(RSCH AST, EARTH SCIENCES REMOTE SENS)
| Email: | min-jeong.kim@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 610.1 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 610.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: |
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office - NASA Goddard, Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
July 2023 - Present
NOAA NESDIS STAR / Riverside Tech Inc. - NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR), College Park, MD
December 2021 - July 2023
Goddard Earth Sciences, Technology and Research (GESTAR) - -NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
August 2013 - December 2021
The Cooperative Institute Research in the Atmosphere, NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) - College Park, Maryland
July 2006 - July 2013
The Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
January 2005 - July 2006
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
September 1998 - December 2004
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle, December 2004
Dissertation Title: A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using microwave measurements.
Advisors: James Weinman and Robert Houze, JR.
M.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences from Seoul National University, Korea, February 1998
B.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences and Physics, Pusan National University, Korea, February 1995
Outstanding Scientific Contribution, GMAO Peer Award, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, March 2019
NASA PMM Science Team, Best PI Award, October 2018
Contractor Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, Morgan State University, Division of Research & Economic Development, February 2015
Outstanding Scientific Contribution by a New GMAO Member, GMAO Peer Award, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, February 2015
NWP SAF Visiting Scientist Fund, Hosted by Stephen English in Met Office and Peter Bauer in ECMWF, UK, October 2008
Outstanding Publication Award, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, August, 2005
Rotary Ambassador Scholarships, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1998-2000
2020. "The Framework for Assimilating All-Sky GPM Microwave Imager Brightness Temperature Data in the NASA GEOS Data Assimilation System." Monthly Weather Review 148 2433-2455 [10.1175/MWR-D-19-0100.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "All-sky satellite data assimilation at operational weather forecasting centres." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 144 (713): 1191-1217 [10.1002/qj.3202] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Assimilating AMSU-A Radiances in the TC Core Area with NOAA Operational HWRF (2011) and a Hybrid Data Assimilation System: Danielle (2010) ." Monthly Weather Review 141 3889-3907 [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Status of satellite cloud and precipitation assimilation at operational NWP centres. ." Quart. Joural. Royal Meteor. Soc. 137 1934-1951 [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Comparison of cloud products within IASI footprints for the assimilation of cloudy radiance. ." Quart. Journal Royal Meteor. 137 (1988-2003): [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Comparison of progress in assimilating cloud affected microwave radiances at NCEP, ECMWF, JMA, and the Met Office." Visiting Scientist Mission Report, Document NWPSAF-MO-VS-037 [Report]
2008. "A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using AMSU-B observations." J. Geophys. Res. 113 (D9): D09201 [10.1029/2007JD008589] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Nonspherical and spherical characterization of ice in Hurricane Erin for wideband passive microwave comparisons." J Geophys Res 113 (D06201): [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Scattering of ice particles at microwave frequencies: A physically based paraterization, ." J. Applied Meteor. 46 615-633 [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "A simplified representation of the millimeter-wave scattering parameters of randomly oriented cylindrical aggregates of frozen hydrometeors, ." J. Atmos. Sci. 64 634-644 [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Comparisons of single scattering approximations of randomly oriented ice crystals at microwave frequencies, ." J Geophys Research 111 (D14201): [doi:10.1029/2005JD006892] [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using microwave measurements." PhD dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle 152 [Other]
2004. "Intercomparison of millimeter wave radiation transfer models. ." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 42 (9): 1882-1890 [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "Validation of maritime rainfall retrievals from the TRMM-microwave radiometer. ." J Appl Meteor 43 (6): 847-8859 [Journal Article/Letter]
2004. "A Physical Model to Determine Snowfall Over Land by Microwave Radiometery." IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens 42 (5): 1047-1058 [10.1109/TGRS.2004.825585] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Spaceborne Passive Microwave Measurement of Snowfall over Land." Proc IGARSS 2003 5 3163-3165 [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "Comparison of surface rainfall retrievals from the TRMM microwave radiometer and the Kwajalein radar." M.S. Thesis , University of Washington, Seattle 145 [Other]
1998. "The study on local circulation and orographic precipitation over the South-Western Korean Peninsula." Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 23 128-146 [Journal Article/Letter]
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): [Report]