 |  | | | | Meet Dr. Robert F. Adler: Senior Scientist and Expert on Intense Storms
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06.29.05
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 Dr. Robert Adler is a Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Atmospheres
and is also currently serving as Project Scientist for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring
Mission (TRMM).
Dr. Adler's research focuses on the study of intense convective
(rapidly rising air that cools, creates clouds and storms, including thunderstorms)
systems and storms. He studies these storms by analyzing precipitation observations
from space generated by the TRMM satellite. Adler looks at rainfall on global
and regional scales using TRMM and other satellites.
He also leads a multi-agency
and international team in producing the 27-year global, satellite-based precipitation
analysis for the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP). His research
group also produces and analyzes a quasi-global, 3-hour time resolution, multi-satellite
precipitation analysis based on TRMM data that is being used across the globe
for storm and flood monitoring. Dr. Adler has published 80 papers in scientific
journals on these topics.
He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Meteorology
from The Pennsylvania State University in 1965, and followed up there with a Master's
degree in Meteorology in 1967. He obtained his Ph.D. from Colorado State University
in 1974.
Adler is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and has received
numerous awards throughout his career. In 2002, he was awarded the NASA Outstanding
Leadership Medal and the Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres Scientific Leadership
Award. In 1989, he received NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal. In
1980, he was awarded the Goddard Space Flight Center-Exceptional Performance Award.
Related Web Sites:
GCPC
TRMM
Some NASA Press Releases About Dr. Adler's Work:
Researchers
Seeing Double on African Monsoons - June 10, 2004
NASA
Data Shows Deforestation Affects Climate in the Amazon - June 9, 2004
NASA
Discovers a Soggy Secret of El Nino - May 1, 2003
More
El Ninos and La Ninas May Lead to More Global Rainfall Extremes - January
16, 2003
NASA
Satellites Help Hurricane Forecasters Since 1992's Destructive Hurricane Andrew
- August 23, 2002
TRMM
Spacecraft Getting a Boost to Extend its Watch on Weather and Climate Processes
- August 21, 2001
NASA
TRMM Satellite Critical to Real-Time Hurricane Monitoring - April 5, 2001
Rainfall
Change May Give Earlier Signal of El Nino - January 18, 2001
New
Satellite-Generated Rain Maps Provide an Improved Look at Tropical Rainfall
- December 18, 2000
New
Views of Tropical Thunderstorms and Pollution Effects on Rainfall Presented at
AGU Meeting - December 17, 2000
Rob Gutro
Goddard Space Flight Center
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