Takmeng Wong

Position

Physical Scientist
Climate Science Branch
Science Directorate
NASA Langley Research Center

Contact Information

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Dr. Takmeng Wong
MS 420
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
  • E-mail: takmeng.wong@nasa.gov
  • Fax: (757) 864-7996
  • Phone: (757) 864-5607

    • Research Interests

  • Time-space averaging of satellite data
  • Effects of temporal and spatial sampling techniques on the accuracy of climate data sets
  • Climate and climate variability data analysis and general circulation
  • Effect of clouds on the Earth's radiation budget (i.e., cloud radiative forcing)
  • Atmospheric, surface, and top-of-atmosphere radiation budgets and radiative heating
  • Cloud-radiation-dynamic-thermodynamic interactions and numerical cloud modeling
  • Intercomparison of in-situ measurements, satellite data, and modeled results
  • Visualization and statistical analysis of large climate dataset

    • NASA/U.S.A./International Project Affiliations

  • NASA Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Project (Co-Investigator)
  • NASA CERES ERBE-like Data Product (Lead)
  • NASA Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)/Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Nonscanner Data Reprocessing Project (Lead)
  • NASA ERBE Scanner and Nonscanner Data Product (Lead)
  • NASA Radiation Science Program Project on Large Ensemble Evaluation of Cloud Models and Super Parameterization Using EOS Satellite Cloud, Radiation and Precipitation Data (Co-Investigator)
  • NASA Cloud Object Data Product (Lead)
  • GEWEX Radiative Flux Assessment (RFA) Activity (Local implementation committee member)

    • List of Publications

  • Formal Publications
  • Referenceable Oral Presentations
  • Other Significant Contributions
  • Public Released Satellites Images

    • Education

  • PhD (Atmospheric Science), Colorado State University, 1994
  • MS (Atmospheric Science), Colorado State University, 1987
  • BS with honor (Meteorology), Florida State University, 1985

    • Professional Society Membership

  • American Meteorological Society
  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science


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