Profile for Lora Koenig
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| Title: | Physical Scientist |
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| Affiliation: | NASA |
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E-mail Goddard Space Flight Center Code 615 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Office Phone: 301-614-5507 Fax: 301-614-5644 |
Research Interests
Passive and active microwave remote sensing; Ice sheet surface mass balance; infrarred temperatures of snow and ice.
Short Biography
Dr. Lora Koenig is a physical scientist in the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She is an expert in remote sensing of ice sheets and snow.
Dr. Koenig is interested in detecting accumulation rate changes over ice sheets using passive microwave satellite sensors, which stand out for their long temporal record of over three decades. She studies the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets on very small scales, using field techniques like snow pits and ice cores, and over broad scales, using airborne and space-borne sensors. Her ground-based studies have included spending over 12 months in the Arctic and Antarctic to validate satellite measurements and expand algorithms over large areas where ground data are lacking due to harsh conditions.
Current Projects
- Annual Satellite Era Accumulation Patterns over WAIS Divide: A study using shallow ice cores, near-surface radars and satellites. Co-Investigatores; Summer Rupper, BYU, Richard Forster, University of Utah. Funded by NASA's Cryospheric Sciences Program and the NSF's Antarctic Glaciology program. Check out the project's blog.
- An investigation of subsurface water and water storage in Greenland: This project looks at the evolution of buried supra-glacial lakes on the edges of the Greenland Ice Sheet that persist through the winter. Funded by NASA's New Investigator Program.
Professional Experience
- Physical Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 2008- present.
Education
- Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Washington (2008)
- M.S., Geography, University of Utah (2003)
- B.A., Mathematics, Linfield College (1999)
Awards
- Linfield College Outstanding Young Alumna Award, 2011
- NASA Group Achievement Awards for Opearation IceBridge and SMD ARRA Team, 2011
- NASA Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Annual Award for Outstanding Publication, 2010
- NASA Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Annual Award for Education and outreach, 2009
Professional Activities
- Member of the American Geophysical Union.
- Member of the International Glaciological Society.
Field Work
- 2010 and 2011 SEAT Traverse in West Antarctica
- 2011 Arctic Campaign Operation IceBridge
- 2008-2009 Winter-over at Summit, Greenland
Publications
Hall, D., J. C. Comiso, N. E. DiGirolamo, C. A. Shuman, J. R. Key, and L. S. Koenig. (2012). A Satellite-Derived Climate-Quality Data Record of the Clear-Sky Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet J. Climate, 25, 4785–4798
dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00365.1
Hall, D., J. C. Comiso, N. E. DiGirolamo, C. A. Shuman, J. R. Key, and L. S. Koenig (2012). A Satellite-Derived Climate-Quality Data Record of the Clear-Sky Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet J. Climate, 25, 4785–4798
10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00365.1
Onana, V., N. Kurtz, S. Farrell, L. Koenig, M. Studinger, and J. Harbeck. (2012). A Sea-Ice Lead Detection Algorithm for Use With High-Resolution Airborne Visible Imagery IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50(12)
10.1109/TGRS.2012.2202666
Rupper, S., Cook, E., J. M. Schaefer, L. K. Burgener, L. S. Koenig, K. Tsering, and E. R. Cook (2012). Sensitivity and response of Bhutanese glaciers to atmospheric warming Geophys. Res. Lett, 39(L19503)
10.1029/2012GL053010
Koenig, L., and D.K. Hall (2010). Comparison of satellite, thermochron and air temperatures at Summit, Greenland, during the winter of 2008/09 Journal of Glaciology, 56(198), 735-741
Koenig, L., Seelye Martin, M. Studinger, and J.G. Sonntag (2010). Polar Airborne Observations Fill Gap in Satellite Data EOS, 91(38), 333-334
10.1029/2010EO380002
Koenig, L. (2010). Polar Airborne Observations Fill Gap in Satellite Data Eos Trans. AGU, 91(38), 333
10.1029/2010EO380002
Koenig, L., E.J. Steig, D.P. Winebrenner, and C.A. Shuman. (2007). A link between microwave extinction length, firn thermal diffusivity and accumulation rate in West Antarctic Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(F3)
10.1029/2006JF000716