Kevin Gallo
Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division
Environmental Monitoring Branch
Research Scientist
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 a member of
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 Team, the NOAA/NESDIS Land Surface Product Oversight Panel
and the co-chair of the NASA/EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active
Archive Center's Science Advisory Panel. Kevin is a former member American
Meteorological Society Board of the Urban Environment (1999-03) and is a
current member of the Board of the International Association for Urban
Climate (2006-).
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
- Comparisons of vegetation indices derived from the AVHRR and MODIS
sensors to determine if a historical continuity of these indices can be
developed and used with the future operational sensor, the
Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
Most Recent Publications
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 (in press).
Ji, L., and K. Gallo. 2006. The Agreement Coefficient for Image Comparison.
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Vol. 72, No. 7, 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. Vol. 33, L11703, doi:10.1029/2006GL026358, 2006.
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. Vol 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. Vol. 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. Vol. 5 (2) 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. Vol. 71, (8) 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. Vol. 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. Vol. 25 (10) 2003-2007.
E-mail: Kevin.P.Gallo@noaa.gov
