Thomas Owens is a Software Engineer and Scientific Data System Programmer who serves as the Data Processing Coordinator for the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. Mr Owens recieved a B.S. in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1999, and an M.S. in Environmental Science from The Johns Hopkins University in 2008. Before joining the OBPG in 2012, Mr Owens was a software engineer for the NASA Global Modelling and Assimilation Office.
Pennsylvania State University BS Meteorology 1999
The Johns Hopkins University MS Environmental Science & Policy 2008
Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Science
NASA GSFC
Jan 2022
CyAN Team
Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics HBG Annual Peer Award
NASA GSFC
Aug 2021
Scientific/Technical Support
Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Science
NASA GSFC
Dec 2020
PACE Science Team. Outstanding efforts that contributed to the PACE mission reaching Phase C.
Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics HBG Annual Peer Award
NASA GSFC
Sep 2019
Scientific Achievement - Cyan Team
NASA Group Achievement Award NASA Sentinel Gateway Team
NASA GSFC
Aug 2018
Exceptional achievements enabling NASA access to European Commission Sentinel data and the development of the NASA Sentinel Gateway (NSG).
Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics HBG Annual Peer Award
NASA GSFC
Sep 2017
Scientific/Technical Support OBPG
NASA Group Achievement Award
Jun 2012
Suomi NPP Development Team
NASA GMAO Outstanding Performance Award
Dec 2011
Russian Wildfire Forecasts
NASA GMAO Group Achievement Award
Dec 2010
MERRA Reanalysis Team
NASA Group Achievement Award
Dec 2010
The NASA Global Hawk Pacific (GloPac) mission support
GLOPAC Team
Robert H Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award
NASA GSFC
Dec 2010
MERRA Reanalysis
NASA GMAO Group Achievement Award
Dec 2009
GMAO Operations Support
NASA GMAO Outstanding Performance Award
Dec 2008
GMAO Operations Support
NASA Group Achievement Award
Dec 2007
NASA TC4 (Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling) mission support
NASA GMAO/SRT Outstanding Performance Award
Dec 2007
GMAO Operations Support
NASA GMAO/SRT Outstanding Performance Award
Dec 2005
GMAO Operations Support
NASA GMAO/SRT Group Achievement Award
Dec 2004
GMAO NCCS Data Migration Support
NASA GMAO/SRT Group Achievement Award
Dec 2004
GMAO Operations Support
NASA GMAO/SRT Group Achievement Award
Dec 2003
GMAO Operations Support
NASA DAO/SRT Group Achievement Award
Dec 2002
DAO Operations Support
NASA DAO/SRT Outstanding Performance Award
Dec 2001
DAO Operations Support
NASA DAO/SRT Group Achievement Award
Dec 2000
DAO Operations Support
Seegers, B. N., J. Werdell, R. A. Vandermeulen, et al. W. Salls, R. P. Stumpf, B. A. Schaeffer, T. J. Owens, S. W. Bailey, J. P. Scott, and K. A. Loftin. 2021. "Satellites for long-term monitoring of inland U.S. lakes: The MERIS time series and application for chlorophyll-a." Remote Sensing of Environment, 266: 112685 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112685]
Rienecker, M. M., M. J. Suarez, R. Gelaro, et al. R. Todling, J. Bacmeister, E. Liu, M. G. Bosilovich, S. D. Schubert, L. Takacs, G.-K. Kim, S. Bloom, J. Chen, D. Collins, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, J. Joiner, R. D. Koster, R. Lucchesi, A. Molod, T. Owens, S. Pawson, P. Pegion, C. R. Redder, R. H. Reichle, F. R. Robertson, A. G. Ruddick, M. Sienkiewicz, and J. Woollen. 2011. "MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications." J. Climate, 24 (14): 3624-3648 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1]
Thomas Owens is a Software Engineer and Scientific Data System Programmer who serves as the Data Processing Coordinator for the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. Mr Owens recieved a B.S. in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1999, and an M.S. in Environmental Science from The Johns Hopkins University in 2008. Before joining the OBPG in 2012, Mr Owens was a software engineer for the NASA Global Modelling and Assimilation Office.
Seegers, B. N., J. Werdell, R. A. Vandermeulen, et al. W. Salls, R. P. Stumpf, B. A. Schaeffer, T. J. Owens, S. W. Bailey, J. P. Scott, and K. A. Loftin. 2021. "Satellites for long-term monitoring of inland U.S. lakes: The MERIS time series and application for chlorophyll-a." Remote Sensing of Environment 266 112685 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112685]
Rienecker, M. M., M. J. Suarez, R. Gelaro, et al. R. Todling, J. Bacmeister, E. Liu, M. G. Bosilovich, S. D. Schubert, L. Takacs, G.-K. Kim, S. Bloom, J. Chen, D. Collins, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, J. Joiner, R. D. Koster, R. Lucchesi, A. Molod, T. Owens, S. Pawson, P. Pegion, C. R. Redder, R. H. Reichle, F. R. Robertson, A. G. Ruddick, M. Sienkiewicz, and J. Woollen. 2011. "MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications." J. Climate 24 (14): 3624-3648 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1]