Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Natalya Alekseyevna Kramarova

(Rsch AST, Atmospheric Chemistry & Dyn)

Natalya Alekseyevna Kramarova's Contact Card & Information.
Email: natalya.a.kramarova@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.5115
Org Code: 614
Address:
NASA/GSFC
 Mail Code 614
 Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio

Dr. Natalya Kramarova is a scientist at the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Lab (Code 614) at NASA GSFC. With over 20 years of experience in atmospheric ozone studies, she specializes in remote sensing of atmospheric gases (including ozone) using UV/VIS sensors and constructing climate-quality multi-sensor ozone records suitable for trend analysis. Dr. Kramarova is the Principal Investigator for the SNPP/JPSS OMPS, DSCOVR EPIC, and SBUV/TOMS instruments.


Dr. Kramarova received her MS degree in Physics (2000) and her Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics (2007) from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. She worked as a Research Scientist for Science Systems and Applications, Inc. from 2010 to 2017. In 2018, she joined NASA GSFC.

Research Interests

Remote sensing of atmospheric gases with the UV/VIS sensors (SBUV, OMPS, EPIC)

Earth Science: Remote Sensing

  • Atmospheric composition and dynamics with the focus on ozone studies
  • Development of state-of-art retrieval algorithms, instrument cross-calibration, and error analysis
  • Analysis of changes in ozone distribution and their connection to atmospheric chemistry and dynamics
  • Creation of satellite-based climate-quality records of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone
  • Long-term trend studies of atmospheric ozone

Current Projects

Synergistic use of Limb and Nadir Measurements to continue the NASA Standard Ozone Products from OMPS on Suomi NPP and NOAA-20

Remote Sensing

Long-Term Ozone Trend Study with SBUV/OMPS NP and TOMS/OMI/OMPS NM

Ozone

  • Objective: creation of consistent climate-quality records of global profile and column ozone measurements from multiple NASA/NOAA satellite sensors (TOMS, SBUV/2, OMI, OMPS, EPIC) suitable for the trend studies
  • Role: as a Principal Investigator leads cross-calibration efforts, algorithm development, data validation, error analysis, and trend studies

Continuing total and tropospheric ozone column products from DSCOVR EPIC to study regional scale ozone transport

Remote Sensing

  • Description: ROSES proposal NNH21ZDA001N-DSCOVR:A.25 DSCOVR Science Team (2018-2021; 2022-present)
  • Objective: Derive synoptic maps of total and tropospheric ozone over the entire sunlit portion of the Earth every 1-2 hours using the DSCOVR EPIC to study hourly changes in ozone
  • Role: as a Principal Investigator leads soft calibrations, algorithm development, data analysis, and validation

Positions/Employment

Scientist

NASA GSFC, code 614 - Greenbelt, MD, USA

January 2018 - Present

Senior Research Scientist

Science Systems and Applications Inc. - Lanham, MD, USA

August 2010 - January 2018

Education

  • Ph.D. Degree in Physics and Mathematics, 2003-2007, Division of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
  • M.S. Degree in Physics, 1994-2000, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Professional Societies

American Meteorological Society

member

2017 - Present

American Geophysical Union

member

2010 - Present

Professional Service

  • Deputy group lead for the SNPP/JPSS Ozone and Trace Gases group
  • Member of the International Ozone Commission (IO3C) since 2024
  • Member of the ESA’s ALTIUS Mission Advisory Group
  • Organizing committee member for the 11th Atmospheric Limb Workshop (2021)
  • Session convener at various scientific meetings and workshops (e.g., AGU Fall Meeting)
  • Editor for the journal of Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Reviewer for peer-reviewed scientific journals such as Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Reviewer on proposal review boards


Awards

2021: Farman Award from the International Ozone Commission as part of the SBUV-MOD Team, recognizing the teamwork in producing high-quality and state-of-the-art total ozone records from space

Grants

Improving total and tropospheric ozone column products from EPIC on DSCOVR for studying regional scale ozone transport

DSCOVR Science Team - NASA (NNH18ZDA001N) - Awarded: 2022-12-01


Dates:  - 

Synergistic use of Limb and Nadir Measurements to continue the NASA Standard Ozone Products from OMPS on Suomi NPP and NOAA-20

NASA Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Satellites Standard Products for Earth System Data Records - NASA (NNH20ZDA001N-SNPPSP) - Awarded: 2021-09-01


Dates:  - 

Other Professional Information

  • Statistical methods for data analysis (e.g., Empirical Orthogonal Functions, Singular Value Decomposition, Spectral analysis)
  • Development and application of numerical radiative transfer models
  • Advanced skills in IDL, R, MathLab; Basic knowledge of Fortran
  • Writing scientific presentations, reports, articles, and proposals

Publications

Refereed

2024. "Record High March 2024 Arctic Total Column Ozone." Geophysical Research Letters 51 (18): [10.1029/2024gl110924] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Decade‐Long Ozone Profile Record From Suomi NPP OMPS Limb Profiler: Assessment of Version 2.6 Data." Earth and Space Science 11 (9): [10.1029/2024ea003707] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "2023 Antarctic ozone hole [in “State of the Climate in 2023”]." Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 105 (8): S358-S361 [https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0099.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "State of the Climate in 2022: Introduction." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 104 (9): S1-S10 [10.1175/2023bamsstateoftheclimate_intro.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "A global ozone profile climatology for satellite retrieval algorithms based on Aura MLS measurements and the MERRA-2 GMI simulation." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 (10): 6407-6418 [10.5194/amt-14-6407-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Evaluation of Version 3 Total and Tropospheric Ozone Columns From Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera on Deep Space Climate Observatory for Studying Regional Scale Ozone Variations." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.734071] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "On the use of satellite observations to fill gaps in the Halley station total ozone record." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (12): 9829-9838 [10.5194/acp-21-9829-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "OMPS LP Observations of PSC Variability During the NH 2019–2020 Season." Geophysical Research Letters 47 (20): [10.1029/2020gl090216] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Estimating and Reporting Uncertainties in Remotely Sensed Atmospheric Composition and Temperature." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 13 4393–4436 [https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4393-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Validation of SAGE III/ISS Solar Occultation Ozone Products With Correlative Satellite and Ground‐Based Measurements." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (11): [10.1029/2020jd032430] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Model-based Climatology of Diurnal Variability in Stratospheric Ozone as a Data Analysis Tool." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 13 2733–2749 [10.5194/amt-13-2733-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Toward a Reanalysis of Stratospheric Ozone for Trend Studies: Assimilation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder and Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler Data." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (4): [10.1029/2019jd031892] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "2018 Antarctic ozone hole [in “State of the Climate in 2018"]." Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 100 (9): S185-S187 [10.1175/2019BAMSStateoftheClimate.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Trends in global tropospheric ozone inferred from a composite record of TOMS/OMI/MLS/OMPS satellite measurements and the MERRA-2 GMI simulation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (5): 3257-3269 [10.5194/acp-19-3257-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Trend quality ozone from NPP OMPS: the version 2 processing." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 (2): 977-985 [10.5194/amt-12-977-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Antarctic ozone hole [in “State of the Climate in 2017”]." Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 99 (8): s190-s192 [10.1175/2018BAMSStateoftheClimate.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Validation of ozone profile retrievals derived from the OMPS LP version 2.5 algorithm against correlative satellite measurements." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 11 (5): 2837-2861 [10.5194/amt-11-2837-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Estimating Uncertainties in the SBUV Version 8.6 Merged ProfileOzone Dataset." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 14695-14707 [10.5194/acp-17-14695-2017] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Merged SAGE II, Ozone_cci and OMPS ozone profiles dataset and evaluation of ozone trends in the stratosphere." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 12533-12552 [10.5194/acp-17-12533-2017] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "An update on ozone profile trends for the period 2000 to 2016." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 1-16 [10.5194/acp-17-10675-2017] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Response of trace gases to the disrupted 2015–2016 quasi-biennial oscillation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (11): 6813-6823 [10.5194/acp-17-6813-2017] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Altitude registration of limb-scattered radiation." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 10 (1): 167-178 [10.5194/amt-10-167-2017] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Recent changes in total column ozone based on the SBUV Version 8.6 Merged Ozone Data Set." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 119 (16): 9735–9751 [10.1002/2014JD021889] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Diurnal variations of stratospheric ozone measured by ground-based microwave remote sensing at the Mauna Loa NDACC site: measurement validation and GEOSCCM model comparison." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 14 7255-7272 [10.5194/acp-14-7255-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Measuring the Antarctic ozone hole with the new Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 14 (5): 2353-2361 [10.5194/acp-14-2353-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Validation of ozone monthly zonal mean profiles obtained from the version 8.6 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet algorithm." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 13 (14): 6887-6905 [10.5194/acp-13-6887-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Solar Backscatter UV (SBUV) total ozone and profile algorithm." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 6 (10): 2533-2548 [10.5194/amt-6-2533-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Interpreting SBUV smoothing errors: an example using the quasi-biennial oscillation." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 6 (8): 2089-2099 [10.5194/amt-6-2089-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "A comparison of 40 years of SBUV measurements of column ozone with data from the Dobson/Brewer network." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (13): 7370-7378 [10.1002/jgrd.50503] [Journal Article/Letter]

Selected Public Outreach

New Results From Inside the Ozone Hole

2013 - Present

Presented results at the press conference "New Results From Inside the Ozone Hole" during the 2013 AGU Fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 11, 2013.

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