NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 614, Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Peter Colarco
Employment
Physical Scientist
Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 2005 - Present
Education
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, 2002
M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, 2000
Creighton University, Omaha, NE
M.S. Physics, 1997
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
B.S. Physics/Astronomy, 1993
Funded Research
“Diagnosing uncertainty in the aerosol direct radiative effect with the NASA GEOS-5 model and NASA satellite observations,” NASA Atmospheric Composition-Modeling and Analysis Program, principal-investigator
“GEOS-5 Chemical and Meteorological Forecasting Support for the Southeast Asia Composition, Cloud, Climate Coupling Regional Study (SEAC4RS),”
NASA ROSES, co-investigator
“Assimilating CALIOP Observations in GEOS-5 for Improving Integrated Earth System Analysis (IESA): Application to Aerosol Forcing of Climate,”
NASA CALIPSO Science Team, co-investigator
“Improving estimates of biomass burning aerosol direct and semi-direct effects using the GEOS-5 Incremental Analysis Update (IAU),”
NASA Atmospheric Composition-Modeling and Analysis Program, co-investigator
“Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3),”
NASA Venture Class Mission, co-investigator
“Feedbacks, Processes and Impacts of Contemporary Changes in the Arctic,”
NASA Interdisciplinary Sciences Program, co-investigator
Students Advised
Ed Nowottnick, University of Maryland
Rebecca Matichuk, University of Colorado
W. Lansing Madry, University of Colorado
Service
Referee for papers and proposals from:
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-Geophysical Research Letters
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-Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
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-Remote Sensing of Environment
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-Tellus
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-NASA
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-NOAA
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-NSF
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-DOE
Co-Chair for International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction
Awards Received
ACCESS and Gordon Research Conference, Atmospheric Chemistry, invited, 2003
NASA Earth System Science Fellowship, 1998 – 2001
Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, 1998
American Physical Society Industrial Summer Internship, Alimenterics, Inc., 1996