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| Title: | Physical Scientist |
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| Affiliation: | NASA |
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E-mail Office Phone: 301-614-6529 Fax: 301-614-5808 |
Research Interests
* Microwave remote sensing of soil moisture
* Utilization of microwave remote sensing in land surface modeling and data assimilation systems
* Application of remote sensing and land surface modeling for improved ecological and water resource management
* Soil moisture retrieval algorithm development and validation
* Influence of scattering, scale, and sub-footprint heterogeneity on soil moisture retrievals
Research Highlights:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/crop_forecast.html#
Education
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC October 2005
Department of Geological Sciences
Ph.D. in Geological Sciences
Dissertation: “Soil Moisture Observations Using L-, C-, and X- Band Microwave Radiometers”
Committee Chairperson: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC August 2001
Department of Geological Sciences
M.S. in Geological Sciences
Thesis: “Passive and Active Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture”
Committee Chairperson: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown, WV December 1998
Department of Geology and Geography
B.S. in Geological Sciences
Professional Experience
PHYSICAL SCIENTIST December 2008-Present
NASA Hydrological Sciences Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Supervisor: Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard
RESEARCH PHYSICAL SCIENTIST October 2005-December 2008
USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, Beltsville, MD
Supervisors: Dr. Wade Crow and Dr. Thomas Jackson
RESEARCH ASSISTANT August 1999-August 2005
University of South Carolina, Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia, SC
Supervisor: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi
VISITING RESEARCH ASSISTANT January 2002-August 2003
USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Laboratory, Tifton, GA
Supervisor: Dr. David Bosch
VISITING RESEARCH ASSISTANT August 2002 - December 2002
NOAA Environmental Technology Lab, Boulder, CO
Supervisor: Dr. Al Gasiewski
VISITING RESEARCH ASSISTANT May 2000-August 2000
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Supervisor: Dr. Eni Njoku
RESEARCH ASSISTANT May 1998-December 1998
West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, WV
Supervisor: Dr. Joe Donovan
Selected Publications
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J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, C. Reynolds, T. Jackson, Evaluating the Utility of Remotely-Sensed Soil Moisture Retrievals for Operational Agricultural Drought Monitoring, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Submitted.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, An evaluation of soil moisture retrievals using aircraft and satellite passive microwave observations during SMEX02, The Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Vol. 29 (1), pp. 293-300, 2009.
R. Bindlish, T. Jackson, A. Gasiewski, B. Stankov, M. Klein, M. Cosh, I. Mladenova , C. Watts, E. Vivoni, V. Lakshmi, J. Bolten, T. Keefer. Aircraft based soil moisture retrievals under mixed vegetation and topographic conditions, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112 (2), p.375-390, 2008.
Crow, W.T., and J.D. Bolten, Estimating precipitation errors using spaceborne surface soil moisture retrievals, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08403, doi:10.1029/2007GL029450, 2007.
E. Vivoni, H. Gutiérrez-Jurado, C. Aragón, A. Rinehart, R. Wyckoff, J. Rodríguez, C. Watts, J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, T. Jackson. Variation of hydrometeorological conditions along a topographic transect in northern Mexico during the North American Monsoon. Journal of Climate, Special Issue on North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME). Journal of Climate, 20(9): 1792-1809, 2007.
J. Bolten, U. Narayan, L. Guijarro, V. Lakshmi, Passive-Active Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture at both L and C bands: A comparison of two field experiments. Italian Journal of Remote Sensing, n. 30/31, pp. 65-86, 2004.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, E. Njoku, Soil moisture retrieval using the passive/active L and S- band radar/radiometer. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 41, pp. 2792-2801, 2003.
E. Njoku, W. Wilson, S. Yueh, T. Jackson, V. Lakshmi and J. Bolten, Observations of soil moisture using a passive and active low-frequency microwave airborne sensor during SGP99. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 40, pp. 2659-2673, 2003.
Book Chapters
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, C. Reynolds, T. Jackson, Assimilation of a satellite-based soil moisture product in a two-layer water balance model for a global crop production decision support system, in Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Applications, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Curriculum Vitae
JOHN DENNIS BOLTEN
Hydrological Sciences Branch
Code 614.3
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland USA 20771
Office: (301) 614-6529
Fax: (301) 614-5808
john.bolten@nasa.gov
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC October 2005
Department of Geological Sciences
Ph.D. in Geological Sciences
Dissertation: “Soil Moisture Observations Using L-, C-, and X- Band Microwave Radiometers”
Committee Chairperson: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC August 2001
Department of Geological Sciences
M.S. in Geological Sciences
Thesis: “Passive and Active Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture”
Committee Chairperson: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Morgantown, WV December 1998
Department of Geology and Geography
B.S. in Geological Sciences
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENTIST December 2008-Present
NASA Hydrological Sciences Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Supervisor: Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard
• Conducts research in the field of microwave remote sensing utilizing land surface modeling and data assimilation systems
• Lead research scientist for a water resources management effort developing an optimized Land Data Assimilation System for the Middle East and North Africa region
• Updating, maintaining, and assessing an operational global soil moisture product being applied to the USDA-FAS crop forecasting system
RESEARCH PHYSICAL SCIENTIST October 2005-December 2008
USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, Beltsville, MD
Supervisors: Dr. Wade Crow and Dr. Thomas Jackson
• Authored and tested Ensemble Kalman filter to be used in data assimilation system for integration of satellite observed soil moisture into a hydrologic model
• Designed and implemented an automated system for daily collection, manipulation and delivery of multiple data sources needed for use in global soil moisture data assimilation strategy
• Designed web interface for display of up-to-date spatial images of climatological forcings and integrated global soil moisture product
RESEARCH ASSISTANT August 1999-August 2005
University of South Carolina, Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia, SC
Supervisor: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi
• Adapted active and passive radiative transfer algorithms for soil moisture retrieval by synergistically applying field, aircraft and satellite remote sensing data
• Participated in large-scale field experiments SMEX02, SMEX03, and SMEX04
• Studied the influence of vegetation, spatial scaling, and surface heterogeneity on multi-scale soil moisture predictions
VISITING RESEARCH ASSISTANT January 2002-August 2003
USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Laboratory, Tifton, GA
Supervisor: Dr. David Bosch
• Collection and analysis of in-situ data for validation of the EOS Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E)
VISITING RESEARCH ASSISTANT August 2002 - December 2002
NOAA Environmental Technology Lab, Boulder, CO
Supervisor: Dr. Al Gasiewski
• Applied Radio Frequency Interference mitigation algorithm to remote sensing data collected during the Southern Great Plains 1999 (SGP99) experiment
• Performed statistical comparison of soil moisture, vegetation and roughness sensitivity for two airborne instruments flown during SGP99
VISITING RESEARCH ASSISTANT May 2000-August 2000
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Supervisor: Dr. Eni Njoku
• Evaluated soil moisture retrievals from the L/S-Band Radar/Radiometer.
• Adapted radiative transfer model and co-location algorithms for analysis of data from the Southern Great Plains 1999 Soil Moisture Experiments
RESEARCH ASSISTANT May 1998-December 1998
West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, WV
Supervisor: Dr. Joe Donovan
• Field and lab work for the analysis of acid mine drainage in Northern West Virginia strip mine areas
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of South Carolina, Department of Geological Sciences 1999, 2004-2005
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Tom Owens
• Lab instructor for honor section, ‘Seismology and Lithospheric Processes’
• Designed future experimental Science and Society Courses
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, C. Reynolds, T. Jackson, Evaluating the Utility of Remotely-Sensed Soil Moisture Retrievals for Operational Agricultural Drought Monitoring, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Submitted.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, An evaluation of soil moisture retrievals using aircraft and satellite passive microwave observations during SMEX02, The Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Vol. 29 (1), pp. 293-300, 2009.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, C. Reynolds, T. Jackson, Assimilation of a satellite-based soil moisture product in a two-layer water balance model for a global crop production decision support system, in Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Applications, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
R. Bindlish, T. Jackson, A. Gasiewski, B. Stankov, M. Klein, M. Cosh, I. Mladenova , C. Watts, E. Vivoni, V. Lakshmi, J. Bolten, T. Keefer. Aircraft based soil moisture retrievals under mixed vegetation and topographic conditions, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112 (2), p.375-390, 2008.
Crow, W.T., and J.D. Bolten, Estimating precipitation errors using spaceborne surface soil moisture retrievals, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08403, doi:10.1029/2007GL029450, 2007.
E. Vivoni, H. Gutiérrez-Jurado, C. Aragón, A. Rinehart, R. Wyckoff, J. Rodríguez, C. Watts, J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, T. Jackson. Variation of hydrometeorological conditions along a topographic transect in northern Mexico during the North American Monsoon. Journal of Climate, Special Issue on North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME). Journal of Climate, 20(9): 1792-1809, 2007.
J. Bolten, U. Narayan, L. Guijarro, V. Lakshmi, Passive-Active Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture at both L and C bands: A comparison of two field experiments. Italian Journal of Remote Sensing, n. 30/31, pp. 65-86, 2004.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, E. Njoku, Soil moisture retrieval using the passive/active L and S- band radar/radiometer. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 41, pp. 2792-2801, 2003.
E. Njoku, W. Wilson, S. Yueh, T. Jackson, V. Lakshmi and J. Bolten, Observations of soil moisture using a passive and active low-frequency microwave airborne sensor during SGP99. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 40, pp. 2659-2673, 2003.
OTHER SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, C. Reynolds, Implementation of a global-scale operational data assimilation system for satellite-based soil moisture retrieval, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers - Optics and Photonics, Proceedings, 2008.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, Integration of Satellite-retrieved soil moisture observations with a global two-layer soil moisture model, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings, 2008.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, B. Doorn, Assimilation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture into the USDA Global Crop Production Decision Support System, American Meteorology Society Meeting, Proceedings, 2007.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds and B. Doorn, The Application of AMSR-E Soil Moisture for Improved Global Agricultural Assessment and Forecasting, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings, 2006.
J. Bolten, Soil moisture observations using L-, C-, and X- band microwave radiometers, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2005.
J. Bolten, Passive and active microwave remote sensing of soil moisture. Masters Thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 2001.
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, Evaluation of a soil moisture data assimilation system over West Africa, Abstract and oral presentation, Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, Toronto ON, Canada, May 24-27,2009.
J. Bolten, M. Rodell, D. Toll, T. Engman, B. Zaitchik, S. Habib, The Arab Land Data Assimilation System- how it will work, what it will provide, and how to access the information developed, Abstract, Oral Presentation and Workshop, World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2009.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, Evaluation of a soil moisture data assimilation system over the conterminous United States, Abstract and oral presentation, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 15-19,2008.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, C. Reynolds, Implementation of a global-scale operational data assimilation system for satellite-based soil moisture retrieval, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers - Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA. August 11-14, 2008.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, Integration of Satellite-retrieved soil moisture observations with a global two-layer soil moisture model, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 4 -10, 2008.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, A Global Soil Moisture Data Assimilation System for the USDA-FAS Crop Assessment Data Retrieval and Evaluation (CADRE) Decision Support System, Abstract and poster presentation, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 10-14,2007.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, B. Doorn, Assimilation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture into the USDA Global Crop Production Decision Support System, American Meteorology Society Meeting, Proceedings paper and oral presentation, San Antonio, TX January 16 -20, 2007.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, B. Doorn, Assimilation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture Retrievals into the USDA Global Crop Production Decision Support System. Abstract and poster. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 11-15, 2006.
J. Bolten, W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds and B. Doorn, The Application of AMSR-E Soil Moisture for Improved Global Agricultural Assessment and Forecasting, Proceedings paper and oral presentation International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, August 7-11,2006.
J. Bolten, T. J. Jackson, V. Lakshmi, M. H. Cosh, and M. Drusch, Long-term Evaluation of the AMSR-E Soil Moisture Product Over the Walnut Gulch Watershed, AZ Abstract and oral presentation, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 12-16, 2005.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, Simulation of AMSR-E Brightness Temperatures During the 2002 SMEX Experiment. Abstract and poster. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 8-12, 2003.
J. Bolten, U. Narayan, V. Lakshmi, A.J. Gasiewski, E.G. Njoku, T.J. Jackson, An evaluation of soil moisture and vegetation estimation using passive/active microwave and optical remote sensing. Abstract and poster presentation. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 2002.
J. Bolten, V.Lakshmi, E.Njoku and T. Jackson, Comparisons of soil moisture retrievals using the C-band polarimetric scanning radiometer and passive/active L/S band sensor during the Southern Great Plains 1999 Experiment. Abstract and oral presentation. American Geophysical Society, Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, May 28-31, 2002.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi and E., Njoku, Soil moisture techniques using the passive/ active L/S- band sensor. Abstract and oral presentation. American Geophysical Society, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2001.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi and E., Njoku,. An active passive combination for soil moisture remote sensing. Abstract and oral presentation. Specialist conference on Microwave Remote Sensing, Boulder, CO, November 5-9,2001.
J.Bolten, V. Lakshmi, Using a combination of active and passive L/S- band remote sensing for soil moisture retrieval. Abstract and oral Presentation. University of South Carolina Graduate Student Day. April 12, 2001.
J. Bolten, V. Lakshmi, E., Njoku. The study of soil moisture using a combination of active and passive L/S- band remote sensing. Abstract and poster presentation. Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. December 15-19, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND AWARDS
• Member - American Meteorological Society 2006-present
• Member – IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2004-present
• Member - American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section 2000-present
o Remote Sensing Technical Committee Member 2007-2008
o AGU Meeting session convener and chair 2006-2008
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award Nomination 2001
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
NASA-HSB-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD December 2008-present
• Member of the Soil Moisture Active / Passive (SMAP) Applications Working Group
• Reviewer for many peer reviewed journals and book publications
• AGU remote sensing technical committee member
USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD October 2005-December 2008
• Reviewer for many peer reviewed journals and book publications
• AGU remote sensing technical committee member
• AGU Meeting session convener Session chair at multiple conferences
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, SC
• Science Quest Mentor (After school science program for Richland Co, SC. 2004 - 2005
• Graduate Student Association, Geological Sciences Representative 2000 - 2001
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists, USC Chapter Secretary 1999 - 2000
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