Myeong-Jae Jeong, Assistant Research Scientist

GEST Research Group:

GSFC Code:

613.2

Mailing Address:

Bldg 33, room C317
NASA GSFC, Code 613.2
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-6407

Fax:

Email:

Myeong-Jae.Jeong-1@nasa.gov

Curriculum Vitae:

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Research Interests:

Biography:

Dr. Myeong-Jae Jeong (MJ) received a B.S. degree in Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences from Yonsei University in 1996, a M.S. degree in Atmospheric Sciences from Yonsei University in 1998, and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science from University of Maryland-College Park in 2005. He has been at Goddard since 2005 as a research associate, where he worked on the ground-based remote sensing and in-situ aerosol measurements utilizing NASA’s two mobile laboratories: Surface-sensing Measurement for Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (SMART) and Chemical, Optical and Microphysical Measurements of In-situ Troposphere (COMMIT). His research experience includes analyses of satellite-, ground-based, and air-borne in-situ measurements of aerosols and clouds, and radiative transfer simulations. He developed a novel approach to classify dominant aerosol type(s) and identified/prioritized the major factors causing the large discrepancies among satellite-based aerosol products through a comprehensive inter-comparison of three major global aerosol products from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS), and Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). He also investigated the effects and artifacts in aerosol remote sensing using suite of measurements from sun photometer, lidar, nephelometer, Total Sky Imager, and MODIS. Recently, he participated in two international field experiments using the SMART-COMMIT facilities at Phimai, Thailand during Feb-May of 2006 and at Sal Island, Cape Verde during Sep 2006. Dr. Jeong joined GEST as an assistant research scientist in November, 2007. His current research interest includes refinement/development of satellite-based aerosol retrieval algorithms, synthesis of in-situ and remote-sensing aerosol measurements to derive value added information, and applications of satellite-based aerosol products to air quality and climate studies.