Curriculum Vitae for Susan Kulawik
Brief Bio:
Specializes in satellite remote sensing of our earth
- Aura-TES L2 Algorithm lead, including new species and algorithm development, prototyping, scientific validation of atmospheric products, and working with software engineers to oversee production code.
- Principle Investigator for Earth Science Data Record for the consistent validation of CO2 biases and errors from AIRS, SCIAMACHY, TES, ACOS-GOSAT, and OCO-2. Principle Investigator for characterization of OCO-2 products.
- Characterization of new instrument concepts for GEO-CAPE missions: simulated retrievals of trace gases in UV, VIS, NIR, and IR spectral regions
- Algorithm development and prototyping for atmospheric retrievals from TES, including error analysis, target scene preparation, constraint optimization, spectral window optimization, and development of quality flags.
Research Interests:
• Optimal estimation approaches in atmospheric remote sensing to develop and characterize tropospheric products
• Using satellite data to understand the carbon cycle
• Characterization of results for new instrument concepts
Professional Experience:
| 2013 - Present | Senior Research Scientist, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, 506 Third St. West, Sonoma, CA |
| 2002 - 2013 | Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109 |
| 1999 - 2002 | Senior Physics Engineer, Raytheon ITSS, Pasadena, CA 91101 |
Education:
1999 - Ph.D., physics - University of Michigan
1995 - M.A., physics - University of Michigan
1991 - B.A., physics - Ohio State University
First Author Publications:
- Kulawik, S., et al. (2021), Evaluation of single-footprint AIRS CH4 profile retrieval uncertainties using aircraft profile measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 335-354, doi:10.5194/amt-14-335-2021.
- Kulawik, S., et al. (2016), Consistent evaluation of ACOS-GOSAT, BESD-SCIAMACHY, CarbonTracker, and MACC through comparisons to TCCON, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 683-709, doi:10.5194/amt-9-683-2016.
- Kulawik, S., et al. (2013), Comparison of improved Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer CO2 with HIPPO and SGP aircraft profile measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 3205-3225.
Co-Authored Publications:
- Shogrin, M. J., et al. (2024), Changes to Peroxyacyl Nitrates (PANs) Over Megacities in Response to COVID‐19 Tropospheric NO2 Reductions Observed by the Cross‐Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), Geophys. Res. Lett., e2023GL104854, doi:10.1029/2023GL104854.
- Yates, E. L., et al. (2023), An extensive database of airborne trace gas and meteorological observations from the Alpha Jet Atmospheric eXperiment (AJAX), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 2375-2389, doi:10.5194/essd-15-2375-2023.
- Hegarty, J., et al. (2022), Validation and error estimation of AIRS MUSES CO profiles with HIPPO, ATom, and NOAA GML aircraft observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 205-223, doi:10.5194/amt-15-205-2022.
- Payne, V., et al. (2022), Satellite measurements of peroxyacetyl nitrate from the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder: comparison with ATom aircraft measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 3497-3511, doi:10.5194/amt-15-3497-2022.
- Worden, H., et al. (2022), TROPESS/CrIS carbon monoxide profile validation with NOAA GML and ATom in situ aircraft observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 5383-5398, doi:10.5194/amt-15-5383-2022.
- Buchholz, R., et al. (2021), Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions, Remote Sensing of Environment, 256, 112275, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112275.
- Herman, R. L., et al. (2020), Comparison of optimal estimation HDO/H2O retrievals from AIRS with ORACLES measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 1825-1834, doi:10.5194/amt-13-1825-2020.
- Herman, R. L., et al. (2019), Comparison of Optimal Estimation HDO/H2O Retrievals from AIRS with ORACLES measurements, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2019-195 (submitted).
- Miyazaki, K., et al. (2019), Balance of Emission and Dynamical Controls on Ozone During the Korea-United States Air Quality Campaign From Multiconstituent Satellite Data Assimilation, J. Geophys. Res..
- Worden, J., et al. (2019), Characterization and evaluation of AIRS-based estimates of the deuterium content of water vapor, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 2331-2339, doi:10.5194/amt-12-2331-2019.
- Fu, D., et al. (2018), Retrievals of tropospheric ozone profiles from the synergism of AIRS and OMI: methodology and validation, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 5587-5605, doi:10.5194/amt-11-5587-2018.
- Gaudel, et al. (2018), Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone relevant to climate and global atmospheric chemistry model evaluation, Elem Sci Anth, 6, 39, doi:10.1525/elementa.
- Gaudel, A., et al. (2018), Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone relevant to climate and global atmospheric chemistry model evaluation, Elem Sci Anth, 6, 39, doi:10.1525/elementa.291.
- Cady-Pereira, K., et al. (2017), Seasonal and spatial changes in trace gases over megacities from Aura TES observations: two case studies, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 9379-9398, doi:10.5194/acp-17-9379-2017.
- Kuai, L., et al. (2017), Hydrological controls on the tropospheric ozone greenhouse gas effect, Elem Sci Anth, 5, 10, doi:10.1525/elementa.208.
- Payne, V., et al. (2017), Spatial variability in tropospheric peroxyacetyl nitrate in the tropics from infrared satellite observations in 2005 and 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 6341-6351, doi:10.5194/acp-17-6341-2017.
- Worden, J., et al. (2017), Evaluation and attribution of OCO-2 XCO2 uncertainties, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 2759-2771, doi:10.5194/amt-10-2759-2017.
- Herman, R. L., et al. (2014), Aircraft validation of Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer retrievals of HDO / H2O, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3127-3138, doi:10.5194/amt-7-3127-2014.
- Zoogman, P., et al. (2011), Ozone air quality measurement requirements for a geostationary satellite mission, Atmos. Environ., 45, 7143-7150, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.058.