Pete on the summit of Mount Sanitas, Boulder, CO
 
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 614, Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics
Greenbelt, MD 20771
 
Peter Colarco
Employment and Academic Appointments
Physical Scientist
Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 2005 - Present
 
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2005 - Present
 
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2002 - 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
“Atmospheric transport of trace gases and aerosols: Evaluating models and observations,” NASA IDS, co-investigator
 
“Simulations of the Aging of Smoke from African Biomass Burning Plumes and Implications for Remote Sensing and Long-Range Transport of Smoke Aerosols,” NASA New Investigator Program, principal-investigator
 
“Toward an A-train aerosol assimilation system: Combined assimilation of OMI/MODIS data with real-time radiance monitoring,” NASA AURA, co-investigator
 
“Improved Estimates of Aerosol Direct and Indirect Effect on Climate Through Inclusion of Aerosol Microphysics and Aerosol Indirect Effect Parameterizations in GMAO’s GEOS-5  Atmospheric GCM,” NASA MAP, principal-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:
  1. -Geophysical Research Letters
  2. -Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
  3. -Remote Sensing of Environment
  4. -Tellus
  5. -NASA
  6. -NOAA
  7. -NSF
 
Docent Volunteer, Hands on Science Center, Smithsonian National Museum of American History
 
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