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Edward Olsen

Education
  • B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1964)
  • M.S., Physics, California Institute of Technology (1966)
  • Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Michigan (1972)

Projects

AIRS Icon AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, is an instrument whose goal is to support climate research and improved weather forecasting.


Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1972-Present)
    • Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Space Sciences Division (1993-Present)
    • Member of the Technical Staff, Space Sciences Division (1977-1993)
    • Senior Scientist, Space Sciences Division (1974-1977)
    • Consultant, Space Sciences Division (1974)
    • Contractor, Space Sciences Division (1974)
    • Resident Research Associate, Space Sciences Division(1972-1974)
  • University of Michigan
    • Graduate Teaching Fellow (1971-1972)
    • Graduate Research Assistant (1967-1968)
  • California Institute of Technology, Graduate Research Assistant (1964-1967)

Selected Awards
  • Earth Science and Technology Directorate Performance Bonus Award (2005)
  • AIRS Level 2 Integration and Validation Team Bonus Award (2004)
  • AIRS Group Achievement Award (2003)
  • Aqua Mission Group Achievement Award (2003)
  • NOVA Award - AIRS Project (1998)
  • Group Achievement Award - HRMS Project (1993)
  • Group Achievement Award - Voyager Division Representation (1990)
  • Group Achievement Award - Voyager Division Representation (1981)
  • NSF Trainee - (1971)
  • NSF Trainee - (1968-1970)

Selected Publications
  1. Chahine, M.T., Pagano, T.S., Aumann, H.H., Atlas, R., Barnet, C., Blaisdell, J., Chen, L., Divakarla, M., Fetzer, E.J., Goldberg, M., Gautier, C., Granger, S., Hannon, S., Irion, F.W., Kakar, R., Kalnay, E., Lambrigtsen, B.H., Lee, S-Y, LeMarshall, J., McMillan, W. W., McMillin, L., Olsen, E.T., Revercomb, H., Rosenkranz, P., Smith, W.L., Staelin, D., Strow, L.L., Susskind, J., Tobin, D., Wolf, W., Zhou, L., "AIRS: Improving Weather Forecasting and Providing New Data on Greenhouse Gases", Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, pp 911-926, doi:10.1175/BAMS-87-7-911, July, 2006
  2. Ye, H., Fetzer, E.J., Granger, S., Lee, S.-Y., Olsen, E.T., Lambrigtsen, B.H., Chen, L., "Moisture Correspondence Between Lower and Upper Troposphere over Oceans using AIRS Observations", presented at the 86th annual meeting of the AMS in Atlanta, GA, Jan, 2006
  3. Chahine, M., Barnet, C., Olsen, E.T., Chen, L., Maddy, E., "On the Determination of Atmospheric Minor Gases by the Method of Vanishing Partial Derivatives with Applicaiton to CO2", Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22803, doi:10.1029/2005GL024165, Nov, 2005
  4. Chahine, M..T., Barnet, C., Olsen, E.T., Chen, L., Maddy, E., "Determination of the Mixing Ratio of Carbon Dioxide from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on Aqua", presented at the 2nd International Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space Workshop, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, March, 2005
  5. Ye, H., Fetzer, E., Olsen, E., Eldering, A., Granger, S., Chen, L., Lambrigtsen, B., Fishbein, E., Lee, S.-Y., Kahn, B., Braverman, A., "Structure of the Lower Troposphere over the Pacific Ocean: information gained from AIRS observations", poster presented at the 85th annual meeting of the AMS in San Diego, CA, Jan, 2005
  6. Olsen, E., Granger, S, Fetzer, E., "Short-term, seasonal and interannual variability of the vertical distribution of water vapor observed by AIRS", poster presented at the 85th annual meeting of the AMS in San Diego, CA, Jan, 2005 ,li>Chahine, M., Barnet, C., Olsen, E., Chen, L., "Determination of Atmospheric Minor Gases from the Residuals of the Solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation", presented at the AIRS session of the Fall AGU meeting in Sanfrancisco, CA, Dec, 2004
  7. Fetzer, E., Eldering, A., Olsen, E., "Validation of AIRS Retrieved Products with Operational and Dedicated Radiosondes", poster at the AMS sponsored 13th conference on satellite meteorology and oceanography in Norfolk, VA Sept, 2004
  8. Fetzer, E., Kahn, B., Olsen, E., and Fishbein, E., "High Lapse Rates in the AIRS Retrieved Temperatures in Cold Air Outbreaks," presented at AMS sponsored 13th conference on interactions of the sea and atmosphere in Portland, ME. August, 2004
  9. Fetzer, Eric J., Eldering, Annmarie, Olsen, Edward T., "Validation of AIRS Retrieved Products with Operational and Dedicated Radiosondes," to be presented at 13 Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, September, 2004
  10. Fetzer, E.J., Teixeira, J., Olsen, E., Fishbein. E., "Satellite Remote Sounding of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Temperature Inversionsl Over the Subtropical Eastern Pacific, Geophys Res Lett. V31, L17102, doi:10.1029/2004GL020174, Sept, 2004.
  11. Pagano, Thomas S., Chanine, Moustafa T., Aumann, Hartmut H., Elliott, Denis A., Manning, Evan M., Realmuto, Vincent J., Thompson, Charles, K., Lambrigtsen, Bjorn H., Lee, Sung-Yung, Broberg, Steven E., Olsen, Edward T., Fetzer, Eric J., Strow, L. Larrabee, AIRS/AMSU/HSB on EOS Aqua: First year Post Launch Assessment, presented at SPIE, August, 2003.
  12. Fetzer, Eric J., Olsen, Edward T., Chen, Luke, "Validation of AIRS/AMSU/HSB Retrieved Products," presented at SPIE, August, 2003
  13. Fetzer, E., McMillin, L., Tobin, D., Gunson, M., Aumann, H.H., McMillan, W.W., Hagan, D., Hofstadter, M., Yoe, Whiteman, D., J., Bennartz, R., Barnes, Vomel, H., Walden, V., Newchurch, M., M innett, P., Atlas, R., Schmidlin, F., Olsen, E.T., Goldbeg, M.D., Zhou, S., Ding, H., Revercomb, H., "AIRS/AMSU/HSB Validation," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing,v. 41,pp. 418-431, Feb, 2003.

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