Jeffrey A Miller
(SR. PROGR/ANALYST)
| Email: | jeffrey.a.miller@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6611 |
| Org Code: | 618 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 618 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC |
Brief Bio
Research Interests
Sea ice melt and freeze detection
Earth Science: Sea Ice With Dr. Thorsten Markus, I developed an algorithm to determine when sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere first begins to melt in each calendar year, and when it first begins to freeze up again. I am working to refine and improve the algorithm.
This work is important in tracking the length of the melt season in the Arctic as a metric for climate change.
Cryosphere data products
Earth Science: Cryosphere / Earth's Ice CoverWorking with various Cryosphere missions (Terra / Aqua MODIS, SSM/I, AMSR-E, Landsat 2) to improve data products.
Positions/Employment
Senior Scientific Programmer
KBRWyle - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
July 2004 - Present
In this position, I support the Cryospheric Sciences Lab at GSFC. This includes algorithm development and testing, data product processing / vetting / improvement, and tracking instrument calibration and health. I interface directly with mission PIs with whatever scientific programming tasks they need both on a day to day and routine basis.
Senior Calibration and Validation Analyst
Science Systems Applications Inc. - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
March 1998 - July 2004
In this position, I supported the Landsat Project Science office here at GSFC. I created software tools to characterize and refine the instrument calibration, as well as to monitor and report on instrument health. I reported directly to the Project Scientists on a day to day basis, and delivered talks as semiannual science team meetings.
Education
PhD postgraduate work, University of Maryland, College Park
Publications
Refereed
2017. "Greenland coastal air temperatures linked to Baffin Bay and Greenland Sea ice conditions during autumn through regional blocking patterns." Climate Dynamics 1--18 [10.1007/s00382-017-3583-3] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Skillful spring forecasts of September Arctic sea ice extent using passive microwave sea ice observations." Earth's Future 5 254–263 [10.1002/2016EF000495] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Comparison of Passive Microwave-Derived Early Melt Onset Records on Arctic Sea Ice." Remote Sensing 9 (3): 199 [10.3390/rs9030199] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Uncertainties of temperature measurements on snow-covered land and sea ice from in situ and MODIS data during BROMEX." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 54 (5): 966-978 [Full Text] [10.1175/JAMC-D-114-01751.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Using Air Temperature to Quantitatively Predict the MODIS Fractional Snow Cover Retrieval Errors over the Continental United States." J. Hydrometeor. 15 (2): 551-562 [10.1175/JHM-D-13-060.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Changes in Arctic melt season and implications for sea ice loss." Geophys. Res. Lett. 41 (4): 1216-1225 [10.1002/2013GL058951] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "A Comparison of Snow Depth on Sea Ice Retrievals Using Airborne Altimeters and an AMSR-E Simulator." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 50 (8): 3027-3040 [10.1109/TGRS.2011.2180535] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Recent changes in Arctic sea ice melt onset, freezeup, and melt season length." J. Geophys. Res. 114 (C12): C12024 [10.1029/2009JC005436] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Comparison of ICESat Data With Airborne Laser Altimeter Measurements Over Arctic Sea Ice." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 46 (7): 1913-1924 [10.1109/TGRS.2008.916639] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Recent changes in the Arctic melt season." Annals of Glaciology 44 (1): 367-374 [10.3189/172756406781811583] [Journal Article/Letter]
1997. "Variability of boreal forest reflectances as measured from a helicopter platform." Journal of Geophysical Research 102 29495-29503 [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2022. "Landsat 9 Operational Land Imager2 (OLI2) on-orbit results of new special characterizations." Earth Observing Systems XXVII [10.1117/12.2633665] [Proceedings]
2020. "Landsat 9 Mission update and status." Earth Observing Systems XXV 11501 (O): 1-8 [10.1117/12.2569748] [Proceedings]