Xin Lin, Associate Research Scientist

GEST Research Group:

Global Modeling, Data Impact and Data Simulation

GSFC Code:

610.1

Mailing Address:

NASA GSFC, Code 610.1
Building 22, Room C112
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-6146

Fax:

(301) 614-6246

Email:

xin.lin-1@nasa.gov

Research Interests:

Cloud parameterizations; climate modeling; cloud and radiation interactions.

Biography:

Dr. Xin Lin received a B.S. in meteorology from Peking University in 1990, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in atmospheric science from Colorado State University in 1992 and 1997, respectively. His Ph.D. research focused on meso- and large-scale observational studies in both the tropics and midlatitudes. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher and then as a research associate at Colorado State University between 1997 and 2001, to learn climate modeling, cloud parameterizations, and remote sensing. In July 2001 Dr. Lin joined GEST to lead research efforts to implement the next-generation cloud scheme in the DAO model. He also works on simulating satellites in a climate model, and using cloud model results to improve convective parameterizations in general circulation models. Dr. Lin serves as a reviewer for professional journals and NOAA and NSF grant proposals.