STRIVE Science Team

Lyatt Jaeglé
University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Lyatt Jaeglé is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. 

Jun Wang
University of Iowa

Deputy Principal Investigator

Jun Wang is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa. 

Luke Oman
NASA's GSFC

Project Scientist and Instrument Scientist

Luke Oman is a Research Physical Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Research Center. 

Joan Alexander
NorthWest Research Associates

Co-Investigator

Joan Alexander is a Senior Research Scientist, Vice President, and Director at NorthWest Research Associates (NWRA). 

STRIVE role: Examines the global effects of gravity waves on circulation, climate, and TTL cirrus. 

Philip Cameron-Smith
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

co-Investigator

Philip Cameron-Smith is a staff scientist at LLNL. 

STRIVE role: Uses STRIVE data to evaluate processes in the Department of Energy's climate model, the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM). 

Pete Colarco
NASA's GSFC

Co-Investigator

Pete Colarco is a Physical Scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory at NASA's GSFC. 

STRIVE Role: Utilizes STRIVE data in conjunction with Earth models to investigate the distributions, properties, and impacts of aerosols

Matt DeLand
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.

Co-Investigator and Instrument Scientist

Matt DeLand is a Chief Research Scientist at SSAI. 

STRIVE Role: Overall responsibility to develop the instrument and data processing algorithms that meet science requirements.

Qiang Fu
University of Washington

Co-Investigator

Qiang Fu is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. 

STRIVE Role: Analyzes stratosphere-troposphere exchange, radiative forcing of greenhouse gases and aerosols, and tropical tropopause layer parocesses

Andrew Gettelman
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Co-Investigator

Andrew Gettelman is a Senior Earth Scientist at PNNL. 

STRIVE Role: Examines processes controlling variability of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS). Assists with model-data comparisons for UTLS water vapor.

John Gille
National Center for Atmospheric Research

Co-Investigator

John Gille is a Senior Scientist Emeritus at NCAR. 

STRIVE Role: Algorithm development. 

Tom Hanisco
NASA's GSFC

Co-Investigator and Deputy Project Scientist

Tom Hanisco is a Research Physical Scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics branch at NASA's GSFC. 

STRIVE Role: Serves as deputy Project Scientist for STRIVE and focuses on tropospheric chemistry, convective transport, and chemical lifetimes.

Lynn Harvey
University of Colorado Boulder

Co-Investigator

Lynn Harvey is a Research Scientist at the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. 

STRIVE Role: Studies the role of the polar vortex in establishing UTLS composition changes.

Daehyun Kim
University of Washington
Co-Investigator

Daehyun Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. 

STRIVE Role: Investigates stratosphere-troposphere coupling, in particular, the QBO-MJO coupling using STRIVE data.

Paul Newman
NASA's GSFC

Co-Investigator

Paul Newman is Chief Scientist for Earth Sciences at NASA's GSFC. 

STRIVE Role: Recovery of the ozone layer; Stratospheric dynamics

Clara Orbe
NASA's GISS

Co-Investigator

Clara Orbe is a Research Physical Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

STRIVE Role: Uses measurements of stratospheric gases to construct observational constraints of lower stratospheric transport pathways and evaluate simulated transport.

Ryan Stauffer
NASA's GSFC
Co-Investigator

Ryan Stauffer is a research space scientist at NASA's GSFC and serves as PI for the SHADOZ tropical ozonesonde network.

STRIVE Role: Coordinates ozone profile validation.

Kim Strong
University of Toronto

Collaborator

Kim Strong is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto.

STRIVE Role: Focuses on STRIVE validation with ground-based measurements.

Ghassan Taha
Morgan State University & NASA's GSFC

Co-Investigator

Ghassan Taha is a Senior Research Scientist at Morgan State University and NASA's GSFC

STRIVE Role: Algorithm development.

Qi Tang
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Co-Investigator

Qi Tang is a staff scientist at LLNL

STRIVE Role: Develops the DOE Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) in the STRIVE areas.

Alexander Turner
University of Washington

Co-Investigator

Alex Turner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington.

STRIVE Role: Investigate the role of strat-trop exchange on methane variations and chemistry-climate feedbacks.

Krzysztof Wargan
NASA's GSFC

Co-Investigator

Kris Wargan is a Chief Research Scientist at NASA's GSFC

STRIVE Role: Data assimilation of STRIVE observations.

Helen Worden
National Center for Atmospheric Research

Co-Investigator

Helen Worden is Deputy Director of the Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling at NCAR and is PI for the EOS/Terra MOPPIT instrument.

STRIVE Role: STRIVE algorithm development, testing and implementation and operational science data processing.