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Kevin Gallo

Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division

Environmental Monitoring Branch
Research Scientist

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Kevin Gallo received a B.S. degree in Geography/Meteorology from Northern Illinois University and M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural Climatology/Meteorology from Purdue University. Kevin is physically located at a US Geological Survey (USGS) facility, the Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) where he is the lead investigator on several collaborative research efforts between NOAA/NESDIS and USGS related to land-atmosphere interactions. He is also an Adjunct Professor within the South Dakota State University Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence.

Dr. Gallo is currently a member of the Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Operational Algorithm Team, the GOES-R Land Algorithm Working Group, the NOAA/NESDIS Land Surface Product Oversight Panel and chair of the USGS-NASA/EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center's User Working Group. Kevin is a former member American Meteorological Society Board of the Urban Environment (1999-2003) and is a current member of the Board of the International Association for Urban Climate (2006-10), the CEOS Ecosystem Societal Benefit Area Team and the NOAA representative to CEOS Virtual Land Surface Imaging Constellation Study Team.

Kevin's current research activities include:

  • Satellite-based analysis and assessment of the urban heat island effect (warmer air temperatures associated with urban compared to rural environments) on trends in temperature observed at climate stations;
  • Satellite-based estimates of the fractional green vegetation cover on the land surface, for use in the land surface component of numerical weather prediction models; and
  • Analysis and assessment of land surface properties at in situ climate stations to provide recommendations on use of the stations for validation of future satellite-derived products.

Most Recent Publications

Balogun, A., J. Adegoke, S. Vezhapparambu, M. Mauder, J. P. McFadden, K. Gallo. 2009. Surface Energy Balance Measurements Above an Exurban Residential Neighbourhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. DOI 10.1007/s10546-009-9421-3

Pielke, Sr., R.A. (+15 authors including K. Gallo). 2009. Reply to Comment on "Unresolved Issues with the Assessment of Multi-Decadal Global Land- Surface". J. Geophys. Resr. (vol. 114, D05105, doi:10.1029/2008JD010938)

Ji, L., K. Gallo, J. C. Eidenshink and J. Dwyer, 2008: Agreement evaluation of AVHRR and MODIS 16-day composite NDVI data sets. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(16), 4839-4861, doi:10.1080/01431160801927194.

Hale, R.C., K.P. Gallo, and T.R. Loveland, 2008: Influences of specific land use/land cover conversions on climatological normals of near-surface temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D14113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009548.

Pielke Sr., R.A., J. Nielsen-Gammon, C. Davey, J. Angel, O. Bliss, M. Cai, N. Doesken, S. Fall, D. Niyogi, K. Gallo, R. Hale, K.G. Hubbard, X. Lin, H. Li, and S. Raman, 2007: Documentation of uncertainties and biases associated with surface temperature measurement sites for climate change assessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 913-928.

Pielke Sr., R.A., C. Davey, D. Niyogi, S. Fall, J. Steinweg-Woods, K. Hubbard, X. Lin, M. Cai, Y.-K. Lim, H. Li, J. Nielsen-Gammon, K. Gallo, R. Hale, R. Mahmood, R.T. McNider, and P. Blanken, 2007: Unresolved issues with the assessment of multi-decadal global land surface temperature trends. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S08, doi:10.1029/2006JD008229

Davey, C.A., R.A. Pielke, Sr., and K. P. Gallo, 2006: Differences Between Near- Surface Equivalent Temperature and Temperature Trends for The Eastern United States: Equivalent temperature as an alternative measure of heat content. Global and Planetary Change, 54, 19-32.

Ji, L., and K. Gallo, 2006: The Agreement Coefficient for Image Comparison. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 72, 823-833.

Hale, R.C., K.P. Gallo, T.W. Owen, and T.R. Loveland, 2006: Land Use/Land Cover Change Effects on Temperature Trends at U.S. Climate Normals Stations. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L11703, doi:10.1029/2006GL026358.

Christy, J.R., W.B. Norris, K. Redmond and K.P. Gallo, 2006: Methodology and results of calculating central California surface temperature trends: Evidence of human-induced climate change? Journal of Climate, 19, 548-563.

Gallo, K., L. Ji, B. Reed, J. Eidenshink , J. Dwyer, 2005: Multi-platform comparisons of MODIS and AVHRR normalized difference vegetation index data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 99, 221-231, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.08.014.

Ward, M.P., B.H. Ramsay, and K. Gallo, 2005: Rural cases of Equine West Nile Virus Encephalomyelitis and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Vector- Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 5, 181-188.

Gallo, K., B. Reed, T. Owen, and J. Adegoke, 2005: Characteristics of seasonal vegetation cover in the conterminous USA. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 71, 959-966.

Gallo, K., L. Ji, B. Reed, J. Dwyer, J. Eidenshink, 2004: Comparison of MODIS and AVHRR 16-day normalized difference vegetation index composite data. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L07502, doi:10.1029/2003GL019385.

Gallo, K.P., Elvidge, C.D., Yang, L., and B.C. Reed, 2004: Trends in nighttime city lights and vegetation indices associated with urbanization in the conterminous USA. Intl. J. Remote Sensing, 25, 2003-2007.

E-mail: Kevin.P.Gallo@noaa.gov