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Karen Cady-Pereira

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Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER)
131 Hartwell Ave.
Lexington, MA 02421
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Karen Cady-Pereira
Science Collaborators

Education
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1984)
  • B.S. in Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (1981)
Research Interests
Radiative transfer models for Earth and other planet atmospheres, especially Mars. Trace gas retrievals, most recently water vapor and ammonia. Scattering by clouds, dust and surfaces.
Professional Experience
  • Principal Investigator Associate, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER) 1992-present
  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory (as a subcontractor for Calspan): 1984-1992
Selected Publications
  • Cady-Pereira, K.E, M.W. Shephard, D.D. Turner, E.J. Mlawer, and S.A. Clough, Improved Daytime Column Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor from Vaisala Radiosonde Humidity Sensors, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25, 873-883, 2008
  • Eluskiewicz, J., J-L Moncet, M.S. Shephard, K.E. Cady-Pereira, T.Connor, G. Uymin, Atmospheric and Surface Retrievals in the Mars Polar Regions from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer Measurements, accepted to JGR-Planets
  • Salstein, D. A., R. M. Ponte, and K. Cady-Pereira, Uncertainties in atmospheric surface pressure fields from global analyses, J. Geophys.Res., 113, D14107, doi:10.1029/2007JD009531, 2008.
  • Shephard, M.W., H.M. Worden, K.E. Cady-Pereira, M. Lampel, M. Luo, K.W. Bowman, E. Sarkissian, R. Beer, D.M. Rider, D.C. Tobin, H.E. Revercomb, B.M. Fisher, D. Tremblay, S.A. Clough, G.B. Osterman, and M. Gunson, Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Spectral Radiance Comparisons, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S05, doi:10.1029/2007JD008856, 2008.
  • Shephard, M.W., R.L. Herman, B.M. Fisher, .E. Cady-Pereira, S.A. Clough, V.H. Payne, D.N. Whiteman, J.P. Comer, H. Vömel, L.M. Milosevich, R. Forno, M. Adam, G.B. Osterman, A. Eldering, J.R. Worden, L.R. Brown, H.M. Worden, S.S. Kulawik, D.M. Rider, A. Goldman, R. Beer, K.W. Bowman, C.D. Rodgers, M. Luo, C.P. Rinsland, M. Lampel, and M.R. Gunson, Comparison of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Nadir Water Vapor Retrievals with In Situ Measurements, submitted to J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S24, doi:10.1029/2007JD008822, 2008.