Meet our team:

Yoram J Kaufman

Position:

Senior physical scientist

Main areas of intrest:
• Remote sensing of aerosol and clouds
• Remote sensing of biomass burning
• Interaction of aerosol with clouds and its climatic impact
• Measurements of the optical, physical and chemical properties of aerosol
• Atmospheric correction of satellite imagery
• Calibration of spaceborne sensors

Recent publications:

Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, P. Ginaux, and S. Fan, 2004: Dust transport and deposition observed from the Terra-MODIS space observations. J. Geophys. Res.. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 110, D24202, D10S12, doi:10.1029/2003JD004436, 2005. abstract | full text (pdf)

Ichoku, C., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and R. Levy, 2004: Global aerosol remote sensing from MODIS. Advances in Space Research, 34 (2004), 820-827.. abstract | full text (pdf)

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Lorraine Remer

Position:

Senior physical scientist

Main areas of intrest:
• Algorithm for remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol from modis

Recent publications:

Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, S. Mattoo, D. A. Chu, J. V. Martins, R.-R. Li, C. Ichoku, R. C. Levy, R. G. Kleidman, T. F. Eck, E. Vermote, and B. N. Holben, 2004: The MODIS aerosol algorithm, products and validation. J.
Atmos. Sci., 62 (4), 947-973.
abstract | full text (pdf)

Remer, L. A., and Y. J. Kaufman, 2006: Aerosol direct radiative effect at the top of the atmosphere over cloud free ocean derived from four years of MODIS data. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 237-253, 2006. abstract | full text (doc)

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6194

Fax: (301) 614 6307

Lorraine.a.remer@nasa.gov

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Jose Vanderlei Martins

Position:

Research assistant professor

Main areas of intrest:
• Physical properties of aerosols, biomass burning

Recent publications:

Martins, J. V., D. Tanre, L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, and R. Levy, 2002: MODIS cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosol over oceans using spatial variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL01352. abstract | full text (pdf)

Kaufman, Y. J., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, M. R. Schoeberl, and M. A. Yamasoe, 2002: Satellite retrieval of aerosol absorption over the oceans using sunglint. Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6189

Fax: (301) 614 6307

martins@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Mian Chin

Position:

Physical scientist

Main areas of intrest:
• Global and regional modeling of aerosols and chemistry
• Climate change and air quality
• Intercontinental transport of aerosols and gas pollutants
• Analysis of satellite, ground-based, and aircraft data
• Support of satellite missions and field experiments

Recent publications:

Kaufman, Y., O. Boucher, D. Tanre, M. Chin, L. Remer, and T. Takemura: Aerosol anthropogenic component estimated from satellite data. Geophys. Res. Lett, 32, L17804, doi:10.1029/2005GL023125, 2005. abstract | full text (pdf)

Chin, M., D. A. Chu, R. Levy, L. Remer, Y. Kaufman, B. N. Holben, T. Eck, and P. Ginoux: Aerosol composition and distributions in the northern hemisphere during ACE-Asia: Results from global model, satellite observations, and surface sunphotometer measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D23S90, doi:10.1029/2004JD004829, 2004. abstract | full text (pdf)

full list of publications

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6007

Fax: (301) 614 5903

chin@rondo.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Charles Ichoku

Position:

Senior Scientist: Science Systems and Applications, Inc. at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Main areas of intrest:
• Analysis of Aerosol distribution and effects, Fires and Smoke Emissions.

Recent publications:

Ichoku, C. and Y. J. Kaufman, 2005: A method to derive smoke emission rates from MODIS fire radiative energy measurements, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sensing, 43(11), 2636-2649, 2005. full text (pdf)

Ichoku, C., L. A. Remer, and T. F. Eck, 2005: Quantitative evaluation and intercomparison of morning and afternoon Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD004987, 2005.

abstract | full text (pdf)

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6212

Fax: (301) 614 6307

ichoku@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Arlindo da Silva

Position:

Main areas of intrest:
• Global modeling and data assimilation

Recent publications:

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6189

Fax: (301) 614 6307

dasilva@gsfc.nasa.gov

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Graham Feingold

Position:

Lead: Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Group

Optical Remote Sensing Division

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

Main areas of intrest:
• Modeling of marine stratocumulus clouds - The "Indirect Effect"
• Remote-sensing of the "indirect effect"
• Cloud-Chemistry Modeling
• Lidar Studies
• Radar Studies
• Parameterization of cloud microphysics for use in GCMs
• The evolution of raindrop spectra below cloud base

Recent publications:

Feingold, G., 2003: Modeling of the first indirect effect: Analysis of measurement requirements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, No. 19, 1997, doi:10.1029/2003GL017967. abstract | full text (pdf)

Xue, H., and G. Feingold, 2004: A modeling study of the effect of nitric acid on cloud properties. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18204, doi:10.1029/2004JD004750. abstract | full text (pdf)

full list of publications

Contact information:

Phone: (303) 497 3098

Fax: (303) 497 5318

graham.feingold@noaa.gov

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Ilan Koren

Position:

Research assistant professor

Main areas of intrest:
• Physical properties of aerosols,
• Remote sensing of clouds and aerosols,
• Cloud -Aerosol interaction,

Recent publications:

Koren, I., Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, and J. V. Martins, 2004: Measurement of the effect of Amazon smoke on inhibition of cloud formation. Science, 303, 1342-1345. abstract | full text (pdf)

Koren, I., and Y. J. Kaufman, 2004: Direct wind measurements of Saharan dust events from Terra and Aqua satellites. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L06122, doi: 10.1029/2003GL019338. abstract | full text (pdf)

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6131

Fax: (301) 614 6307

ilank@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Oleg Dubovik

Position:

Associate professor, UMBC-Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology (GEST)

Main areas of intrest:
• Remote Sensing- AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET).

Recent publications:

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6624

Fax: (301) 614 6307

dubovik@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Rob Levy

Position:

MODIS Aerosol Scientist, and PhD student within the Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland College Park.

Main areas of intrest:

Recent publications:

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6123

Fax: (301) 614 6307

levy@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Hongbin Yu

Position:

Assistant Research Scientist

Main areas of intrest:
• Aerosol radiative effects and aerosol-land-atmosphere interactions ,
• Aerosol assimilation,
• Air pollution and climate forcing,
• Atmospheric boundary layer processes and air pollution,
• Tropospheric chemistry.

Recent publications:

Yu, Hongbin, R.E. Dickinson, M. Chin, Y.J. Kaufman, M. Zhou, L. Zhou, Y. Tian, O. Dubovik, and B.N. Holben (2004): The direct radiative effect of aerosols as determined from a combination of MODIS retrievals and GOCART simulations,? J. Geophys. Res., 109, D03206, doi:10.1029/2003JD003914. abstract | full text (pdf)

Yu, Hongbin, R.E. Dickinson, M. Chin, Y.J. Kaufman, B.N. Holben, I.V. Geogdzhayev, and M.I. Mishchenko, 2003: Annual cycle of global distributions of aerosol optical depth from integration of MODIS retrievals and GOCART model simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D3), 4128, doi:10.1029/2002JD002717, 2003. abstract | full text (pdf)

full list of publications

Contact information:

Phone: (301) 614 6209

Fax: (301) 614 6307

hyu@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov

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