Marangelly Fuentes

PhD
Howard University, Washington, DC
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center

Ethnicity: Puerto Rican

Cohort(s):
2007-2008 (Cohort 5)

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Past Research: Research in the capability of the NASA finite-volume General Circulation Model (GEOS) in reproducing instantaneous tropical cyclogenesis without the aids of bogusing techniques.

Current Research: As a Support Scientist, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, I focus on analyzing the capabilities of satellite data products that include high resolution wind products created from cross-calibrated ocean surface winds derived from TRMM TMI, SSM/I(F08-F15), Seawinds, and Quikscat. Specifically, I focus on investigating weather phenomena (such as Greenland Tip Jets and tropical cyclones). Additionally, I worked on analyzing the output of the NASA GEOS-5 global model in an Observing System Experiment (OSE) for the track of tropical cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal. This OSE study was feature in apress relsease at the NASA and JPL website

Future Research: Will develop a capability for monitoring satellite observations and perform real-time diagnostics on instrument performance related to NOAA/NASA/International Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite and Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite instruments. Special emphasis on cross-calibration techniques like simultaneous nadir overpass using GPM and COSMIC data. The community radiative transfer model (CRTM) will be used to perform forward model calculations for the above activities and the work will be performed at NOAA NCEP. Will characterize the inter-sensor biases by using the double difference technique of comparing 3 satellite systems with one common instrument.

Academic Preparation: PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, Howard University, Washington, DC, August 2009. Bachelor of Science, Physics, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, May 2004.

Academic Disciplines:
Atmospheric Sciences  (PRIMARY)

Research Interests:
Meteorology  (PRIMARY)
Tropical Meteorology  (PRIMARY)

Last Updated: 7/26/2010
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