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Research Area
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Core Competencies
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Research Initiatives
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Seasonal Forecasting
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Analysis of atmospheric cycles
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Weather prediction of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Arctic Oscillation (AO)
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Radiative Transfer Modeling
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Development of advanced radiative transfer models for clear sky and scattering atmospheres
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Development of advanced radiation codes (RRTMG) for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and climate models
Optimal Spectral Sampling (OSS) for satellite remote sensing
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Ocean analyses from models and observations
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Estimation of global ocean salinity, temperature, currents at different depths and times
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Joint project on Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO)
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Earth rotation
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Studies of atmospheric and ocean momentum and the relationship with Earth motions
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Research program on polar motion studies
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Prediction of length of day
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Research program to analyze and predict length of day and Earth wobble, on scales of hours to years; used for navigation and communication with Earth and space vehicles.
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Data Assimilation & Prediction
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Studies of the optimal use of remotely sensed data for numerical weather prediction
Expertise in development and application of forecasting models for numerical weather prediction (NWP)
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Esemble data assimilation using Ensemble Kalman Filter (ENKF)
Adaptation and validation of science algorithms for NOAA’s high performance computing environment.
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Near-Earth space environment |
Ionosphere/ plasmasphere, magnetic fields, radiation belts, solar effects |
Data assimilative ionospheric modeling; next generation radiation belt modeling; solar and galactic energetic particles |
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Greenhouse gases
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Coupling NWP and tracer modeling
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Carbon cycle studies
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GOSAT science team member
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Stratospheric properties studies
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Stratospheric chemistry and aerosol modeling
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Scientific assessments for WMO and IPCC
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Climate engineering studies
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