Benjamin Johnson
Research Associate

JCET Research Group:

Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory

GSFC Code:

614.6

Mailing Address:

Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences
Building 33, Room A414
NASA GSFC, Code 614.6
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-6804

Fax:

(301) 614-5558

Email:

benjamin.t.johnson@nasa.gov

Most Recent Publication

Research Interests:

Research interests cover a broad spectrum of precipitation cloud modeling, radiative transfer, and remote sensing

Biography:

Dr. Benjamin Johnson received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Oklahoma State University in 1998, a Master of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences from Purdue University in December 2001, and completed his Ph.D. degree in December 2007 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently a Research Associate in JCET. His research interests cover a broad spectrum of precipitation cloud modeling, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, and radar/radiometer remote sensing from air, space, and ground. Dr. Johnson is focusing on combined dual-frequency radar and multi-channel radiometer retrievals of frozen and mixed-phase precipitation at microwave frequencies in the 10 to 340 GHz range, with a focus on the upcoming Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) science objectives. He is also a member of the GPM combined radar/radiometer algorithm development team, and is actively involved in developing improved retrieval algorithms for snowfall using passive microwave and radar remote sensing methods.