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- 1. Exploring atmospheric, Earth system, and solar processes, variability, and change
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- 5. Enabling innovative field experiments and measurement campaigns
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Jasna Pittman
General Information
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TIIMES - ACD
Visiting Scientist
UTLS
Contact Information:
PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Office: FL0-2164
Telephone: 303-497-8194
Email: pittman@ucar.edu | jasna@post.harvard.edu
Vita
Research Focus FY08:
Studies of Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric (UTLS) dynamics and chemistry using satellite, aircraft, and meteorological data sets
General Research Area: Tropical and extra-tropical troposphere-to-stratosphere transport; moisture of the tropical tropopause layer and stratosphere; atmospheric circulation; analysis of measurements from high-altitude aircraft, satellites, and global positioning systems; climate change and global warming.
Fellowship FY08:
- NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (Aug 2006 – July 2008)
Scientific Talks FY08:
- Evaluation of AIRS and IASI Trace Gases using In Situ measurements from START08, Pittman, J. V., Pan, L., Wei, J., Maddy, E., Barnet, C., and Irion, F., Atmospheric Sounding Science Team Meeting, Greenbelt, MD (October 2008)
- Poster: Northern Hemisphere Summertime Comparisons of Aqua/MODIS, CloudSat, and NOAA-18/MHS Ice Water Path using Tropical Coincidences, Pittman, J.V., Robertson, F. R., and Atkinson, R. J., American Geophysical Union Spring meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL (May 2008)
- Poster: Using Wind and Temperature Fields to Study Dehydration Mechanisms in the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Pittman, J. V., Miller, T. L., and Robertson, F. R., Third WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis, Tokyo, Japan (January 2008)
- Poster: A Preliminary Look at Water Vapor and Hydrometeor Structure in the NASA GEOS-5 Data Assimilation System, Robertson, F. R., Bacmeister, J., Bosilovich, M., and Pittman, J. V., Third WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis, Tokyo, Japan (January 2008)
- Poster: The ENSO Effect on the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Global Lightning Activity, Chronis, T., G., Goodman, S. J., Cecil, D., Buecheler, D., Pittman, J.V., and Robertson, F., R., Third WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis, Tokyo, Japan (January 2008)
- Poster: Effect of Convection on the Water Vapor and Ozone in the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Pittman, J. V., Robertson, F. R., Miller, T. L., Chronis, T., EOS-Aura Science Team Meeting, Pasadena, CA (October 2007)
Publications FY08:
Pittman, J. V., Chronis, T., Robertson, F. R., and Miller, T. L., Electrification in Hurricanes: Implications for Water Vapor in the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Hurricanes and Climate Change, edited by J. B. Elsner and T. H. Jagger, Springer, in press.
Chronis, T. G., Goodman, S. J., Cecil, D., Buecheler, D., Pittman, J. V., Robertson, F. R., and Blakeslee, R. J., The ENSO Effect on the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Global Lightning Activity, Geophys. Res. Lett., in press
Sayres, D. S., Smith, J. B., Pittman, J. V., Weinstock, E. M., Anderson, J. G., Heymsfield, G., Li, L., Fridlind, A. M., and Ackerman, A. S., Validation and determination of ice water content-radar reflectivity relationships during CRYSTAL-FACE: Flight requirements for future comparisons, J. Geophys.Res., 113, D05208, doi:10.1029/2007JD008847, March 8, 2008.