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PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS

PMM Science Team

The NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team conducts scientific research (including algorithm development, mission implementation, product validation, and data utilization) in support of TRMM and GPM Missions. The team comprises scientists funded by NASA and international investigators selected by NASA on the basis of no exchange of funds.

The PMM Science Program management team consists of:

Name Organization Title
Dr. Ramesh K. Kakar NASA Headquarters TRMM and GPM Program Scientist
Dr. Arthur Y. Hou NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GPM Project Scientist and PMM Science Team Lead
Dr. Scott A. Braun NASA Goddard Space Flight Center TRMM Project Scientist
Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GPM Deputy Project Scientist
Dr. Erich F. Stocker NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GPM Deputy Project Scientist for Data and Precipitation Processing System Project Manager
Dr. Walter A. Petersen NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GPM Ground Validation Science Manager
Dr. Matthew R. Schwaller NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GPM Ground Validation System Manager
Dr. Dalia B. Kirschbaum NASA Goddard Space Flight Center GPM Applications Scientist and Education & Public Outreach Lead

 

Listed below are current PMM Principal Investigators and their institutional affiliations:

Name

Affiliation

Country

Adler, Robert

Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland

USA

Anagnostou, Emmanouil

University of Connecticut

USA

Angelis, Carlos Frederico

Instituto Nacional De Pesquisas Espaciais/Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos (INPE/CPTEC)

Brazil

Baldini, Luca

Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima (ISAC)

Italy

Barros, Ana

Duke University

USA

Battaglia, Alessandro

University of Leicester

United Kingdom

Bauer, Peter

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

United Kingdom

Bennartz, Ralf

University of Wisconsin

USA

Berg, Wesley

Colorado State University

USA

Boukabara, Sid Ahmed

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA/NESDIS)

USA

Bras, Rafael

Georgia Tech

USA

Bringi, Viswanathan

Colorado State University

USA

Cecil, Daniel

University of Alabama - Huntsville

USA

Chandrasekar, Chandra

Colorado State University

USA

Crow, Wade

US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service

USA

Del Genio, Anthony

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

USA

Durden, Stephen

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

USA

Ebert, Elizabeth

Australian Bureau Met. (BOM)

Australia

Ferraro, Ralph

Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC/CICS), University of Maryland

USA

Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi

University of Minnesota

USA

Gairola, R.M.

Meteorology and Oceanography Group Space Applications Center (ISRO)

India

Gebremichael, Mekonnen

University of Connecticut

USA/Ethiopia

Grecu, Mircea

Morgan State University

USA

Groisman, Pavel

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA/NESDIS)

USA

Haddad, Ziad

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

USA

Harri, Ari-Matti

Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)

Finland

Heymsfield, Andrew

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

USA

Heymsfield, Gerald

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Houze, Robert

University of Washington - Seattle

USA

Hudak, David

Environment Canada

Canada

Huffman, George

Science Systems & Applications, Inc. (SSAI) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Joe, Paul

Environment Canada

Canada

Johnson, Richard

Colorado State University

USA

Jones, Linwood

University of Central Florida

USA

Krajewski, Witold

University of Iowa

USA

Koskinen, Jarkko

Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)

Finland

Krishnamurti, Tiruvalam

Florida State University

USA

Kummerow, Chris

Colorado State University

USA

Lau, William

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Lettenmaier, Dennis

University of Washington - Seattle

USA

Liao, Liang

Morgan State University

USA

Liu, Guosheng

Florida State University

USA

Liu, Timothy

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

USA

Machado, Luiz

Instituto Nacional De Pesquisas Espaciais/Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos (INPE/CPTEC)

Brazil

Marzano, Frank

Sapienza-University of Roma

Italy

Matsui, Toshihisa

Morgan State University

USA

May, Peter

Australian Bureau Met. (BOM)

Australia

McKague, Darren

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

USA

Meneghini, Robert

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Mohr, Karen

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Morales, Carlos

Univ. de sao Paulo

Brazil

Morin, Efrat

Hebrew U. of Jerusalem

Israel

Olson, William

University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC)

USA

Ou, Mi-Lim

KMA/NIMR, Seoul, Korea

South Korea

Payne, Vivienne

Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. (AER)

USA

Peters-Lidard, Christa

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Petersen, Walt

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Petty, Grant

University of Wisconsin - Madison

USA

Prigent, Catherine

Observatoire de Paris (LERMA)

France

Pulliainen, Jouni

Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)

Finland

Robertson, Franklin

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

USA

Roca, Remy

Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique

France

Rutledge, Steven

Colorado State University

USA

Salio, Paola

Ciudad University

Argentina

Schumacher, Courtney

Texas A&M University

USA

Shepherd, James

University of Georgia - Athens

USA

Skofronick-Jackson, Gail

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Sorooshian, Soroosh

University of California - Irvine

USA

Tanelli, Simone

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

USA

Tao, Wei-Kuo

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Tapiador, Francisco

Univ. Castilla-La Mancha

Spain

Tobin, Kenneth

Texas A&M University – College Station

USA

Turk, Francis

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

USA

Varma, A.K.

Meteorology and Oceanography Group Space Applications Center (ISRO)

India

Weng, Fuzhong

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA/NESDIS)

USA

Wilheit, Thomas

Texas A&M University – College Station

USA

Williams, Christopher

University of Colorado - Boulder

USA

Wolff, David

Science Systems & Applications, Inc. (SSAI) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

USA

Xie, Pingping

National Weather Service (NWS)

USA

Zipser, Edward

University of Utah – Salt Lake City

USA

Zupanski, Dusanka

Colorado State University

USA