Lorraine A Remer
Research Prof
Geography and Environmental Systems
Physics
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II
Education
Ph D University of California, Davis 1991
MS Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego 1983
BS University of California, Davis 1980
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About
Lorraine Remer spent 21 years at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center involved in the remote sensing of aerosol and the use of remote sensing data for the study of aerosols in climate processes, how aerosol particles affect clouds, aerosol transport and particulate air pollution. Her first position at Goddard in 1991 was in the role of a support scientist, employed by Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), where she contributed to the development of the MODIS aerosol algorithms.
In 1998 Dr, Remer joined the Federal civil service, and in 2012 she left NASA to become a part of JCET-UMBC, now GESTAR II. Currently she is working on aerosol remote sensing for the MODIS, VIIRS and PACE missions, and is using satellite products to determine ocean ecosystem response to fertilization from airborne dust. She also contributes to measuring aerosols from ground-based and air-borne sensors
Dr. Remer has served on a variety of national and international panels. She has co-edited a textbook, Aerosol Remote Sensing, and was an editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. Dr. Remer was named a 'highly cited' scientist in geosciences by Thomson-Reuters for the time period 2002 - 2012, and was elected as Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Research Interests
Dr. Remer's research interests include remote sensing of aerosol and the use of remote sensing data for the study of aerosols in climate processes, how aerosol particles affect clouds, aerosol transport, ocean ecosystems and particulate air pollution.
Teaching Interests
Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing.
Selected Classes
- Spring 2021 481/681 – Digital Image Processing
- Spring 2019 GES 481 – Digital Image Processing for Environmental Applications
- Fall 2015 GES 381 – Introduction to Remote Sensing
Intellectual Contributions
Remer, Lorraine A., Knobelspiesse, Kirk, Zhai, Pengwang, Xu, Feng, Kalashnikova, Olga V., Chowdhary, Jacek, Hasekamp, Otto, Dubovik, Oleg, Wu, Lianghai, Ahmad, Ziauddin, Boss, Emmanuel, Cairns, Brian, Coddington, Odele, Davis, Anthony B., Dierssen, Heidi M., Diner, David J., Franz, Bryan, Frouin, Robert, Gao, Bo-Cai, Ibrahim, Amir, Levy, Robert C., Martins, Jose V., Omar, Ali H., Torres, Omar. (2019). Retrieving Aerosol Characteristics From the PACE Mission, Part 2: Multi-Angle and Polarimetry. 7 94 Frontiers in Environmental Science.
Remer, Lorraine A., Davis, Anthony B., Mattoo, Shana, Levy, Robert C., Kalashnikova, Olga V., Coddington, Odele, Chowdhary, Jacek, Knobelspiesse, Kirk, Xu, Xiaoguang, Ahmad, Ziauddin, Boss, Emmanuel, Cairns, Brian, Dierssen, Heidi M., Diner, David J., Franz, Bryan, Frouin, Robert, Gao, Bo-Cai, Ibrahim, Amir, Martins, Jose V., Omar, Ali H., Torres, Omar, Xu, Feng, Zhai, Pengwang. (2019). Retrieving Aerosol Characteristics From the PACE Mission, Part 1: Ocean Color Instrument. 7 152 Frontiers in Earth Science.
Presentations
Remer, Lorraine A (Author). National Academy Space Sciences Board Meeting. Oral Presentation. "Update on the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) Mission," National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. (May 3, 2018).
Remer, Lorraine A (Author). Johns Hopkins Air Quality Interest Group. Seminar. "Progress in satellite-based estimates of particular matter," Johns Hopkins University. (May 2, 2018).