Profile for Gail Skofronick-Jackson

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Title:	Physical Scientist
Affiliation:	NASA
Contact:	E-mail Building 33, Room A416 Office Phone: 4-5720 Fax: 301-614-5492

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, October 1997

M.S. Electrical Engineering, March 1988

Florida State University

B.S. Electrical Engineering May 1986

Key Roles/Positions

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Deputy Project Scientist

Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Principal Investigator and Member of Science Team

CloudSat Principal Investigator and member of Science Team

Science Co-Lead for the GPM Cold Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) Field Campaign in Canada to measure falling snow, Jan-Feb 2012

Interests

Gail's research interests include using satellite remote sensing to estimate rain rate, to detect and estimate snowfall rate, and to retrieve the vertical profiles of clouds. She leads a team developing falling snow detection and estimation algorithms. She also uses her electrical engineering and science skills to design instruments for remotely measuring the Earth’s falling rain and snow. Prior to embarking on her falling snow research, Gail investigated frozen drops in the upper parts of hurricane clouds. She uses high frequency active and passive microwave imagery to perform investigate frozen particles in clouds.

Professional Society Memberships

Member, IEEE, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society member (Since 1984)

Member, American Meteorological Society (Since 1993)

Member, American Geophysical Union (Since 1995)

Publications

Munchak, S., and G. Skofronick-Jackson (2012). Evaluation of Precipitation Detection over Various Surfaces from Passive Microwave Imagers and Sounders. Atmospheric Research - Elsevier.
10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.011

Skofronick-Jackson, G., and B. Johnson (2011). Surface and atmospheric contributions to passive microwave brightness temperatures for falling snow events. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. TC4 Issue, 116(D02213), 16 Pages.
10.1029/2010JD014438

Shi, R., R. Fernandez-Borda, W.-K. Tao, T. Matsui, R. Cifelli, A. Hou, S. Lang, A. Tokay, C. Peters-Lidard, G. Skofronick-Jackson, S. Rutledge, and W. Petersen (2010). WRF Simulations of the January 20-22 2007 Snow Events over Eastern Canada: Comparison with in-situ and Satellite Observations. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 49, 2246–2266.
doi:10.1175/2010JAMC2282.1

Chandrasekar V., A. Hou, E. Smith, V.N. Bringi, S.A. Rutledge, E. Gorgucci, W.A. Petersen, and G. Skofronick-Jackson (2008). Potential role of dual polarization radar in the validation of satellite precipitation measurements: rationale and opportunities. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89(8), 1127-1145.
doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2177.1

Hou, A., C. Kummerow, G. Skofronick-Jackson, and J.M. Shepherd (2008). Global Precipitation Measurement, Chapter 6 in Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction. Springer-Verlag, 540.

Kim M.J., J.A. Weinman, W.S. Olson, D.-E. Chang, G. Skofronick-Jackson, and J.R. Wang (2008). A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using AMSU-B observations. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D09201).
doi:10.1029/2007JD008589

Skofronick-Jackson, G., A. Heymsfield, E. Holthaus, C. Albers, and M.-J. Kim (2008). Nonspherical and spherical characterization of ice in Hurricane Erin for wideband passive microwave comparisons. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D06201).
doi:10.1029/2007JD008866

Hou, A., M. and Shepherd, C. Kummerow, and G. Skofronick-Jackson (2007). Global Precipitation Measurements, Precipitation:. Advances in Measurements, Estimation, and Prediction, 1-39.

Kim M.-J., G.M. Skofronick-Jackson, and J.A. Weinman (2004). Intercomparison of Millimeter-Wave Radiative Transfer Models. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 42(9), 1882-1890.

Skofronick-Jackson, G. (2004). Brightness temperature sensitivity to variations in solid precipitation cloud profiles. Proc. IGARSS 2004, 2, 1378-1381.

Skofronick-Jackson G.M., M.-J. Kim, J.A. Weinman, and D.-E. Chang (2004). A Physical Model to Determine Snowfall Over Land by Microwave Radiometery. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 42(5), 1047-1058.

Skofronick-Jackson G., J. Wang, G.M. Heymsfield, R. Hood, W. Manning, R. Meneghini, and J. Weinman (2003). Combined radiometer-radar microphysical profile estimations with emphasis on high-frequency brightness temperature observations. J. Appl. Meteor., 42(4), 476-487.

Skofronick-Jackson G.M., A.J. Gasiewski, and J.R. Wang (2002). Influence of Microphysical Cloud Parameterizations on Microwave Brightness Temperatures. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., 40(1), 187-196.

Skofronick-Jackson G.M., and A.J. Gasiewski (2000). A nonlinear multispectral statistical CLEAN-based precipitation parameter-retrieval algorithm.. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., 38(1), 226-237.

Skofronick-Jackson G.M., and J.R. Wang (2000). The estimation of hydrometeor profiles from wideband microwave observations.. J. Appl. Meteor., 39(10), 1645-1656.

Skofronick-Jackson, G., and A. J. Gasiewski (1995, July). Nonlinear Statistical Retrievals of Ice Content and Rain Rate from Passive Microwave Observations of a Simulated Convective Storm IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 33, pp. 957-970