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Charles Ichoku Research Physical Scientist Charles.Ichoku@nasa.gov (301) 614-6212 Curriculum Vitae |
Education
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Research Interests
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Background
Dr. Charles Ichoku obtained his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Surveying, Geodesy, and Photogrammetry, and his Master of Science (M.Sc) degree in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, both from the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, in 1982 and 1987, respectively. He then proceeded to pursue his doctoral studies in France at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, where he received the Diplôme d’Études Supérieures Specialisées (DESS) degree in Remote Sensing and the Ph.D degree in Earth Sciences, in 1989 and 1993, respectively.
Dr. Ichoku worked as a research fellow at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Israel, from 1993 to 1997, then as a visiting scientist at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, from 1997 to 1998. In 1998, he joined the Climate and Radiation Branch at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland, under contract with Science Systems & Applications, Inc. (SSAI), and in 2006 became affiliated with the joint GSFC/University of Maryland’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC). In 2008, he was appointed to an official position with NASA as a Research Physical Scientist.
Dr. Ichoku\'s activities over the years have included developing and applying both experimental and remote sensing approaches to research in various branches of the earth and atmospheric sciences. Currently, he is actively involved in the development of innovative remote sensing techniques for global characterization of fires, their smoke emissions, and atmospheric aerosols in general, as well as evaluating their impacts on the environment and climate. He has won several NASA individual and group achievement awards, and has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Latest Publications
Ichoku, C., J. V. Martins, Y. J. Kaufman, M. J. Wooster, P. H. Freeborn, W. M. Hao, S. Baker, C. A. Ryan, and B. L. Nordgren, 2009: Laboratory investigation of fire radiative energy and smoke aerosol emissions. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S09, doi:10.1029/2007JD009659, (The Yoram J. Kaufman Symposium on Aerosols, Clouds and Climate). [Full Text (PDF)]
Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, R. G. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, C. Ichoku, and T. F. Eck, 2009: Global evaluation of the Collection 5 MODIS aerosol products over land and ocean. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc.. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Freeborn, P. H., M. J. Wooster, W. M. Hao, C. A. Ryan, B. L. Nordgren, S. P. Baker, and C. Ichoku, 2008: Relationships between energy release, fuel mass loss, and trace gas and aerosol emissions during laboratory biomass fires. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D01301, doi:10.1029/2007JD008679. [Full Text (PDF)]
Jordan, N., C. Ichoku, and R. Hoff, 2008: Estimating Smoke Emissions Over The U.S. Southern Great Plains Using MODIS Fire Radiative Power and Aerosol Observations. Atmos. Env., 42, 2007–2022.. [Full Text (PDF)]
Ichoku, C., L. Giglio, M. J. Wooster, and L. A. Remer, 2008: Global characterization of biomass-burning patterns using satellite measurements of Fire Radiative Energy. Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 2950-2962, 2008.. [Full Text (PDF)]
Henderson, S. B., B. Burkholder, P. L. Jackson, M. Brauer, and C. Ichoku, 2008: Use of MODIS products to simplify and evaluate a forest fire plume dispersion model for PM10 exposure assessment. Atmos. Env., 42, Issue 36, 8524-8532, ISSN 1352-2310.. [Full Text (PDF)]
Henderson, S. B., B. Burkholder, P. L. Jackson, M. Brauer, and C. Ichoku, 2008: Validity and utility of MODIS fire data for rapid estimation of area burned and aerosols emitted during wildfire events. Atmos. Env. (Submitted)
Remer, L. A., R. G. Kleidman, R. C. Levy, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, S. Mattoo, J. V. Martins, C. Ichoku, I. Koren, H. Yu, and B. N. Holben, 2008: Global aerosol climatology from the MODIS satellite sensors. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S07, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009661 (The Yoram J. Kaufman Symposium on Aerosols, Clouds and Climate). [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Castanho, A., R. Prinn, V. Martins, M. Herold, C. Ichoku, and L. T. Molina, 2007: Urban Visible/SWIR surface reflectance ratios from satellite and sun photometer measurements in Mexico City. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 5467-5477. [Full Text (PDF)]
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, 2005: The MODIS aerosol algorithm, products and validation. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 947-973. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
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