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Michael King Senior Scientist Emeritus, Code 610 michael.king@lasp.colorado.edu (303) 492-8099 Curriculum Vitae |
Education
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Research Interests
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Professional Activities and Experience
Head of the MODIS Science Team (2009-present)
Senior Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado (2008-)
EOS Senior Project Scientist (1992-2008)
Head of the MODIS-Atmosphere Discipline Group (1989-2009)
Principal Investigator and developer of the Cloud Absorption Radiometer
Principal Investigator of the MODIS Airborne Simulator
ERBE Project Scientist (1983-1992)
Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Professional (2006)
Space Systems Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2006)
Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2006)
Elected Member, US National Academy of Engineering (2003)
William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Sciences, Goddard Space Flight Center (2001)
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (2001)
Verner E. Suomi Award, American Meteorological Society (2000)
Elected Goddard Senior Fellow (1997)
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Colorado College (1995)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1992)
Elected Fellow, American Meteorological Society (1990)
NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1985)
Background
Dr. Michael King is Senior Research Associate in the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado. He served as Senior Project Scientist of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) from 1992 to 2008. He joined Goddard Space Flight Center in January 1978 as a physical scientist, and previously served as Project Scientist of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) from 1983-1992. His research experience includes conceiving, developing, and operating multispectral scanning radiometers from a number of aircraft platforms in field experiments ranging from arctic stratus clouds to smoke from the Kuwait oil fires and biomass burning in Brazil and southern Africa. He has lectured on global change on all seven continents. Earlier, he developed the Cloud Absorption Radiometer for studying the absorption properties of optically thick clouds as well as the bidirectional reflectance properties of many natural surfaces, and is principal investigator of the MODIS Airborne Simulator, an imaging spectrometer that flies onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft. This instrument has aided immeasurably in the development of atmospheric and land remote sensing algorithms for the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument.
Dr. King is Team Leader of the MODIS science team on Terra and Aqua. As a team member, he is also responsible for 5 science algorithms being run routinely to process MODIS data: (i) cloud optical properties component of the MODIS cloud product, a level-2 algorithm for determining cloud optical thickness and effective particle radius of both liquid water and ice clouds, and level-3 combined atmosphere products at 1° x 1° latitude/longitude resolution, averaged over (ii) a day, (iii) eight days (half of the orbital repeat cycle of MODIS), and (iv) a month, and (v) a joint atmosphere level-2 product with the most important atmosphere properties sampled every 5-10 km to reduce the size of this data product for ease of use globally.
He has authored over 90 papers published in refereed scientific journals, in addition to editing 1 Book (Our Changing Planet: The View from Space), 4 Scientific Documents (EOS Science Plan; EOS Science Plan Executive Summary, EOS Reference Handbook, EOS Data Products Handbook, Volume 1) and many book chapters and technical reports. Of his over 5,400 citations to date, one paper has received over 500 citations since it was published in 2002, and is a classic in the determination of aerosol size distribution and spectral single scattering albedo by inversion of spectral aerosol optical thickness and sky radiance measurements. 17 of his papers have received over 100 citations and another 10 over 50, with 10 having received over 200 citations.
Latest Publications
Georgiev, G. T., C. K. Gatebe, J. J. Butler, and M. D. King, 2009: BRDF analysis of savanna vegetation and salt-pan samples. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 47, 2546-2556. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Wind, G., S. Platnick, M. D. King, P. A. Hubanks, M. J. Pavolonis, A. K. Heidinger, P. Yang, and B. A. Baum, 2009: Multilayer cloud detection with the MODIS near-infrared water vapor absorption band. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Eichler, H., K. S. Schmidt, R. Buras, M. Wendisch, B. Mayer, P. Pilewskie, M. D. King, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, and S. Platnick, 2009: Cirrus spatial heterogeneity versus ice crystal shape: Effects on remote sensing of cirrus optical thickness and effective crystal radius. J. Geophys. Res. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Schmidt, K. S., P. Pilewskie, B. Mayer, M. Wendisch, B. Kindel, S. Platnick, M. D. King, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, L. Tian, G. Heymsfield, and H. Eichler, 2009: Apparent and real absorption of solar spectral irradiance in heterogeneous ice clouds. J. Geophys. Res. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Lyapustin, A., C. K. Gatebe, R. Kahn, R. Brandt, J. Redemann, P. Russell, M. D. King, C. A. Pedersen, S. Gerland, R. Poudyal, A. Marshak, Y. Wang, C. Schaaf, D. Hall, and A. Kokhanovsky, 2009: Analysis of snow BRF from ARCTAS Spring-2008 campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
King, M. D., S. Platnick, G. Wind, G. T. Arnold, and R. T. Dominguez, 2009: Remote sensing of the radiative and microphysical properties of clouds during TC4: Results from MAS, MASTER, MODIS, and MISR. J. Geophys. Res. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Gatebe, C. K., O. Dubovik, M. D. King, and A. Sinyuk, 2009: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne- and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys. (Submitted) [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Moody, E. G., M. D. King, C. B. Schaaf, and S. Platnick, 2008: MODIS-derived spatially complete surface albedo products: Spatial and temporal pixel distribution and zonal averages. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 2879-2894, doi: 10.1175/2008JAMC1795.1. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
King, M. D., 2008: The Earths changing environment as seen from the vantage point of space. The Planetary Report, 28, 6-11. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Moody, E. G., M. D. King, C. B. Schaaf, D. K. Hall, and S. Platnick, 2007: Northern Hemisphere five-year average (2000-2004) spectral albedos of surfaces in the presence of snow: Statistics computed from Terra MODIS land products. Remote Sens. Environ., 111, 337-345. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Latest Images of the Week
Spectral Albedo of Snow-covered Surfaces (Nov 18, 2007)
Cloud Property Retrievals in TC4 (Jul 29, 2007)
Cloud Fraction for Liquid Water and Ice Clouds (Nov 12, 2006)
In Memory of Yoram J. Kaufman (1948-2006) (Jun 4, 2006)
Bulk Single Scattering Albedo of Ice Clouds (Dec 18, 2005)
Cloud Optical Thickness & Effective Radius for Greenland (Aug 21, 2005)
Tracking the Movements and Evolution of Dust Plumes over Land from MODIS (May 22, 2005)
Global Spectral Surface Albedo with Snow Cover (May 8, 2005)
Bidirectional Reflectance Functions for Various Types of Surfaces (May 1, 2005)
Global Spectral Surface Albedo (Dec 12, 2004)