William Barnes
Senior Research Scientist

JCET Research Group:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics

GSFC Code:

613.3

Mailing Address:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics
Building 33, Room A113
NASA GSFC, Code 613.3
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-5672

Fax:

(301) 614-5666

Email:

wlbarnes9@gvtc.com

Most Recent Publication

Sun, J., X. Xiong, W. Barnes, and B. Guenther (2007), MODIS Reflective Solar Bands On-orbit Lunar Calibration, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 45(7), 2383-2393.

Research Interests:

Biography:

Dr. William Barnes is a senior research scientist with the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and an emeritus research scientist with the Sciences Exploration Directorate of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He served as the MODIS Sensor Scientist and as a member of the MODIS Science Team for more than 12 years. He led the MODIS Characterization Support Team (MCST) for more than two years and was NASA's representative on the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System's Joint Agency Requirements Group (NPOESS/JARG) for more than five years. He has over thirty years experience in the development and radiometric calibration of Earth observing imaging radiometers including TIROS/AVHRR, AEM-1/HCMR, NOSS/CZCS-2, OrbView-1/SeaWiFS, TRMM/VIRS, EOS/MODIS and NPP/VIIRS.