Department:	Climate Research & Seismology - Climate Observations Division
Function:	Satelite retrieval researcher
Address:	P.O. Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt, The Netherlands
Telephone:	+31 30 2206 406
Telefax:	+31 30 2210 407

Working with the GOSAT satelite. The satelite observes (the O2 A-band) at high spectral resolution (0.2 cm-1 ~ 0.01 nm) and also is sensitive to the polarization of the measured light. The idea of the project is to create an algorithm to retrieve the aerosol optical thickness together with the aerosol layer height using the O2 A-band, by comparison with the results of the DAK model.

Worked as a post-doc at the VU Amsterdam on an ESA founded project related to the ADM-Aeolus project. My primary tasks consisted on the design of a setup to measure the Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering spectrum using a UV laser, and the measurement itself, together with data analysis and interpretation. As a PhD I worked at VU Amsterdam as well, on the measurement of highly excited states in molecules using a XUV laser.

* O2 A-band
* Aerosols
* Radiative transfer model (DAK) user
* GOSAT satellite
* IDL user

Last updated: 16 February, 2011.

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