Research Interests:

• Radiative transfer in the atmosphere and clouds
• Atmospheric, surface, and top-of-atmosphere radiation budgets and radiative heating
• Analysis and modeling of aircraft and surface radiation measurements
• Multi-dimensional radiative transfer
• Remote sensing of cloud and aerosol properties
• Applied Science research into adaptation of climate research datasets for energy industry applications

NASA/International Project Affiliations

• World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)/Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Surface Radiation Budget (SRB)
• NASA Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Project
• Prediction of Worldwide Energy Research (POWER)
• Fast Longwave and SHortwave radiative Fluxes from Global measurements of CERES and MODIS (FLASHFlux)

List of Publications

Education

PhD (Atmospheric Science), Colorado State University, 1995
MS (Atmospheric Science), Colorado State University, 1989
BS with honor (Physics and Atmospheric Science), Drexel University, 1986

Professional Society Membership

American Meteorological Society
American Solar Energy Society