Dr. Jainn Jong (Roger) Shi
Research Scientist
Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch (Code 613.1)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Email: shi@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
Phone: (301) 614-6078

Education
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science (with minor in Computer Sciences), North Carolina State University, 1993
M.S., Atmospheric Science (with minor in Computer Sciences), 1988
B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1982

Employment
Associate Research Scientist, Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center, since 2008
Senior Research scientist, Science Applications International Corporation, 1992-2008
Research Associate, Applied Research Corporation, 1990-1992
Research assistant, Atmospheric Physical Branch, Naval Research Lab. and Department of Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 1985-1990
Research assistant, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, 1984-1985

Honors and Awards
Performance award of the Climate and Radiation Branch of NASA/GSFC in December 1992.
Alan Berman Annual Research Publication Award of Naval Research Laboratory in March, 1994.
SAIC 1997 Publication Prize for Environment & Geophysics.
Performance award of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch of NASA/GSFC in January 2008.

Membership in Academies, Professional Societies, and Editorships
Member, American Meteorological Society
Member, American Geophysical Union

Publications and Conference Articles
Shi, J.-J., S. Chang and S. Raman, 1990: A numerical study of the structure of the outflow layer of tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 2043-2055.

Rodgers, E., S. Chang, J. Stout, J. Steranka, and J.-J. Shi, 1991: Evidence of upper tropospheric influence on tropical cyclone inner core convection as revealed by satellite observation and numerical model simulations. J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 1163-1184.

Alliss, J. R., S. W. Chang, J. J. Shi and S. Raman, 1993: SSM/I observations of ERICA IOP 4 marine cyclone: A comparison with in situ observations and model simulation. Wea. Rev., 121, 2452-2464.

Shi, J.-J., S. Chang and S. Raman, 1996: Impact of Assimilations of Dropwindsonde Data and SSM/I Rain Rates on Numerical Predictions of Hurricane Florence (1988). Wea. Rev., 124, 1435-1448.

Shi, J.-J., S. Chang and S. Raman, 1997: Interaction between Hurricane Florence (1988) and an Upper-Tropospheric Westerly Trough. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1231-1247.

Shi, J. J., S. W. Chang, T. R. Holt, T. F. Hogan, and D. L. Westphal, 2004: A meteorological re-analysis for the 1991 Gulf War. Wea. Rev., 132, 623-640.

Caffrey, P. F., W. A. Hoppel, and J. J. Shi, 2006: A one-dimensional sectional aerosol model integrated with mesoscale meteorological data to study marine boundary layer aerosol dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D24201, doi:10.1029/2006JD007237.

Tao, W.-K., J. Shi, S. Chen, S. Lang, S.-Y. Hong, G. Thompson, C. Peters-Lidard, T. Matsui, A. Hou, S. Braun, and J. Simpson, 2009: Studying precipitation processes in WRF with Goddard bulk microphysics: Comparison with different microphysical schemes. Mon. Wea. Rev., (submitted).

Tao, W.-K., D. Anderson, J. Chern, J. Estin, A. Hou, P. Houser, R. Kakar, S. Lang, W. Lau, C. Peters-Lidard, X. Li, T. Matsui, B.-W. Shen, J.-J. Shi, and X. Zeng, 2009: Goddard Multi-Scale Modeling Systems with Unified Physics. Annales Geophysics, (submitted).

Tao, W.-K., J. J. Shi, T. Matsui, A. Hou, S. Lang, C. Peters-Lidard, G. Skofronick-Jackson, W. Petersen, R. Cifelli, and S. Rutledge, 2009: The 20-22 January 2007 Snow Events over Canada: Microphysical Properties, Proceeding of the International Precipitation Workshop, 340-349.

Shi, J., W.-K. Tao, T. Matsu, A. Hou, S. Lang, C. Peters-Lidard, G. Jackson, R. Cifelli, S. Rutledge, W. Petersen, 2009: WRF Simulations of the January 20-22 2007 Snow Events over Eastern Canada: Comparison with in-situ and Satellite Observations. Applied Meteor. Climatol, (submitted).

Shi, J.-J., S. Chang, and S. Raman, 1988: A numerical study of tropical cyclone's outflow jet. Preprint, International Conference on Tropical Meteorology, Brisbane, Australia.

Shi, J.-J., S. Chang, K. Sashegyi, and S. Raman, 1991: Enhancement of objective analysis of Hurricane Florence (1988) with dropsonde data. Preprint, 19th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Miami, Florida, 335-337.

Shi, J. J., S. W. Chang, and S. Raman, 1994: Impact of assimilations of dropwindsonde data and SSM/I rain rates on numerical predictions of Hurricane Florence (1988). Preprints, 10th Conf. on Num. Wea. Prediction, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Portland, Oregon, 229-231.

Shi, J. J., S. W. Chang, and S. Raman, 1994: Numerical investigation of the interaction between Hurricane Florence (1988) and upper-tropospheric environment. Preprints, 10th Conf. on Num. Wea. Prediction, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Portland, Oregon, 404-406.

Shi, J. J., S. W. Chang, and S. Raman, 1995: The possible role of upper-tropospheric environmental forcings on the intensification of hurricane Florence (1988). Preprint, 21th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Miami, Florida, 392-394.

Shi, J. J., S. W. Chang, T. R. Holt, and T. F. Hogan, 2000: A Two-Month Reanalysis for the Study of Gulf War Illness. 4th Annual George Mason University Transport and Dispersion Modeling Workshop, Fairfax, Virginia.

Shi, J. J., S. W. Chang, T. R. Holt, and T. F. Hogan, 2001: A meteorological reanalysis for 1991 Persian Gulf War. Preprint, 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 107-111.

Holt, T. R., and J. J. Shi, 2004: Mesoscale simulations of the urban environment of Washington, DC: Comparison of COAMPS simulations to DCNet observations and sensitivity of plume transport to an Urban Canopy Parameterization. Preprint, Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, Washington.

Caffrey, P., W. Hoppel, J. J. Shi, G. Frick, and J. Reid, 2004: RED Aerosol Modeling: Marine Aerosol Predictions Using COAMPS Data. Workshop on Sea Spray Aerosol Source Function, Skipton, UK, 11-13 May, 2004

Kumar, S. V., C. D. Peters-Lidard, W.-K. Tao, J. L. Eastman, Y. Tian, J. J. Shi, X. Zeng, S. Lang, and P. R. Houser, 2006: Advanced Computing, Data Access and Distribution Technologies, and Interoperable Tools Enabling High Resolution Coupled Land-Atmosphere Prediction. 20th Conference on Hydrology. Atlanta, Georgia.

Shi, J. J., and W.-K. Tao, 2006: Sensitivities of Intensification and Eyewall Structure of the Simulated Hurricane Isabel (2003) to Different Microphysics Schemes in the Weather Forecast and Research (WRF) Model. 27th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Conference, American Meteorological Society, Monterey, California, April 24-28, 2006

Shi, J. J., and W.-K. Tao, 2006: Implementation of NASA/GSFC GCE Cloud Microphysics Scheme into WRF. AGU 2006 Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, Maryland, May 23-26, 2006.

Shi, J. J., and W.-K. Tao, 2006: : Implementation of NASA/GSFC GCE Cloud Microphysics Scheme into WRF. 7th WRF UsersÕ Workshop, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 19-22, 2006

Tao, W.-K., J. J. Shi, S. Lang, and C. Peters-Lidard, 2006: The impact of microphysics on intensity and structure of Hurricanes. AGU 2006 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 11-16, 2006.

Shi, J. J., W.-K. Tao, S. Lang, S. Chen, S.-Y. Hong, and C. Peters-Lidard, 2007: An Improved Bulk Microphysical Scheme for Studying Precipitation Processes: Comparisons with Other Schemes. AGU 2007 Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, Acapulco, Mexico, May 21-26, 2007.

Shi, J. J., T. Matsui, W.-K. Tao, M. Chin, and C. Peters-Lidard, 2007: Implementation of the Updated Goddard Longwave and Shortwave Radiation Packages into WRF. The 2007 WRF Users' Workshop at NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, June 11-15, 2007.

Shi, J. J., T. Matsui, S. Lang, W.-K. Tao, A. Hou, G. Jackson, C. Peters-Lidard, 2007: High-resolving numerical model simulation of snow events observed during C3VP. The 4th Workshop of the Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project, Montreal, Canada, November 27-28, 2007.

Shi, J. J., T. Matsui, W.-K. Tao, A. Hou, S. Lang, R. Cifelli, C. Peters-Lidard, G. Jackson, S. Rutledge, and W. Petersen, 2008: Testing of the Goddard Cloud Microphysics Scheme with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model in a Snow Storm up in Ontario, Canada. The 2008 WRF Users' Workshop at NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, June 23-27, 2008.

Shi, J. J., T. Matsui, W. Tao, A. Hou, S. E. Lang, R. Cifelli, C. Peters-Lidard, 2008: Numerical Simulations of a Snow Storm Using the Goddard Cloud Microphysics Scheme with the WRF Model and the Comparison with Ground and Satellite Radars. AGU 2008 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 15-19, 2008.

Matsui, T., W. Tao, J. Chern, X. Zeng, X. Li, J. J. Shi, S. Lang, B. Shen, H. Masunaga, 2008: Goddard Satellite Data Simulation Unit: A Comprehensive Multi-sensor Satellite Simulators for Supporting Satellite Missions. AGU 2008 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 15-19, 2008.

Tao, W., J. J. Shi, T. Matsui, A. Hou, S. Lang, R.t Cifelli, C. Peters-Lidard, G. Jackson, S. Rutledge, W. Petersen, 2009: Testing of Cloud Microphysics Schemes with Snow Events. EGU 2009 General Assembly, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, April 19-24, 2009.