Travis Toth (NASA)

Title: Physical Scientist Technical Focus Area: Atmospheric Composition, Lidar Science, Applied Science, Air Quality & Weather Study Topics: Atmospheric aerosols, lidar remote sensing, air quality applications Missions/Projects: CALIPSO, ACCP Email: travis.d.toth@nasa.gov

About:

Dr. Travis Toth is a physical scientist in the Lidar Science Branch. He holds a B.S. degree in Meteorology from Millersville University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of North Dakota. During his Ph.D. studies, he participated in the NASA Pathways Intern Employment Program at LaRC working in the CALIPSO group, and was a recipient of the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship. His general research interest is remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols and clouds through synergy of active and passive satellite datasets. His latest research projects focus on air quality and involve the study of particulate matter pollution using lidar measurements.

Publication Bibliography:

• Google Scholar

Publications:

• A bulk-mass-modeling-based method for retrieving particulate matter pollution using CALIOP observations https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/12/1739/2019/amt-12-1739-2019.html
• Minimum aerosol layer detection sensitivities and their subsequent impacts on aerosol optical thickness retrievals in CALIPSO level 2 data products https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/11/499/2018/
• Temporal variability of aerosol optical thickness vertical distribution observed from CALIOP https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015JD024668
• Impact of data quality and surface-to-column representativeness on the PM2.5/satellite AOD relationship for the contiguous United States https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/14/6049/2014/
• Investigating enhanced Aqua MODIS aerosol optical depth retrievals over the mid‐to‐high latitude Southern Oceans through intercomparison with co‐located CALIOP, MAN, and AERONET data sets https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jgrd.50311

Awards:

• NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship

Education/Professional Experience:

• Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota

• M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of North Dakota
• B.S., Meteorology, Millersville University

Professional Memberships:

• American Meteorological Society (AMS)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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