Huemmrich, Fred
Research Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Geography and Environmental Systems
NASA/GSFC, Code 614.4
Building 33, Room G316
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: 301-614-6663
Fax: 301-614-6695
E-mail: Karl.Huemmrich@gsfc.nasa.gov
Dr. Karl Fred Huemmrich received a B.S. in physics from Carnegie- Mellon University in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1995. In 1978 he began working as a NASA contractor at Goddard Space Flight Center, initially as operations analyst on the satellite attitude determination and control. Later he provided programming and analysis support of passive microwave remote sensing data of sea ice, where he was task leader. In 1987, he joined the team for the First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Field Experiment (FIFE), a multidisciplinary field experiment on the Kansas prairies. Following the completion of FIFE, he worked on the Boreal Ecosystem and Atmosphere Study (BOREAS), a field experiment in the Canadian boreal forests. Dr. Huemmrich was the assistant Information Scientist on these experiments and has experience in the development and operation of interdisciplinary information systems in support of large field experiments. He has developed and used models of light interactions with vegetation, has studied the use of remotely sensed data to collect information on biophysical variables using both computer models and field measurements concentrating on uses of bidirectional and hyperspectral reflectance data. He has performed field work in a variety of habitats including arctic and sub-arctic tundra, temperate rain forests, and deserts.