Mark Olsen, Assistant Research Scientist

GEST Research Group:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics

GSFC Code:

613.3

Mailing Address:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics
Building 33, Room E321
NASA GSFC, Code 613.3
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-6055

Fax:

(301) 614-5903

Email:

Mark.Olsen@nasa.gov

Most Current Publication:

Olsen, M. A., A. R. Douglass, P. A. Newman, J. C. Gille, B. Nardi, V. A. Yudin, D. E. Kinnison, and R. Khosravi (2008), HIRDLS observations and simulation of a lower stratospheric intrusion of tropical air to high latitudes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L21813, doi:10.1029/2008GL035514.

Research Interests:

My research focuses on global and fine scale atmospheric dynamics and constituent transport. Specific topics addressed include stratosphere-troposphere exchange, upper-troposphere/lower-stratosphere interactions, atmospheric constituent trends, and their relationship to climate and climate change.

Biography:

Dr. Mark A. Olsen received a B.S. in physics from the University of Northern Iowa in 1993 and a Ph.D. in physics from Iowa State University in 2000. His doctoral research examined near-tropopause dynamics and structure of baroclinic systems in total column ozone data and mesoscale model analyses. From 2000 to 2002, he held a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at GSFC where his work concentrated on midlatitude stratosphere-troposphere exchange of ozone and mass. Dr. Olsen became a research associate at GEST in December 2002 and later appointed assistant research scientist in December 2004. Dr. Olsen's research interests include upper-troposphere/lower-stratosphere structure and dynamics, cross-tropopause transport, and climate change.