Science - Aerosol and Cloud Science: People: David Diner

David Diner
Acting Supervisor, Aerosol and Cloud Science
Terra MISR Principal Investigator;

B.S., Physics (with honors), State University of New York at Stony Brook (1973)
California Institute of Technology

M.S., Planetary Science (1977)
Ph.D., Planetary Science and Geology (1977)

Remote sensing instrument development
Atmospheric optics
Aerosol climate and environmental impacts
Planetary atmospheres

MISR
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument provides a unique opportunity for studying the environment and climate of Earth through the acquisition of global multiangle imagery on the daylit side of Earth.

AirMSPI
The Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI) instrument flies aboard NASA's ER-2 high altitude aircraft.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1981 - Present)

JPL Senior Research Scientist (2007 - Present)
JPL Member of the Technical Staff (1981 - Present)
PI, Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (1995 - Present)
Leader, Multi-angle Imaging Science Element, JPL (1994 - 2005)
PI, Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) (1989 - Present)
PI, NASA Instrument Incubator Program (1998 - 2001; 2006-2008)

NASA Group Achievement Award, AirMSPI Team (2012)
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for aerosol scientific leadership (2006)
One NASA Peer Award (2005)
NASA Space Act Award for MISR Top-of-Atmosphere/Cloud product generation (2003)
NASA Space Act Award for MISR Aerosol/Surface product generation (2003)
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for MISR (2001)
NASA Group Achievement Award for MISR Team (2001)
NASA Group Achievement Award for AirMISR Team (2001)
Citation from the Editor of Icarus for excellence in reviewing (1993)
AIAA Achievement Award in Atmospheric Science (1990)
NASA Group Achievement Award Pioneer Venus Orbiter Science Team (1980)

Kahn, R.A., Y. Chen, D.L. Nelson, F.-Y. Leung, Q. Li, D.J. Diner, and J.A. Logan (2008). Wildfire smoke injection heights: Two perspectives from space. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, Art. No. L04809.
Diner, D.J., A. Davis, B. Hancock, G. Gutt, R.A. Chipman, and B. Cairns (2007). Dual-photoelastic-modulator-based polarimetric imaging concept for aerosol remote sensing. Appl. Optics 46, 8428-8445.
Kokhanovsky, A.A., F.-M. Breon, A. Cacciari, E. Carboni, D.J. Diner et al. (2007). Aerosol remote sensing over land: A comparison of satellite retrievals using different algorithms and instruments. Atmos. Res. 85, 372-394.
Kahn, R.A., W.-H. Li, C. Moroney, D.J. Diner, J.V. Martonchik, and E. Fishbein (2007). Aerosol source plume physical characteristics from space-based multiangle imaging. J. Geophys. Res. 112, Art. No. D11205.
Bruegge, C.J., D.J. Diner, R.A. Kahn, N. Chrien, M.C. Helmlinger, B.J. Gaitley, and W.A. Abdou. The MISR radiometric calibration process. Rem. Sens. Environ. 107, 2-11.
Sinyuk, A., O. Dubovik, B. Holben, T.F. Eck, F,-M. Breon, J. Martonchik, R. Kahn, D.J. Diner, E.F. Vermote, J.C. Roger, T. Lapyonok, and I. Slutsker (2007). Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface properties from a combination of AERONET and satellite data. Rem. Sens. Environ. 107, 90-108.
Mazzoni, D., J.A. Logan, D.J. Diner, R. Kahn, L.L. Tong, and Q. Li (2007). A data-mining approach to associating MISR smoke plume heights with MODIS fire measurements. Rem. Sens. Environ. 107, 138-148.
Garay, M.J., and D.J. Diner (2007). Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) time-lapse imagery of tsunami waves from the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. Rem. Sens. Environ. 107, 256-263.
Hu, J.N., Y. Su, B. Tan, H.A. Dong, W.Z. Yang, M. Schull, M.A. Bull, J.V. Martonchik, D.J. Diner, Y. Knyazikhin, and R.B. Myneni (2007). Analysis of the MISR LA/FPAR product for spatial and temporal coverage, accuracy and consistency. Rem. Sens. Environ. 107, 334-347.
Stenchikov, G., N. Lahoti, D.J. Diner, R. Kahn, P.J. Lioy, and P.G. Georgopoulos (2006). Multiscale plume transport from the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Env. Fluid Mech. 6, 425-450.
Abdou, W.A., S.H. Pilorz, M.C. Helmlinger, J.E. Conel, D.J. Diner, C.J. Bruegge, J.V. Martonchik, C.K. Gatebe, M.D. King, and P.V. Hobbs (2006). Sua Pan surface bidirectional reflectance: A case study to evaluate the effect of atmospheric correction on the surface products of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) during SAFARI 2000. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 44, 1699-1706.
Diner, D.J., B.H. Braswell, R. Davies, N. Gobron, J. Hu, Y. Jin, R.A. Kahn, Y. Knyazikhin, N. Loeb, J-P. Muller, A.W. Nolin, B. Pinty, C.B. Schaaf, G. Seiz, and J. Stroeve (2005). The value of multiangle measurements for retrieving structurally and radiatively consistent properties of clouds, aerosols, and surfaces. Rem. Sens. Environ., 97, 495-518.
Diner, D.J., J.V. Martonchik , R.A. Kahn , B. Pinty , N. Gobron , D.L. Nelson, and B.N. Holben (2005). Using angular and spectral shape similarity constraints to improve MISR aerosol and surface retrievals over land. Rem. Sens. Environ. 94, 155-171.
Kahn, R., W.-H. Li, J.V. Martonchik. C.J. Bruegge, D.J. Diner, B.J. Gaitley, W. Abdou, O. Dubovik, B. Holben, A. Smirnov, Z.H. Jin, and D. Clark (2005). MISR calibration and implications for low-light-level aerosol retrieval over dark water. J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 1032-1052.
Abdou, W.A., D.J. Diner, J.V. Martonchik, C.J. Bruegge, R.A. Kahn, B.J. Gaitley, K.A. Crean, L.A. Remer, and B.N. Holben (2005). Comparison of coincident Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aerosol optical depths over land and ocean scenes containing Aerosol Robotic Network sites. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D10S07, doi:10.1029/2004JD004693.
Kahn, R.A., B.J. Gaitley, J.V. Martonchik, D.J. Diner, K.A. Crean, and B.N. Holben (2005). Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) global aerosol optical depth validation based on 2 years of coincident Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) observations. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D10S04, doi:10.1029/2004JD004706.
Di Girolamo, L., T. C. Bond, D. Bramer, D. J. Diner, F. Fettinger, R. A. Kahn, J. V. Martonchik, M. V. Ramana, V. Ramanathan, and P. J. Rasch (2004). Analysis of Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) aerosol optical depths over greater India during winter 2001-2004. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L23115, doi:10.1029/2004GL021273.
Martonchik, J.V., D.J. Diner, R. Kahn, B. Gaitley, and B.N. Holben (2004). Comparison of MISR and AERONET aerosol optical depths over desert sites. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L16102, doi:10.1029/2004GL019807.
Diner, D.J. and 23 coauthors (2004). Progressive Aerosol Retrieval and Assimilation Global Observing Network (PARAGON): An integrated approach for characterizing aerosol climatic and environmental interactions. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 85, 1491-1501.
Seinfeld, J.H., R.A. Kahn, T.L. Anderson, R.J. Charlson, R. Davies, D.J. Diner, J.A. Ogren, S.E. Schwartz, and B.A. Wielicki (2004). Scientific objectives, measurement needs, and challenges motivating the PARAGON aerosol initiative. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 85, 1503-1509.
Kahn, R.A., J.A. Ogren, T.P. Ackerman, J. Bösenberg, R.J. Charlson, D.J. Diner, B.N. Holben, R.T. Menzies, M.A. Miller, and J.H. Seinfeld (2004). Aerosol data sources and their roles within PARAGON. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 85, 1511-1522.
Ackerman, T.P., A.J. Braverman, D.J. Diner, T.L. Anderson, R.A. Kahn, J.V. Martonchik, J.E. Penner, P.J. Rasch, B.A. Wielicki, and B. Yu (2004). Integrating and interpreting aerosol observations and models within the PARAGON framework. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 85, 1523-1533.
Diner, D.J., R.T. Menzies, R.A. Kahn, T.L. Anderson, J. Bösenberg, R.J. Charlson, B.N. Holben, C.A. Hostetler, Mark A. Miller, J.A. Ogren, G.L. Stephens, O. Torres, B.A. Wielicki, P.J. Rasch, L.D. Travis, and W.D. Collins (2004). Using the PARAGON framework to establish an accurate, consistent, and cohesive long-term aerosol record. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 85, 1535-1548.