Satellite Physics Branch
Senior Research Scientist / Contractor
Recent Publications
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Nicholas Nalli received
the B.S and M.S. degrees in Education from the State University of New
York, College at Oneonta, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric
and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon
graduation, he was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State
University, while stationed as a Visiting Scientist at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
(2000–2004). He is currently a Senior Scientist (onsite contractor) working on site at STAR as a member of the Integrated Observing System Science and Product Development Team (IOSSPDT).
His primary research specialties are in environmental infrared remote
sensing, radiative transfer and satellite validation, with focus on
oceanic and atmospheric applications. Other research interests include
atmospheric aerosols, air-sea interactions, boundary layer and marine
meteorology, and global climate change applications.
NOAA Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions
Since joining the IOSSPDT team at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR in 2004, Dr. Nalli
has developed a professional collaborative partnership between STAR and
the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) at Howard University in
Washington, D.C. At the forefront of this activity has been his
participation as a Principle Investigator (PI) in the NOAA Aerosols and
Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE), a series of trans-Atlantic intensive
atmospheric field campaigns conducted aboard the NOAA Ship Ronald H.
Brown that have obtained a large quantity of open-ocean correlative data
for satellite calibration/validation efforts at STAR. Through a
synergistic collaboration with the NOAA PIRATA Northeast Extension (PNE)
project, AEROSE has now completed 8 four-week trans-Atlantic cruises:
one in 2004, two back-to-back legs in 2006, and one each in
2007–2011.