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
1992–Present: Senior Research scientist, Science Applications International Corporation
1990–1992: Research Associate, Applied Research Corporation
1985–1990: Research assistant, Atmospheric Physical Branch, Naval Research Lab. and Department of Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
1984–1985:Research assistant, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University

Honors and Awards
SAIC Publication Prize for Environment & Geophysics, 1997
Alan Berman Annual Research Publication Award of Naval Research Laboratory, 1994
Performance Award of the Climate and Radiation Branch of NASA Goddard, 1992

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. Mon. 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). Mon. 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. J. 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.  Mon. 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. Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.

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, American  Meteorological  Society, Monterey, California.

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.