Lisa Milani is a UMD-ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist currently working under cooperative agreement for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. Lisa does research in snowfall Remote Sensing using GPM and CloudSat sensors data. In particular in the last few years she has been working on shallow convective snowfall on global and regional scales, using active and passive microwave sensors globally and over the US Great Lakes region.
Lisa Milani
(ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
| Email: | lisa.milani@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.5703 |
| Org Code: | 612 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 612 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK |
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Associate Research Scientist
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center - University of Maryland - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
December 2023 - Present
Snowfall estimates from GPM and CloudSat products.
Assistant Research Scientist
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center - University of Maryland - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
August 2022 - December 2023
Snowfall estimates from GPM and CloudSat products.
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center - University of Maryland - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
April 2018 - August 2022
Snowfall estimates from GPM and CloudSat products.
Assistant Researcher
Michigan Technological University - Houghton, MI
October 2017 - March 2018
Snowfall estimates from GPM and CloudSat products.
Post-Doc
Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences - National Research Council - Bologna, Italy
September 2016 - September 2017
Development and implementation of satellite techniques for the real-time precipitation estimation for meteo-hydrological applications” within the research program “RAMSES” (RAilway Meteorological SEcurity System).
Honorary Fellowship
Space Science and Engineering Center - Madison, WI
October 2014 - March 2015
Shallow cumuliform snowfall retrievals from CloudSat.
Post-Doc
Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences - National Research Council - Rome, Italy
April 2013 - September 2014
“Calibration and validation of a passive microwave algorithm based on AMSU microwave radiometer using reflectivity profiles of CPR on board CloudSat satellite” within the National Antarctic Research Program “Ice estimation and characterization of solid precipitation in Antarctic”.
Post-Doc
Physics Department - University of Ferrara - Ferrara, Italy
April 2012 - March 2013
Quantitative precipitation estimate from satellite.
Education
PhD in Physics (2012) – Atmospheric Science (FIS/06)Thesis title: “Multi-sensor precipitation estimate for hydrogeological hazard mitigation” Physics Department, University of Ferrara – ITALY.
Scientific and Cultural Master in Physics (University Master level 2 - 2009) University of Ferrara – ITALY.
M.S. Degree in Physics (2008) - Astrophysics and Space Physics (Degree type ante DM 509/1999) Thesis title: “Sviluppo di una lente di Laue per astronomia gamma e primi risultati” (Development of a Laue lens for gamma astronomy and first results) Physics Department, University of Ferrara – ITALY.
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
Member
2018 - Present
European Geosciences Union
Member
2012 - Present
Awards
Year 2021 Performance Award: “ Best Science Highlight or Nugget”, Earth Sciences Division Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Publications
Refereed
2023. "The State of Precipitation Measurements at Mid-to-High Latitudes." Atmosphere 14 (11): 1677 [10.3390/atmos14111677] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Evaluation of Snowfall Retrieval Performance of GPM Constellation Radiometers Relative to Spaceborne Radars." Journal of Hydrometeorology 24 (3): 389-405 [10.1175/jhm-d-22-0052.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Vulnerability of Passive Microwave Snowfall Retrievals to Physical Properties of Snowpack: A Perspective from Dense Media Radiative Transfer Theory." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 1-1 [10.1109/tgrs.2022.3184530] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "DeepPrecip: A deep neural network for precipitation retrievals." EGUsphere [10.5194/egusphere-2022-497] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Quantitative Investigation of Radiometric Interactions between Snowfall, Snow Cover, and Cloud Liquid Water over Land." Remote Sensing 13 (13): 2641 [10.3390/rs13132641] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Applications of a CloudSat-TRMM and CloudSat-GPM Satellite Coincidence Dataset." Remote Sensing 13 (12): 2264 [10.3390/rs13122264] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Biases in CloudSat Falling Snow Estimates Resulting from Daylight-Only Operations." Remote Sensing 13 (11): 2041 [10.3390/rs13112041] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Extreme Lake-Effect Snow from a GPM Microwave Imager Perspective: Observational Analysis and Precipitation Retrieval Evaluation." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 38 (2): 293-311 [10.1175/jtech-d-20-0064.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Global Snowfall Detection and Measurement." Satellite Precipitation Measurement 699-716 [10.1007/978-3-030-35798-6_12] [Article in Book]
2019. "Retrieving Surface Snowfall With the GPM Microwave Imager: A New Module for the SLALOM Algorithm." Geophysical Research Letters 46 (22): 13593-13601 [10.1029/2019gl084576] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Satellite Estimation of Falling Snow: A Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory Perspective." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 58 (7): 1429-1448 [10.1175/jamc-d-18-0124.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "CloudSat snowfall estimates over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: An assessment of independent retrieval methodologies and multi-year snowfall analysis." Atmospheric Research 213 121-135 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.05.015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "SLALOM: An All-Surface Snow Water Path Retrieval Algorithm for the GPM Microwave Imager." Remote Sensing 10 (8): 1278 [10.3390/rs10081278] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Seasonal variability of shallow cumuliform snowfall: A CloudSat perspective." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 144 (S1): 329-343 [10.1002/qj.3222] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "A Shallow Cumuliform Snowfall Census Using Spaceborne Radar." Journal of Hydrometeorology 17 (4): 1261-1279 [10.1175/jhm-d-15-0123.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "A novel algorithm for detection of precipitation in tropical regions using PMW radiometers." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8 (3): 1217-1232 [10.5194/amt-8-1217-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The Passive microwave Neural network Precipitation Retrieval (PNPR) algorithm for AMSU/MHS observations: description and application to European case studies." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8 (2): 837-857 [10.5194/amt-8-837-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "On the uncertainties in validating satellite instantaneous rainfall estimates with raingauge operational network." Atmospheric Research 144 73-81 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.12.007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "The validation service of the hydrological SAF geostationary and polar satellite precipitation products." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 14 (4): 871-889 [10.5194/nhess-14-871-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Precipitation products from the hydrology SAF." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13 (8): 1959-1981 [10.5194/nhess-13-1959-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Invited
Lake Effect Snow Retrievals and Analysis from GPM.
August 1, 2021
L. Milani
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, SED Director’s Seminar.
Snow in the context of climate change.
May 14, 2021
L. Milani
University of Maryland, Global Spotlight Series.
Biases in CloudSat Falling Snow Estimates Resulting from Daylight-Only Operations.
November 13, 2020
L. Milani, N.B. Wood
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, CPC seminar series.
Other
166 GHz Ice Scattering Signal in Cold-Season Precipitating Cloud Systems.
13, 2021
L. Milani, I.S. Adams, M.S. Kulie, G. Panegrossi, S.E. Ringerud
AGU Fall Meeting, Virtual (Oral).
Brightness temperature signatures due to shallow cumuliform and deep stratiform snowfall regimes.
October 2, 2021
L. Milani, M.S. Kulie
3rd International Summer Snowfall Workshop, Virtual (iPoster).
CloudSat Bias on Falling Snow Estimates Over the Daylight Only Operational Period (after 2012): Seasonal and Regional Impacts.
February 11, 2021
L. Milani, N.B. Wood
AMS Annual Meeting, Virtual (Oral).
Snowfall Type Classification for Improving Passive Microwave Snowfall Estimates.
2020
L. Milani, V. Petkovich, M. Orescanin, M.S. Kulie
AGU Fall Meeting, Virtual (iPoster).