameter Sensitivity in a Single Column Version of the Goddard Earth Observation System, Version 5, General Circulation Model."
J. Atmos. Sci.,
66
(3):
627-646
[10.1175/2008JAS2694.1]
Barth, M. C., S.-W. Kim, C. Wang, et al. 2007. "Cloud-scale model intercomparison of chemical constituent transport in deep convection."
Atmos Chem Phys,
7:
4709-4731
[10.5194/acp-7-4709-2007]
DeCaria, A. J., K. E. Pickering, G. L. Stenchikov, and L. E. Ott. 2005. "Lightning-generated NO X and its impact on tropospheric ozone production: A three-dimensional modeling study of a Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols and Ozone (STERAO-A) thunderstorm."
J. Geophys. Res.,
110
(D14):
D14303
[10.1029/2004JD005556]
Stenchikov, G., L. Ott, J. Scala, et al. 2005. "Simulation of the fine structure of the 12 July 1996 Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment: Radiation Aerosols and Ozone (STERAO-A) storm accounting for effects of terrain and interaction with mesoscale flow."
J Geophys Res,
110
(D14304):
[0.1029/2004JD005582]
Ridley, B., L. Ott, L. Emmons, et al. 2004. "Florida thunderstorms: A faucet of reactive nitrogen to the upper troposphere."
J. Geophys. Res.,
109
(D17):
DI7305
[10.1029/2004JD004769]
Non-Refereed
Gelaro, R., W. M. Putman, S. Pawson, et al. 2015. "Evaluation of the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run."
NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation
36
(NASA/TM-2014-104606):
Refereed
Knowland, K. E., L. E. Ott, B. N. Duncan, and K. Wargan. 2017. "Stratospheric intrusion-influenced ozone air quality exceedances investigated in the NASA MERRA-2 Reanalysis."
Geophysical Research Letters
44
(10):
691–10,701
[10.1002/2017gl074532]
Knowland, K. E., R. M. Doherty, K. I. Hodges, and L. E. Ott. 2017. "The influence of mid-latitude cyclones on European background surface ozone."
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
17
(20):
12421-12447
[10.5194/acp-17-12421-2017]
Ott, L. E., B. N. Duncan, A. M. Thompson, et al. 2016. "Frequency and impact of summertime stratospheric intrusions over Maryland during DISCOVER-AQ (2011): New evidence from NASA's GEOS-5 simulations."
J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.
[10.1002/2015jd024052]
Ott, L. E., S. Pawson, G. J. Collatz, et al. 2015. "Assessing the magnitude of CO2 flux uncertainty in atmospheric CO2 records using products from NASA's Carbon Monitoring Flux Pilot Project."
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
120
734-765
[doi:10.1002/2014JD022411]
McGrath-Spangler, E. L., A. M. Molod, L. E. Ott, and S. Pawson. 2015. "Impact of planetary boundary layer turbulence on model climate and tracer transport."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
15
(13):
7269-7286
[10.5194/acp-15-7269-2015]
Melroy, H. R., E. L. Wilson, G. B. Clarke, et al. 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]
Lyapustin, A. I., M. J. Alexander, L. E. Ott, et al. 2014. "Observation of mountain lee waves with MODIS NIR column water vapor."
Geophys. Res. Lett.
41
(2):
710-716
[10.1002/2013GL058770]
Liu, J., K. W. Bowman, M. Lee, et al. 2014. "Carbon monitoring system flux estimation and attribution: impact of ACOS-GOSAT X CO₂ sampling on the inference of terrestrial biospheric sources and sinks."
Tellus B
66
22486
[10.3402/tellusb.v66.22486]
Tangborn, A., L. L. Strow, B. Imbiriba, L. Ott, and S. Pawson. 2013. "Evaluation of a new middle-lower tropospheric CO₂ product using data assimilation."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
13
(9):
4487-4500
[10.5194/acp-13-4487-2013]
Steel, E. W., M. L. Mclinden, J. H. Miller, et al. 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]
Allen, M., D. Erickson, W. Kendall, et al. 2012. "The influence of internal model variability in GEOS-5 on interhemispheric CO2 exchange."
J. Geophys. Res.
117
(D10):
D10107
[10.1029/2011JD017059]
Strode, S. A., L. E. Ott, S. Pawson, and T. Bowyer. 2012. "Emission and transport of cesium-137 from boreal biomass burning in the summer of 2010."
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
117
[10.1029/2011JD017382]
Ott, L., S. Pawson, and J. Bacmeister. 2011. "An analysis of the impact of convective parameter sensitivity on simulated global atmospheric CO distributions."
J. Geophys. Res.
116
(D21):
D21310
[10.1029/2011JD016077]
Liang, Q., R. S. Stolarski, S. Kawa, et al. 2010. "Finding the missing stratospheric Bry: a global modeling study of CHBr₃ and CH₂Br₂."
Atmos. Chem. Phys.
10
(5):
2269-2286
[10.5194/acp-10-2269-2010]
Ott, L., B. N. Duncan, S. Pawson, et al. 2010. "Influence of the 2006 Indonesian biomass burning aerosols on tropical dynamics studied with the GEOS-5 AGCM."
J Geophys Res
115
(D14):
D14121
[10.1029/2009JD013181]
Ott, L., K. E. Pickering, G. Stenchikov, et al. 2010. "Production of lightning NOx and its vertical distribution calculated from three-dimensional cloud-scale chemical transport model simulations."
J. Geophys. Res.
115
(D4):
D04301
[10.1029/2009JD011880]
Ott, L. E., J. T. Bacmeister, S. Pawson, et al. 2009. "Analysis of Convective Transport and Parameter Sensitivity in a Single Column Version of the Goddard Earth Observation System, Version 5, General Circulation Model."
J. Atmos. Sci.
66
(3):
627-646
[10.1175/2008JAS2694.1]
Barth, M. C., S.-W. Kim, C. Wang, et al. 2007. "Cloud-scale model intercomparison of chemical constituent transport in deep convection."
Atmos Chem Phys
7
4709-4731
[10.5194/acp-7-4709-2007]
DeCaria, A. J., K. E. Pickering, G. L. Stenchikov, and L. E. Ott. 2005. "Lightning-generated NO X and its impact on tropospheric ozone production: A three-dimensional modeling study of a Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols and Ozone (STERAO-A) thunderstorm."
J. Geophys. Res.
110
(D14):
D14303
[10.1029/2004JD005556]
Stenchikov, G., L. Ott, J. Scala, et al. 2005. "Simulation of the fine structure of the 12 July 1996 Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment: Radiation Aerosols and Ozone (STERAO-A) storm accounting for effects of terrain and interaction with mesoscale flow."
J Geophys Res
110
(D14304):
[0.1029/2004JD005582]
Ridley, B., L. Ott, L. Emmons, et al. 2004. "Florida thunderstorms: A faucet of reactive nitrogen to the upper troposphere."
J. Geophys. Res.
109
(D17):
DI7305
[10.1029/2004JD004769]
Non-Refereed
Gelaro, R., W. M. Putman, S. Pawson, et al. 2015. "Evaluation of the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run."
NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation
36
(NASA/TM-2014-104606):
