Daniel Feldman

Radiative Transfer
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• Earth Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• PhD, Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2008
• MS, Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2004
• BS, Environmental Engineering Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002

My research focuses on using ground and satellite observations to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the representation of radiative transfer processes in models ranging in complexity from standalone algorithms to earth system models. My research has focused on exploring how model representation of radiative effects can be improved. Using ARM observations, this work has shown that field data can quantify the relationship between changes in greenhouse gases and in their effect.

In grad school, I analyzed earth-observing measurements at the global scale from the NASA A-Train satellite to understand what they could tell us about radiative heating rates. I also participated in six calibration/validation campaigns where I saw the value of field-level data. I continued to work on NASA projects to design next-generation radiometric observations as a postdoc at UC-Berkeley. At LBNL, I have worked on three DOE projects using radiative observations and radiative transfer calculations to test process and earth system models.