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Lorraine Remer Physical Scientist lorraine.a.remer@nasa.gov (301) 614-6194 Curriculum Vitae |
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Background
I am currently a Senior Physical Scientist in the Climate and Radiation Branch of Goddard's Laboratory for Atmospheres, which I joined as a civil servant in 1998 after working for seven years within the Branch as a contract support scientist. I am a Member of the EOS-MODIS science team and was a member of the Global Aerosol Climatology Project science team. My interests include climate and climate change, and my speciality is the remote sensing of aerosol from satellite, but I have a passion for field experiments. I have been involved with the Smoke/Sulfate, Cloud And Radiation (SCAR) experiments, the Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment (TARFOX), the Israeli Desert Transition Zone experiment, the Puerto Rico Dust Experiment (PRiDE), the Chesapeake Lighthouse Airborne Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS), Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO) and The Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Phase B (INTEX-B). Lately, I have also become interested in aerosol effects on human health, air quality and intercontinental transport of pollutants.
I am an active volunteer with the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland and collaborated with the Girl Scout Council to develop the Planet Earth Patch, a program designed to introduce girls to Earth system science.
Latest Publications
Koren, I., L. A. Remer, K. Longo, F. Brown, and R. Lindsey, 2009: Reply to comment by W. Schroeder et al. on Reversal of trend of biomass burning in the Amazon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03807, doi: 10.1029/2008GL036063. [Full Text (PDF)]
Levy, R., G. Leptoukh, R. Kahn, V. Zubko, A. Gopalan, and L. Remer, 2009: A critical look at deriving monthly aerosol optical depth from satellite data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 47, No. 9, 2942-2956. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Remer, L. A., M. Chin, P. DeCola, G. Feingold, R. Halthore, R. A. Kahn, P. K. Quinn, D. Rind, S. E. Schwartz, D. Streets, and H. Yu, 2009: Executive Summary, Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA. [Full Text (PDF)]
Kahn, R. A., H. Yu, S. E. Schwartz, M. Chin, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, D. Rind, R. Halthore, and P. DeCola, 2009: Introduction, Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA. [Full Text (PDF)]
Rind, D., R. A. Kahn, M. Chin, S. E. Schwartz, L. A. Remer, G. Feingold, H. Yu, P. K. Quinn, and R. Halthorne, 2009: The Way Forward: Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA. [Full Text (PDF)]
Yu, H., P. K. Quinn, G. Feingold, L. A. Remer, R. A. Kahn, M. Chin, and S. E. Schwartz, 2009: Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Properties, Burdens, and Radiative Forcing, in Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Mian Chin, Ralph A. Kahn, and Stephen E. Schwartz (eds.), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA. [Full Text (PDF)]
Yu, H., M. Chin, L. A. Remer, R. G. Kleidman, N. Bellouin, H. Bian, and T. Diehl, 2009: Variability of marine aerosol fine-mode fraction and estimates of anthropogenic aerosol component over cloud-free oceans from the Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10206, doi:10.1029/2008JD010648. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Kahn, R. A., D. L. Nelson, M. Garay, R. C. Levy, M. A. Bull, J. V. Martonchik, D. J. Diner, S. R. Paradise, D. L. Wu, E. G. Hansen, and L. A. Remer, 2009: MISR Aerosol product attributes, and statistical comparison with MODIS. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. (In press)
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)]
Martins, J. V., P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, A. D. Castanho, and L. A. Remer, 2009: Spectral absorption properties of aerosol particles from 350-2500nm. G. Res. Lett., 36, doi: 10.1029/2009GL037435, L13810. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Latest Images of the Week
Eruption of Sarychev Volcano in the Kuril Islands, Russia (Jul 19, 2009)
Low level clouds change sign of aerosol radiative forcing over ocean (May 31, 2009)
Quality of MODIS/AERONET aerosol comparisons (Mar 8, 2009)
Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) anomaly showing deviation of 2008 from the Terra-MODIS 8-year mean (Dec 14, 2008)
Fires observed in Canada during ARCTAS (Jul 6, 2008)
MODIS View of the Global Aerosol System and 2007 Anomalies (Apr 6, 2008)
Interannual Variability of Smoke in Three Biomass Burning Regions (Dec 30, 2007)
Reversal of trend of biomass burning in the Amazon (Sep 23, 2007)
2006 Annual Mean Aerosol Optical Depth at 550 nm from MODIS (Feb 18, 2007)
Fires in Southern California (Oct 29, 2006)