Profile for Stephan Kawa

Title: Research Physical Scientist
Affiliation: NASA GSFC
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 301-614-6004
Fax: 301-614-5903

Research Area Experience

Chemistry, transport, and microphysics of atmospheric trace species; development of numerical models for analysis of data and comparison of theory and observations.

Education

Previous Positions

 

Professional Society Memberships

Awards

Special Experience

  1. Goddard's Laboratory for Atmospheres representative to NASA Carbon Science Task Force, 1999-present.
  2. Science Lead: Earth Science Mission Concept Study for Multi-spectral Atmospheric Composition, 2006.
  3. NASA Atmospheric Effects of A viation Project, Project Manager, 1996-1997, Project Scientist, 1997-1999.
  4. Principal Investigator: eight NASA funded proposals, 1991-present; co-investigator on eleven others.
  5. Participant in cooperative field research programs including DYCOMS, AASE, AASE-II, SPADE, ASHOE/MAESA, STRAT, SONEX, POLARIS, SOLVE, AVE, TC4. Member of leadership planning team for POLARIS and SOLVE.
  6. Co-author of UNEP/WMO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1998, 2006.
  7. Convener, AGU Special Sessions: Space Observations of Atmospheric CO2, 2007; Atmospheric Effects of Aviation, 1998; Stratospheric Chemistry and Dynamics, 1994.
  8. Involved in design and construction of instrumentation for eddy flux measurement of ozone, NO/NOy in the stratosphere, and remote sensing of column CO2 by both passive and active methods. Orbiting Carbon Observatory science team.
  9. Ph.D. student committee member at State University of New York, Stony Brook. Mentor for NASA Graduate Student Research Program, NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Maryland Earth and Environmental Science Teacher Ambassador Program, USRA Graduate Student Summer Program, and CIRES undergraduate student research intern.

Publications

Hammerling, D., A. M. Michalak, and S. R. Kawa (2012). Mapping of CO2 at high spatiotemporal resolution using satellite observations: Global distributions from OCO-2.. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D06306.
doi:10.1029/2011JD017015

Hammerling, D., A. M. Michalak, O Dell, C., and S. R. Kawa (2012). Global CO2 distributions over land from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L08804
doi:10.1029/2012GL051203

Parazoo, N. C., A. S. Denning, S. R. Kawa, S. Pawson, and R. Lokupitiya (2012). CO2 flux estimation errors associated with moist atmospheric processes. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6405–6416.
doi:10.5194/acp-12-6405-2012

Liang. F., P. I. Palmer, Y. Yang, R. M. Yantosca, S. R. Kawa, J.-D. Paris, H. Matsueda, and T. Machida (2011). Evaluating a 3-D Transport Model of Atmospheric CO2 Using Ground-based, Aircraft, and Space-borne Data. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 2789-2803.
10.5194/acp--11-2789-2011

Parazoo, N. C., A. S. Denning, J. A. Berry, A. Wolf, D. Randall, S. R. Kawa, O. Paulois, and S. Doney (2011). “Moist Synoptic Transport of CO2 Along the Mid-latitude Storm Track. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38(L09804).
10.1029/2011GL047238

Bian, H., M. Chin, Kawa S. R., Yu H., T. Diehl, and T.L. Kucsera (2010). Multi-scale carbon monoxide and aerosol correlations from MOPITT and MODIS satellite measurements and GOCART model: implication for their emissions and atmospheric evolutions. J. Geophys. Res., 115(D07302).
doi:10.1029/2009JD012781

Kawa S. R., J. Mao, J. B. Abshire, G. J. Collatz, X. Sun, and C. J. Weaver (2010). Simulation studies for a space-based CO2 lidar mission., Tellus-B. , 62(5), 759-769.
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00486.X.

Liang, Q., R.S. Stolarski, S. R. Kawa, J. E. Nielsen, A.R. Douglass, J.M. Rodriguez, D. R. Blake, E. L. Atlas, and L. E. Ott (2010). Finding the missing stratospheric Bry: a global modeling study of CHBr3 and CH2Br2. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2269-2286.
doi:10.5194/acp-10-2269-2010

Oman, L.D., D. W. Waugh, S. R. Kawa, R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, and P. A. Newman (2010). Mechanisms and feedback causing changes in upper stratospheric ozone in the 21st century. J. Geophys. Res., 115(D05303).
doi:10.1029/D012397

Toon O , D. O. Starr, E. J. Jensen, P. A. Newman, S. E. Platnick, M. R. Schoeberl, M. Wennberg, S. C. Wofsy, M. Kurylo, H. Maring, K. W. Jucks, M. S. Craig, M. F. Vasques, L. Pfister, K. Rosenlof, H.B. Selkirk, P. Colarco, S. R. Kawa, G. G. Mace, P. Minnis, and K.E. Pickering (2010). Planning, implementation, and first results of the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4). J. Geophys. Res..
doi:20.1029/2009JD013073

Toon O. B., D. Starr, E. J. Jensen, P. A. Newman, S.E. Platnick, M. R. Schoeberl, P. O. Wennberg, S. C. Wolsy, M. J. Kurylo, H. Maring, K. W. Jucks, M. S. Craig, M. F. Vasques, L. Pfister, K. H. Rosenlof, H.B. Selkirk, P. Colarco, S. R. Kawa, G. Mace, P. Minnis, and K.E. Pickering (2010). Planning, implementation, and first results of the Tropical Composition Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4). J. Geophys. Res..
doi:10.1029/2009JD013073

Toon O. B. , D. Starr, E. Jensen, P. Newman, S.E. Platnick, M. Schoeberl, P. Wennberg, S. Wofsy, M. Kurylo, H. Maring, K. Jucks, M. Craig, M. Vasquez, L. Pfister, K. Rosenlof, H. Selkirk, P. Colarco, R. Kawa, G. G. Mace, P. Minnis, and K. Pickering (2010). Planning and implementation of the Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4). J. Geophys. Res, 115, D00J04.
doi:10.1029/2009JD013073

Kawa S. R., R. S. Stolarski, P. A. Newman, A. R. Douglass, M. Rex, D. J. Hofmann, M. L. Santee, and K. Frieler (2009). Sensitivity of polar stratospheric ozone loss to uncertainties in chemical reaction kinetics. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9(22), 8651-8660.
doi:10.5194/acp-9-8651-2009

Newman P.A., L.D. Oman, A.R. Douglass, E.L. Fleming, S.M. Frith, M.M. Hurwitz, S.R. Kawa, C.H. Jackman, N.A. Krotkov, E.R. Nash, J.E. Nielsen, S. Pawson, R.S. Stolarski, and G.J. M. Velders (2009). What would have happened to the ozone layer if chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had not been regulated?. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9(6), 2113-2128.
doi:10.5194/acp-9-2113-2009

Waugh D.W., L. Oman, S.R. Kawa, R.S. Stolarski, S. Pawson, A.R. Douglass, P.A. Newman, and J.E. Nielsen (2009). Impacts of climate change on stratospheric ozone recovery. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36(L03805).
10.1029/2008GL036273

Alkhaled A.A., A.M. Michalak, and S.R. Kawa (2008). Using CO2 spatial variability to quantify representation errors of satellite CO2 retrievals. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L16813 ).
doi:10.1029/2008GL034528

Erickson III D.J., R.T. Mills, J. Gregg, T.J. Blasing, F.M. Hoffman, R.J. Andres, M. Devries, Z. Zhu, and S.R. Kawa (2008). An estimate of monthly global emissions of anthropogenic CO2: Impact on the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2. J. Geophys. Res., 113(G01023).
doi:10.1029/2007JG000435

Law R.M., W. Peters, C. Rodenbeck, C. Aulagnier, I. Baker, D.J. Bergmann, P. Bousquet, J. Brandt, L. Bruhwiler, P.J. Cameron-Smith, J.H. Christensen, F. Delage, A.S. Denning, S. Fan, C. Geels, S. Houweling, R. Imasu, U. Karstens, and S.R. Kawa (2008). TransCom model simulations of hourly atmospheric CO2: Experimental overview and diurnal cycle results for 2002. Global Biochem. Cycles, 22(GB3009).
doi:10.1029/2007GB003050

Lin, X., Stolarski, S., Tao, W., Tao, W., Alkhaled, A.A., Yi, B., Shen, B., Zhang, H., Jainn Jong Shi, A. Y. Hou, Anne R. Douglass, R. Hoff, P. Yang, J. J. Shi, W. K. Tao, S. Kondragunta, Ellis E. Remsberg, Y. L. Lin, Pay Lin Lin, B.A. Baum, P. L. Lin, Nathaniel J. Livesey, I. Laszlo, T. LEcuyer, Jhihying Chen, J. Chen, L. Oreopoulos, John C. Gille, S. Lang, A. Lyapustin, S. E. Lang, A.M. Michalak, M. Y. Chang, Mei Yu Chang, E.J. Mlawer, Ming Jen Yang, A.J. Heymsfield, M. J. Yang, K.N. Liou, C. C. Wu, Chun Chien Wu, Christa Peters Lidard, C. Peters-Lidard, C. H. Sui, S.R. Kawa, Chung Hsiung Sui, C. D. Jou, Ben Jong Dao Jou, S.C. Olsen, and J-W. Wang (2008). A global evaluation of the regional spatial variability of column integrated CO2 distributions. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20303.
10.1029/2007JD009693

Lokupiliya R.S., D. Zupanski, A.S. Denning, K.R. Gurney, S.R. Kawa, and M. Zupanski (2008). Estimation of global CO2 fluxes at regional scale using the maximum likelihood ensemble filter. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D20110).
doi:10.1029/2007JD009679

Parazoo N.C., A.S. Denning, S.R. Kawa, K.D. Corbin, R.S. Lokupitiya, and I.T. Baker (2008). Mechanisms for synoptic variations of atmospheric CO2 in North America, South America, and Europe. Atmos. Chem Phys., 8(3), 12197-12225.
doi:10.5194/acpd-8-12197-2008

Pawson S., I. Stajner, S.R. Kawa, H. Hayasha, W.-W. Tan, J.E. Nielsen, Z. Zhu, L.-P. Chang, and N.J. Livesey (2007). Stratospheric transport using 6-h-averaged winds from a data assimilation system. J. Geophys. Res., 112(D23103), 1-12.

Bian H., S.R. Kawa, M. Chin, S. Pawson, Z. Zhu, P. Rasch, and S. Wu (2006). A test of sensitivity to convective transport in a global atmospheric CO2 simulation. Tellus B, 58(5), 463-475.

Newman P.A., S.R. Kawa, E.R. Nash, S.A. Montzka, and S.M. Schauffler (2006). When will the Antarctic ozone hole recover?. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(12), L12814.

Schoeberl M.R., S.R. Kawa, A.R. Douglass, and T.J. McGee (2006). Chemical observations of a polar vortex intrusion. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D20306.

Gurney K.R., Y.-H. Chen, T. Maki, S.R. Kawa, A.E. Andrews, and Z. Zhu (2005). Sensitivity of atmospheric CO 2 inversions to seasonal and interannual variations in fossil fuel emissions. J. Geophys. Res., 110(D10308).
10.1029/2004JD005373

Kawa S.R., P.A. Newman, R.S. Stolarski, and R.M. Bevilacqua (2005). Fall vortex ozone as a predictor of springtime total ozone at high northern latitudes. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 1655-1663.