Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Virginia Lynn Kalb

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Virginia Lynn Kalb's Contact Card & Information.
Email: virginia.l.kalb@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.5376
Org Code: 619
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 619
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


While my work here at Goddard has varied widely over the years, my strengths in computer programming and data analysis have been the common threads running through all of the projects. My background in mathematics and computer science has proven to be valuable for many diverse applications for NASA. Recently my time has been split between support of MODIS and VIIRS geolocation and data processing algorithms, including the VIIRS Day/Night band, and interdisciplinary work with Code 670. The latter work is supported by the Science Innovation Fund, and we are currently evaluating the synergy among multiple data sources: the Day/Night band data, aurora forecast model data, in situ electromagnetic field data, and citizen science aurora observations. Previous SIF support has enabled the development and validation of a vortex identification algorithm for data-mining of magnetosphere model data.

Notable previous work includes GUI, client-server programming, and graphics for the Federal Ecosystem Dynamics Project, and, in collaboration with Thomas Goff, design and implementation of the original Global Inventory Monitoring and Modeling System (GIMMS) production level mapping and image processing system for the study of land processes on global and continental scales using satellite data.

Current Projects


MODAPS, LSIPS, SIF

Remote Sensing

Modis Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS)
Land Science Investigator-led Processing Systems (SIPS)

Science Innovation Fund project for aurora research in collaboration with Code 670 (SIF)
 

Professional Societies


Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

2011 - Present


American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2017 - Present

Education


M.S. Geographic Information Systems, Johns Hopkins University. 2017
  "Evaluating a Vegetation Adjusted Nighttime Lights Urban Index"
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park. 2004
  "Low-Dimensional Models for Fluid Flow"
M.A. Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park
  "A derivation of the Wallpaper Groups"
B.A. Mathematics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
 

Special Experience


Mathematica for prototyping and data analysis;
ArcGIS for GIS spatial analysis;
Python, especially useful for a programmable interface with ArcGIS;
‘C’ programming language

Selected Publications


Refereed

2013. "Comparison between vortices created and evolving during fixed and dynamic solar wind conditions." ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE 31 1463-1483 [10.5194/angeo-31-1463-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "An intrinsic stabilization scheme for proper orthogonal decomposition based low-dimensional models." Phys Fluids 19 (5): 18 pp [10.1063/1.2723149] [Journal Article/Letter]

1997. "A problem-solving workbench for interactive simulation of ecosystems." IEEE Computational Science & Engineering 4 (3): 52-60 [10.1109/99.615431] [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2004. "Low-dimensional models for fluid flow." Ph.D dissertation [Other]

1987. "GIMMS Interactive Mapping/Image Processing." Proceedings HP Technical Conference [Proceedings]