Dr. Karen I. Mohr
Meteorologist
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch (Code 613.1)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Email: karen.mohr-1@nasa.gov
Phone: (301) 614-6360

Education
Ph.D., Hydrology, University of Texas at Austin, 2000.
M.S., Meteorology, Texas A&M University, 1995.
B.S., Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 1987.
B.A., Physics, College of the Holy Cross, 1986.

Employment
2009-Present: Meteorologist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
2006-2008: Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, University at Albany, SUNY.
2000-2006: Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, University at Albany, SUNY.
1999-2000: NASA Graduate Student Research Program fellow, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.
1996-1999: National Science Foundation graduate fellow, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.
1995-1996: Research Associate, Department of Meteorology, Texas A&M University.
1993-1995: Research Assistant, Department of Meteorology, Texas A&M University.
1991-1993: Windplant operations meteorologist, Kenetech, Inc., Livermore, CA.
1986-1991: Commissioned officer, United States Air Force.

Membership and Editorships
American Meteorological Society.
American Geophysical Union.
Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review, 2003-2004.

Experience
Over 15 years experience analyzing and modeling organized tropical convective systems using surface observations, cloud-resolving models, and radar and satellite remote sensing, particularly microwave. Co-developed the first algorithm to detect mesoscale-organized convection from microwave remote sensing data and published the first global survey of MCSs (Mohr and Zipser). Modeling experience includes land/atmosphere interaction and convective initiation studies with land surface models and coupled CRM-land surface models. Other work has included studies of precipitation-streamflow connections, snowmelt flooding, and surface energy budgets. Both global and regional (West Africa, Southern Great Plains, upstate New York, Western Pacific) perspectives are represented. Research has been funded by grants from NSF, NOAA, and NASA. Member of the NASA Precipitation Measuring Mission Science Team since 2006.

Publications
Refereed publications since 1995 in Journal of Climate, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Monthly Weather Review, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and Journal of Geophysical Research. Conference and invited presentations since 1995 at annual meetings and specialty conferences of the AMS and AGU and universities.