Christopher D. Barnet

Christopher D. Barnet received the B.S. degree in electronics technology and the M.S. degree in solid state physics from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA, in 1976 and 1978, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in the remote sensing of planetary atmospheres from New Mexico State University, Los Cruces, NM, USA, in 1990. His post-doctoral research focused on ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared observations of the outer planets using a wide variety of instruments onboard the Voyager spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope. Since 1995, he has been working on advanced algorithms for terrestrial hyperspectral infrared and microwave remote sounding supporting both NASA and NOAA missions. In 2013, he joined Science and Technology Corporation to support new applications for these advanced algorithms and now serves as a NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program Science subject matter expert for hyperspectral IR soundings. From 2014 to 2021, he was selected to lead the sounding discipline team of the NASA Terra-Aqua-Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (TASNPP) science team and has worked on the development of long-term datasets from sounding instruments aboard the Aqua, Suomi-NPP, and JPSS satellites.