K. Fred Huemmrich
Research Associate Professor

JCET Research Group:

Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory

GSFC Code:

614.4

Mailing Address:

Hydrological and Biospheric Sciences
Building 33, Room G316
NASA GSFC, Code 614.4
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-6663

Fax:

(301) 614-6695

Email:

karl.f.huemmrich@nasa.gov

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Biography:

Dr. Karl Fred Huemmrich received a B.S. in Physics from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1995. In 1978, he began working as a NASA contractor at Goddard Space Flight Center, initially as operations analyst on the satellite attitude determination and control. Later, he provided programming and analysis support of passive microwave remote sensing data of sea ice, where he was task leader. In 1987, he joined the team for the First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Field Experiment (FIFE), a multidisciplinary field experiment on the Kansas prairies. Following the completion of FIFE, he worked on the Boreal Ecosystem and Atmosphere Study (BOREAS), a field experiment in the Canadian boreal forests. Dr. Huemmrich was the Assistant Information Scientist on these experiments and has experience in the development and operation of interdisciplinary information systems in support of large field experiments. He has developed and used models of light interactions with vegetation, and has studied the use of remotely sensed data to collect information on biophysical variables using both computer models and field measurements concentrating on uses of bidirectional and hyperspectral reflectance data. He has performed fieldwork in a variety of habitats including arctic and sub-arctic tundra, boreal and temperate forests, croplands, prairies, and deserts. Dr. Huemmrich was recently promoted to Research Associate Professor (JCET) and is also Affiliate Associate Professor with the Department of Geography at UMBC.