Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Frederick S Patt

(PROJECT MANAGER)

Frederick S Patt's Contact Card & Information.
Email: frederick.s.patt@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.5723
Org Code: 616
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 616.2
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: Science Application International Corp.

Brief Bio


40+ years at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 26+ of those with SAIC. I've been supporting the NASA Ocean Color program since 1992, and have been SAIC Program Manager since 1998.

Prior to that, I worked on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) mission from 1986 through 1991, and in the Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF) from 1978 to 1986.

Current Projects


Ocean Biology Processing Group

Remote Sensing

Satellite remote sensing data collection, calibration, processing, archiving and distribution of Ocean Color and SST data products from NASA missions and international collaborations.  Supported sensors include SeaWiFS, MODIS, VIIRS, CZCS, OCTS, MERIS, HICO, OCI and Hawkeye.


PACE Project

Remote Sensing

Systems Engineer and Operations Lead for the Science Data Segment; support Project Science in the areas of mission operations, calibration maneuever modeling, GNC systems, and mission data formats.

Education


B.S., Physics, Moravian College, Bethlehem PA, 1977

Awards


NASA HBG Award for Scientific/Technical Support to the SeaHawk/Hawkeye Science Operations Center, September 2019

NASA Group Achievement Award to the VIIRS Level-1 Algorithm/Software Working Group, June 2016

NASA Group Achievement Award to the SAC-D/Aquarius Star Tracker Tiger Team, August 2014

NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, August 2013

NASA Group Achievement Award to the Aquarius Science Calibration and Validation Team, 2013

NASA Group Achievement Award to the Suomi NPP Mission Development Team, 2012

NASA Group Achievement Award to the Aquarius Launch, Early Orbit Ops, and Commissioning Team, 2012

NASA Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Annual Award for Scientific Support, 2011

NASA Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Science to the Ocean Biology Processing Group, 2011

NASA Earth Science Data Systems Working Group (EDSWG) Software Reuse Award to the SeaDAS Development Team, 2009

NASA Robert H. Goddard Quality and Process Improvement Award to the MODIS Ocean Team, 2008

NASA GSFC Quality and Process Improvement Award to Ocean Biology Processing Team, 2005

NASA Group Achievement Award to SIMBIOS Project, 2005

William T. Pecora Award to the SeaWiFS Team, 2002

NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award to SeaWiFS/ SIMBIOS/SeaDAS Support Team, 200

NASA Group Achievement Award to SeaWiFS Project, 1999

NASA Group Achievement Award to COBE Project, 1990

NASA Manned Flight Awareness Program launch honoree, 1985

Publications


Refereed

2023. "Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and ocean properties from PACE HARP2 with uncertainty assessment using cascading neural network radiative transfer models." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 16 (23): [https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5863-2023] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Test Results From the Prelaunch Characterization Campaign of the Engineering Test Unit of the Ocean Color Instrument of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.875863] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Estimating residual uncertainties for lunar irradiance measurements due to imaging acquisition parameters." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 13 (01): 1 [10.1117/1.jrs.13.014508] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "On-orbit calibration of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite for ocean color applications ." Applied Optics 54 (8): 1984-2006 [10.1364/AO.54.001984] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Regional to global assessments of phytoplankton dynamics from the SeaWiFS mission." Remote Sensing of Environment 135 77-91 [10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.025] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "On-orbit calibration of SeaWiFS." Applied Optics 51 (36): 8702-8730 [10.1364/AO.51.008702] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "SeaWiFS operational geolocation assessment system." Image Registration for Remote Sensing 456-472 [10.1017/cbo9780511777684.023] [Article in Book]

2010. "VIIRS Product Evaluation at the Ocean PEATE." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International 300 - 303 [10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652551] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "SeaWiFS on-orbit gain and detector calibrations: effect on ocean products." Applied Optics 46 6733-6750 [10.1364/AO.46.006733] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "SeaWiFS long-term solar diffuser reflectance and sensor noise analyses." Appl Opt 46 (5): 762-773 [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ocean color polarization correction." Appl Opt 44 (26): 5524-5535 [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Comparison of SeaWiFS Measurements of the Moon with the U.S. Geological Survey Lunar Model." Applied Optics 43 (31): 5838 [10.1364/AO.43.005838] [Journal Article/Letter]

2003. "Level-1a and Level-3 Processing Changes." NASA/TM 2003-206892, Vol 22 41-45 [Article in Book]

2003. "Changes to the On-Orbit Calibration of SeaWiFS." NASA/TM 2003-206892 40531 [Article in Book]

2002. "Achieving sub-pixel geolocation accuracy in support of MODIS land science." Remote Sensing of Environment 83 (1-2): 31-49 [10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00085-8] [Journal Article/Letter]

2002. "NOAA-NASA Coastal Zone Color Scanner Reanalysis Effort." Appl Opt 41 (9): 1615-1628 [Journal Article/Letter]

1998. "Key characteristics of MODIS data products ." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 36 (4): 1313-1323 [10.1109/36.701081] [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2019. "The NASA OBPG 2020 on-orbit calibration of SNPP VIIRS for ocean color applications." Earth Observing Systems XXIV [10.1117/12.2528769] [Proceedings]

2015. "Updates to the on-orbit calibration of SNPP VIIRS for ocean color applications." Earth Observing Systems XX 9607 [10.1117/12.2185940] [Proceedings]

2013. "A synthesis of VIIRS solar and lunar calibrations." Proc. SPIE 8866, Earth Observing Systems XVIII 8866 88661L [10.1117/12.2024069] [Proceedings]

2012. "Suomi NPP VIIRS ocean color data product early mission assessment." Proc. SPIE 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII 8510 85101H [10.1117/12.931113] [Proceedings]

2012. "VIIRS on-orbit calibration for ocean color data processing." Proc. SPIE 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII 8510 85101G [10.1117/12.930483] [Proceedings]

2011. "Assessment of NPP VIIRS Ocean Color Data Products: Hope and Risk." Proc. of SPIE 8153 9 pp. [10.1117/12.893945] [Proceedings]

2011. "The VIIRS ocean data simulator enhancements and results." Proc. SPIE 8153, Earth Observing Systems XVI 8153 81531P [10.1117/12.892936] [Proceedings]

2011. "Requirements for an Advanced Ocean Radiometer ." NASA Tech Memo 37 [Other]

2011. "Uncertainty Assessment of the SeaWiFS On-Orbit Calibration." Earth Observing Systems XVI [Proceedings]

2009. "A VIIRS ocean data simulator." Proc. SPIE 7452, Earth Observing Systems XIV 7452 75420A [10.1117/12.827058] [Other]

2008. "Sun beta angle residuals in solar diffuser measurements of the MODIS ocean bands." Proc. SPIE 7081, Earth Observing Systems XIII 7081 70810D [10.1117/12.796291] [Proceedings]

2007. "Correction of sub-frame striping in high-resolution MODIS ocean color products." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6677 12 pp [10.1117/12.732191] [Other]

2007. "On-orbit calibration of SeaWiFS: revised temperature and gain corrections." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6677 15 pp [Other]

2006. "SeaWiFS long-term solar diffuser reflectance trend analysis." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6296 10 pp [Other]

2005. "The continuity of ocean color measurements from SeaWiFS to MODIS." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 5882 304-316 [Other]

2005. "Residual correlations in the solar diffuser measurements of the MODIS Aqua ocean color bands to the Sun yaw angle." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 5882 292-303 [Other]

2005. "Use of the moon as a calibration reference for NPP VIIRS." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 5882 385-396 [Other]

2004. "Use of the Moon as a reference for satellite-based climate change measurements." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 5570 328-341 [Other]

2004. "Pointing Performance for the SeaWiFS Mission." NASA Tech Memo 2004-206892, Vol 28 63 pp [Other]

2004. "SeaWiFS lunar calibration methodology after six years on orbit." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 5542 40191 [Other]

2003. "Algorithm Updates for the Fourth SeaWiFS Data Reprocessing." NASA/TM 2003-206892 22 74 pp [Report]

2003. "Introduction to the Fourth SeaWiFS Reprocessing." NASA/TM 2003-206892, Vol 22 40279 [Article in Book]

2003. "Masks and Flags Updates." NASA/TM 2003--206892, Vol 22 34-40 [Report]

2002. "Navigation Algorithms for the SeaWiFS Mission, Abstract." NASA Tech Memo 2002- 206892, Vol 16 117-121 [Other]

1994. "Case studies for SeaWiFS calibration and validation, Part 2." NASA Technical Memorandum 104566 19 1-69 [Proceedings]