Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Michael J. Croteau (he/him)

(Rsch AST, Solid Earth Geophysical Std)

Michael J. Croteau (he/him)'s Contact Card & Information.
Email: michael.j.croteau@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.5803
Org Code: 61A
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 61A
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


Mike Croteau is a satellite geodesist and focuses on time-variable gravity estimation with GRACE and SLR, including Level-1B combinatorial solutions with other datasets. He is also involved in the Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory's Global Mean Sea Level work. Mike is a NASA TOPS Champion, advocating for open science and teaching open science best practices at GSFC and in the scientific community.

Current Projects


GRACE / GRACE Follow-On Science Team


NASA Sea Level Change Team


Earth Information System - Sea Level Team


NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS) GSFC Champions

Positions/Employment


Research Geophysicist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD

September 2020 - Present


NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, administered by USRA - Greenbelt, MD

February 2019 - September 2020

Education


2019 - Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

  • Dissertation: "Daily GRACE Water Storage Estimates for Improving Hydrology Models and Forecasting"
  • Advisor: Dr. Steve Nerem

2014 - M.S. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

2012 - M.Ed., University of Notre Dame

2010 - B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Awards


AGU Outstanding Reviewer of 2022, JGR: Solid Earth

NASA GSFC HBG Scientific Achievement Award, October 2022

Professional Service


Science Director's Committee (Chair, 2022-2023; Vice Chair, 2021-2022)

610 Early and Mid Career Council (EMC2)

Publications


Refereed

2023. "Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of Greenland Ice Sheet model simulations." The Cryosphere 17 (11): 4661-4673 [10.5194/tc-17-4661-2023] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Choice of observation type affects Bayesian calibration of ice sheet model projections." EGUsphere [preprint] [10.5194/egusphere-2022-1213] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "GRACE Fast Mascons From Spherical Harmonics and a Regularization Design Trade Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 126 (8): [10.1029/2021jb022113] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Anomalous circulation in July 2019 resulting in mass loss on the Greenland ice sheet." Geophysical Research Letters 47 (17): [10.1029/2020GL087263] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Development of a Daily GRACE Mascon Solution for Terrestrial Water Storage." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125 (3): [10.1029/2019jb018468] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Tracking Seasonal Fluctuations in Land Water Storage Using Global Models and GRACE Satellites." Geophysical Research Letters 46 (10): 5254-5264 [10.1029/2018gl081836] [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2023. "Tsunami Early-Warning CubeSat Design Reference Mission (DRM)." NASA/TM–20230003987 [Full Text] [Report]

Talks, Presentations and Posters


Invited

Recent Misclosure in the Sea Level Budget 

June 9, 2023

GISS Sea Level Seminar Series


Weighing the Cryosphere and monitoring its changes with the GRACE Follow-On satellite mission 

June 3, 2023

The Geological Society of Washington


Optimizing GRACE/GRACE-FO time variable gravity products through advanced estimation strategies

July 28, 2022

AGU Geodesy Lecture Series webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cep9ZDWRLTE

Other