Tyler Thorsen
Research Scientist, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center
About
Tyler Thorsen’s general research interests includes remote sensing of clouds and aerosols along with studying their impacts on the Earth’s energy budget. He actively contributes to several different projects as a member of the ACCP study team, CALIPSO science team, and CERES science team with work spanning from technical data product development to the science applications of these data. Tyler has been a Research Scientist in the Lidar Science Branch at NASA Langley since 2017. He was a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow with the Climate Science Branch at NASA Langley from 2015-2016. Tyler holds a BS in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University and a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington.
Publication Bibliography
Select Publications
- Thorsen, T. J.; Winker, D. M. and Ferrare, R. A. Uncertainty in observational estimates of the aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing. Journal of Climate, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-19-1009.1
- Thorsen, T. J.; Ferrare, R. A.; Kato, S. and Winker, D. M. Aerosol Direct Radiative Effect Sensitivity Analysis. Journal of Climate, 33 (14): 6119-6139, 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-19-0669.1
- Thorsen, T. J.; Kato, S.; Loeb, N. G. and Rose, F. G. Observation-Based Decomposition of Radiative Perturbations and Radiative Kernels. Journal of Climate, 31 (24): 10039-10058, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-18-0045.1
- Thorsen, T. J.; Ferrare, R. A.; Hostetler, C. A.; Vaughan, M. A. and Fu, Q. The impact of lidar detection sensitivity on assessing aerosol direct radiative effects. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (17): 9059-9067, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017gl074521
- Thorsen, T. J. and Fu, Q. CALIPSO‐inferred aerosol direct radiative effects: Bias estimates using ground‐based Raman lidars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120 (23), 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jd024095
- Thorsen, T. J. and Fu, Q. Automated Retrieval of Cloud and Aerosol Properties from the ARM Raman Lidar. Part II: Extinction. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32 (11): 1999-2023, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-14-00178.1
- Thorsen, T. J.; Fu, Q.; Newsom, R. K.; Turner, D. D. and Comstock, J. M. Automated Retrieval of Cloud and Aerosol Properties from the ARM Raman Lidar. Part I: Feature Detection. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32 (11): 1977-1998, 2015. link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-14-00150.1
Awards
- NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Robert G. Fleagle Graduate Scholarship
- The Pennsylvania State University Physical Meteorology Award
- John G. Miller Memorial Scholarship
Education/Professional Experience
- NASA Langley Research Center; Hampton, VA Research Scientist, 2017 – Current
- NASA Langley Research Center; Hampton, VA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015
- University of Washington; Seattle, WA Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric Sciences, 2015 – 2016
- University of Washington; Seattle, WA Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, 2008 – 2014
- Pennsylvania State University; State College, PA B.S. in Meteorology, 2004 – 2008