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Susan Kulawik

Education
  • B.S., Physics, Ohio State University (1991)
  • M.S., Physics, University of Michigan (1995)
  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Michigan (1999)
Research Interests
  • Carbon cycle science using satellite datasets and working closely with modelers
  • Atmospheric remote sensing, developing and characterizing tropospheric products using optimal estimation approaches with particular experience in the thermal infrared
  • Characterization of results for new instrument concepts
Projects

TES Icon TES
TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer) is one of four science instruments aboard NASA's Aura satellite, which was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on July 15, 2004.

Professional Experience
  • Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (2002 - Present)
  • Senior Physics Engineer, Raytheon ITSS, Pasadena, Calif. (1999 - 2002)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Board Award for NTR no. 35212: "TES Level 2 Subsystem Software" (2006)
  • Raytheon Team Award (2001)
Selected Publications
  1. Kulawik, S. S., Worden, J. R., Wofsy, S. C., Biraud, S. C., Nassar, R., Jones, D. B. A., Olsen, E. T., and Osterman, and the TES and HIPPO teams, G. B.: Comparison of improved Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) CO2 with HIPPO and SGP aircraft profile measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 6283-6329, doi:10.5194/acpd-12-6283-2012.
  2. Worden, J., S. Kulawik, C. Frankenberg, V. Payne, K. Bowman, K. Cady-Peirara, K. Wecht, J.E. Lee, and D. Noone, Profiles of CH4, HDO, H2O, and N2O with improved lower tropospheric vertical resolution from Aura TES radiances, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 5 (2), 397-411, 2012.
  3. Natraj, V., X. Liu, S. Kulawik, K. Chance, R. Chatfield, D.P. Edwards, A. Eldering, G. Francis, T. Kurosu, K. Pickering, R. Spurr, and H. Worden, Multi-spectral sensitivity studies for the retrieval of tropospheric and lowermost tropospheric ozone from simulated clear-sky GEO-CAPE measurements, Atmospheric Environment, 45 (39), 7151-7165, 2011.
  4. Worden, H.M., K.W. Bowman, S.S. Kulawik, and A.M. Aghedo, Sensitivity of outgoing longwave radiative flux to the global vertical distribution of ozone characterized by instantaneous radiative kernels from Aura-TES, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116, 2011.
  5. Nassar, R., D.B.A. Jones, S.S. Kulawik, J.R. Worden, K.W. Bowman, et al., Inverse modeling of CO2 sources and sinks using satellite observations of CO2 from TES and surface flask measurements, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11 (12), 6029-6047, 2011.
  6. Nassar, R., D.B.A. Jones, P. Suntharalingam, J.M. Chen, R.J. Andres, K.J. Wecht, R.M. Yantosca, S.S. Kulawik, K.W. Bowman, J.R. Worden, T. Machida, and H. Matsueda, Modeling global atmospheric CO2 with improved emission inventories and CO2 production from the oxidation of other carbon species, Geoscientific Model Development, 3 (2), 689-716, 2010.
  7. Kulawik, S. S., Jones, D. B. A., Nassar, R., Irion, F. W., Worden, et al., Characterization of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) CO2 for carbon cycle science, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, (12), 5601-5623, 2010.
  8. Jourdain, L., S.S. Kulawik, H.M. Worden, K.E. Pickering, J. Worden, and A.M. Thompson, Lightning NOx emissions over the USA constrained by TES ozone observations and the GEOS-Chem model, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10 (1), 107-119, 2010.
  9. Osterman, G.B., S.S. Kulawik, H.M. Worden, et al., Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) measurements of the total, stratospheric, and tropospheric column abundance of ozone, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113 (D15), 2008.
  10. Kulawik, S. S., K.W. Bowman, M. Luo, C.D. Rodgers, and L. Jourdain, Impact of nonlinearity on changing the a priori of trace gas profile estimates from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8 (12), 3081-3092, 2008.
  11. Kulawik, S. S., G. Osterman, D.B.A. Jones, and K.W. Bowman, Calculation of altitude-dependent Tikhonov constraints for TES nadir retrievals, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44 (5), 1334-1342, 2006.
  12. Kulawik, S. S., J. Worden, A. Eldering, K.W. Bowman, et al., Implementation of Cloud Retrievals for Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Atmospheric Observations part I description and characterization of errors on trace gas estimates, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres, May, 2006.
  13. Kulawik, S. S., H. Worden, G. Osterman, M. Luo, R. Beer, D.E. Kinnison, K.W. Bowman, J. Worden, A. Eldering, M. Lampel, T. Steck, and C.D. Rodgers, TES atmospheric profile retrieval characterization: An orbit of simulated observations, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44 (5), 1324-1333, 2006.
  14. Worden, J., S.S. Kulawik, M.W. Shephard, S.A. Clough, H. Worden, K. Bowman, and A. Goldman, Predicted errors of tropospheric emission spectrometer nadir retrievals from spectral window selection, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 109 (D9), 2004.

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