The Libera Science Team is multidisciplinary, with expertise in radiometry, metrology, radiative transfer, radiative energy balance, atmosphere and surface remote sensing, and climate and atmospheric modeling. Libera science participation comes from NASA JPL, NIST, Ball, and four universities. The table below lists the Libera Science Team members and roles.
Name | Role |
Peter Pilewskie, CU LASP | Principal Investigator |
Maria Hakuba | Deputy PI |
Graeme Stephens | Project Scientist |
Odele Coddington | Surface Radiation Budget |
Bill Collins | Climate Modeling |
Sandie Collins | Instrument LW Calibration |
Xiquan Dong | Surface & TOA Fluxes |
Daniel Feldman | Climate OSSEs |
Jake Gristey | ADMs |
Dave Harber | Instrument Scientist |
Xianglei Huang | Longwave Radiation Budget |
Thomas Kampe | Camera Science |
Bruce Kindel | Clouds & Aerosols |
John Lehman | Detector Metrology |
Jim Leitch | JPSS Interface |
Steve Massie | Clouds & Aerosols |
Sebastian Schmidt | Camera Science Lead |
Tom Vonderhaar | ERB Continuity |
Zhien Wang | Aerosols |
Chris Yung | Detector Metrology |
Richard Allan | Radiative Energy Balance (Collaborator) |
Doris Folini | GCM/Earth System Models (Collaborator) |
Jacqueline Russell | TOA Radiation Budget (Collaborator) |
Martin Wild | Global Energy Budget (Collaborator) |
Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo | Climate Modeling (Collaborator) |
Dr. Maria Hakuba serves as Deputy PI. She works with the PI (P. Pilewskie) and Project Scientist (G. Stephens) on science definition and requirements and coordinating Phase E science activities specific to the three primary science objectives. Project Scientist Dr. Graeme Stephens, NASA JPL, oversees science analysis of Libera data. The Co-Investigators’ roles are directly linked to the various science mission activities.