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Michael Garay

Education

B.A., English Literature, University of Toledo, OH, with honors (1995)
B.S., Physics, University of Toledo, OH (1995)

Research Interests

Cloud classification in MISR data using Support Vector Machines
Detection of features within MISR data using angular information
Marine boundary layer cloud morphology
3-Dimensional radiative transfer modeling of clouds
Bidirectional reflectance distribution function construction using geostationary satellite data
Satellite calibration and visible channel degradation

Projects

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.

Professional Experience

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2003 - Present)

Researcher, Multiangle Imaging Group (2003 - Present)
Academic Part Time, Multiangle Imaging Group (Summer 2003)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA (2002 - Present)
University of Arizona (1996 - 2002)

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Instructor (Summer 2000, 2001)
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Graduate Research Assistant (1997 - 2002)
Physics Department, Graduate Teaching Assistant (1996 - 1997)

Selected Awards

University of Arizona Physics Department Graduate Student Award (1996)
Ernest Wayne Dewey Memorial Scholarship (1995)
Henkel Scholarship (1995)
Southworth Scholarship (1995)
National Merit Scholarship (1991 - 1994)

Selected Publications

Garay, M. J., R. Davies, C. Averill, and J. A. Westphal, Actinoform Clouds: Overlooked Examples of Cloud Self-Organization at the Mesoscale, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in press.
Garay, M. J., D. Mazzoni, and R. Davies, Multiangle Remote Sensing of Optically Thin Cirrus Clouds from MISR using Support Vector Machines, Poster Presentation: American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada (2004)
Garay, M. J., D. M. Mazzoni, R. Davies, D. M. DeCoste, A. J. Braverman, A Hybrid Global MISR Cloud Mask using Support Vector Machines and Active Learning, Poster Presentation: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2003)
Davies, R., and M. J. Garay, Actinoform Clouds of the South Pacific: Self-Organization in the Marine Boundary Layer, 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Wellington, New Zealand. (2002)
Garay, M. J., and R. Davies, Looking at Angular Directional Models from GOES, 11th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Ogden, UT. (2002)
Davies, R., and M. J. Garay, Effects on Albedo Accuracy on Measurements from Geostationary and Low-Earth Orbits, Proceedings, International Radiation Symposium, Saint Petersburg, Russia. (2000)
Garay, M. J., and R. Davies, Bi-directional Reflection Functions from GOES Data, Poster Presentation: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Madison, WI. (1999)

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