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KWAJEX Ogranization

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT and SCIENCE

 

Ramesh Kakar

Program Manager

NASA HQ

ramesh.kakar@hq.nasa.gov

Otto Thiele

Program Manager

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

thiele@trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov

Joanne Simpson

Program Scientist

NASA GSFC

simpson@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov

Edward Zipser

Program Scientist

University of Utah

ezipser@atmos.met.utah.edu

Chris Kummerow

TRMM Project Scientist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

kummerow@audry.gsfc.nasa.gov

 

 

PROJECT SCIENTISTS

Robert Houze

KWAJEX Project 
Scientist

University of Washington

houze@atmos.washington.edu

Sandra Yuter

KWAJEX Project 
Scientist

University of Washington

yuter@atmos.washington.edu

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Stephen Hipskind

Project Manager

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office 

shipskind@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Wendy Dolci

Project Manager

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

wdolci@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Mike Craig

Project Manager

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

mcraig@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Tom Kalaskey

Project Manager

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

tkalaskey@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Quincy Allison

Logistics Coordinator

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

qallison@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Betty Symonds

Logistics Coordinator

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

bsymonds@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Sue Tolley

Logistics Coordinator

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

stolley@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Joe Goosby

Network and Web administration

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

goosby@cloud1.arc.nasa.gov

Steve Gaines

Network and Web administration

NASA Ames Research Center Earth Sciences Project Office

gaines@cloud1.arc.nasa.gov

 

PLATFORMS and INTRUMENTATION

NASA DC-8 Instrumentation

Robbie Hood

Principal Investigator
AMPR

+DC-8 Chief Scientist

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

robbie.hood@msfc.nasa.gov

Steven Durden

Principal Investigator 
ARMAR

Cal Tech (JPL)

sdurden@jpl.nasa.gov

David Kingsmill

Principal Investigator
Cloud Physics

Atmospheric Science Center

Desert Research Institute

davidk@dri.edu

Henry Revercomb

Principal Investigator

HIS

UW-Madison Space Sci & Eng Center

hankr@ssec.wisc.edu

 

NASA DC-8 Aircraft Operations

Gary Shelton

Airborne Science 
Manager

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

gary.shelton@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov

Mark Pestana

Mission Manager

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

mark.pestana@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov

Chris Jennison

Mission Manager

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

chris.jennison@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov

Steven Davis

Aircraft Manager

NASA DFRC (Aerotherm)

Steve.davis@dfrc.nasa.gov

 

University of Washington Convair 580

Peter Hobbs

Principal Investigator
& Operations Chief

University of Washington

phobbs@atmos.washington.edu

Thomas Wilheit

 Principal Investigator 
AMMR

Texas A&M University

wilheit@tamu.edu

James Wang

 Principal Investigator 
AMMR

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

wang@sensor.gsfc.nasa.gov

 

University of North Dakota Citation

Jeffery Stith

 Principal Investigator

University of North Dakota

stith@aero.und.edu

Tony Grainger

 Principal Investigator

University of North Dakota

grainger@aero.und.edu

 

NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown

Robert Cifelli

Science Coordinator IOP 1

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

cifelli@trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov

Colleen Ann Leary

Science Coordinator IOP2

Texas Tech University

x9cal@ttacs.ttu.edu

 

Video Disdrometers

Witold Krajewski

Principal Investigator 2D 
Video Disdrometer

University of Iowa

witold-krajewski@uiowa.edu

Ali Tokay

Principal Investigator
2D Video Disdrometer
+ APL disdrometers

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

tokay@trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov

 

Tethersonde / Met Tower / SODAR

Mike Garstang

Principal Investigator

University of Virginia

mxg@thunder.swa.com

 

Profiler

Ken Gage

Principal Investigator

NOAA

kgage@al.noaa.gov

Radiosondes

Jeffrey Halverson

Radiosonde 
Coordinator

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

halverson@gilbert.gsfc.nasa.gov

Brad Ferrier

Radiosondes

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

ferrier@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov

George Huffman

Radiosondes

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

huffman@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov