Nicholas Nalli received
the B.S and M.S. degrees in Education from the State University of New
York, College at Oneonta, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric
and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was
awarded a four-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State
University, which he completed onsite at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR as a Visiting
Scientist. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist (onsite
contractor) at STAR, where he performs applied and basic research. His
primary research specialty is in environmental satellite remote sensing,
radiative transfer and validation, with focus on oceanic and atmospheric
applications. Other research interests include atmospheric aerosols,
clouds, air-sea interactions, boundary layer and marine meteorology,
oceanographic intensive field campaigns, and global climate change
applications. He is also interested and active in science education and
public outreach.
NOAA Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE)
Since joining the satellite soundings team at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR in
2004, Dr. Nalli has developed a professional collaborative partnership
between STAR and the Howard University NOAA Center for Atmospheric
Sciences (NCAS). At the forefront of this activity has been his
participation as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in the NOAA
Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE), a series of trans-
Atlantic intensive atmospheric field campaigns conducted aboard the NOAA
Ship Ronald H. Brown that have obtained a large quantity of truth data
over the open-ocean for satellite calibration/validation efforts at
STAR. Collaborating with the NOAA PIRATA Northeast Extension (PNE) project,
AEROSE has now completed 10 trans-Atlantic expeditions: one in 2004, two
back-to-back legs in 2006, one each in 2007-2011, two in 2013, and one in
2015 onboard the NATO RV Alliance, with another campaign scheduled for
Feb-Mar 2017. Dr. Nalli also successfully participated in the 2015
CalWater campaign onboard the NOAA Ronald H. Brown to study atmospheric
rivers (ARs) over the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. West Coast.
Nicholas Nalli
Nicholas Nalli received
the B.S and M.S. degrees in Education from the State University of New
York, College at Oneonta, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric
and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was
awarded a four-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State
University, which he completed onsite at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR as a Visiting
Scientist. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist (onsite
contractor) at STAR, where he performs applied and basic research. His
primary research specialty is in environmental satellite remote sensing,
radiative transfer and validation, with focus on oceanic and atmospheric
applications. Other research interests include atmospheric aerosols,
clouds, air-sea interactions, boundary layer and marine meteorology,
oceanographic intensive field campaigns, and global climate change
applications. He is also interested and active in science education and
public outreach.