Scientific Colloquium
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023, 3:00 p.m., Building 3 Auditorium    

  
WILLIAM NORDBERG MEMORIAL LECTURE

Randal Koster

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Winner of the 2021 Nordberg Award

Koster photo

Dr. Koster has worked at NASA/GSFC since September of 1987, first as a member of the Hydrological Sciences Branch and, since 2003, as a member of the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO). Most of his time with the GMAO has focused on two research elements: (i) the development of improved treatments of land surface physics for Earth system models, and (ii) the analysis of interactions between the land and the rest of the climate system, using these models. He has coordinated multi-institutional analyses of land-atmosphere feedback for GEWEX and CLIVAR, components of the World Climate Research Programme. He also serves on the NASA SMAP Science Team, helping to make sure that SMAP satellite-based soil moisture data are useful for climate studies and other applications.