TES: Reinhard Beer

Reinhard Beer

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Reinhard Beer
Science Team
Principal Investigator (Emeritus)

Education

B.Sc. in Physics, University of Manchester (UK, 1956)
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Manchester (UK, 1960)

Research Interests

Remote sensing of atmospheric chemistry
Global transport of atmospheric pollutants (especially tropospheric ozone)
Impacts of biomass burning on tropospheric chemistry

Professional Experience

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1963 - 2009)

Section Staff Scientist (2006 - 2009)
Supervisor, Tropospheric Emission Spectrometry (1997 - 2006)
Principal Scientist (1999 - 2009)
Manager, Atmospheric & Oceanographic Sciences Section (1990 - 1992)
Senior Research Scientist (1985 - 2009)
Supervisor, Tropospheric Science Group (1972 - 1994)
Member of the Technical Staff (1967 - 1972)
Group Leader (1965 - 1967)
Senior Scientist (1963 - 1965)

University of Texas at Austin, Visiting Associate Professor of Astronomy (1973 - 1974)
University of Manchester, Turner & Newall Research Fellow (1960 - 1963)

Selected Awards

NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal (2008)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1st detection of extraterrestrial deuterium) (1974)

Selected Publications

Beer, R., M. W. Shephard, S. S. Kulawik, S. A. Clough, A. Eldering, K. W. Bowman, S. P. Sander, B. M. Fisher, V. H. Payne, M. Luo, G. B. Osterman and J. R. Worden, First satellite observations of lower tropospheric ammonia & methanol, Geophys. Res. Lett, 35, L09801, doi:10.1029/2008GL033642, May 1, 2008.
Worden, H. M., K. W. Bowman, J. R. Worden, A. Eldering and R. Beer, Satellite measurements of the clear-sky greenhouse effect from tropospheric ozone, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo182, April 20, 2008.
Worden, H. M., J. Logan, J. R. Worden, R. Beer, K. Bowman, S. A. Clough, A. Eldering, B. Fisher, M. R. Gunson, R. L. Herman, S. S. Kulawik, M. C. Lampel, M. Luo, I. A. Megretskaia, G. B. Osterman, M. W. Shephard, Comparisons of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) ozone profiles to ozonesodes: methods and initial results, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D03309, doi:10.1029/2006JD007258, February 15, 2007.
Worden, J., X. Liu, K. Bowman, K. Chance, R. Beer, A. Eldering, M. Gunson, and H. Worden, Improved Tropospheric Ozone Profile Retrievals Using OMI and TES Radiances, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L01809, doi:10.1029/2006GL027806, January 10, 2007.
Rinsland, C. P., M. Luo, J. A. Logan, R. Beer, H. M. Worden, J. R. Worden, K. Bowman, S. S. Kulawik, D. Rider, G. Osterman, M. Gunson, A. Goldman, M. Shephard, S. A. Clough, C. Rodgers, M. Lampel, and L. Chiou, Nadir Measurements of carbon monoxide distributions by the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer onboard the Aura Spacecraft: Overview of analysis approach and examples of initial results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L2280610.1029/2006GL027000, November 22, 2006.
Worden, J., K. Bowman, D. Noone, R. Beer, S. Clough, A. Eldering, B. Fisher, A. Goldman, M. Gunson, R. Herman, S. Kulawik, M. Lampel, M. Luo, G. Osterman, C. Rinsland, C. Rodgers, S. Sander, M. Shephard, and H. Worden, Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer observations of the tropospheric HDO/H 2 O ratio: Estimation approach and characterization, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16309, doi:10.1029/2005JD006606, August 25, 2006.
Beer, R. "TES on the Aura Mission: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Analysis Overview," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 44, 1102-1105 (2006)
Beer, R., T.A. Glavich and D.M. Rider, "Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer for the Earth Observing System AURA satellite," Appl. Opt., 40, 2356-2367 (2001)
Worden, H.M., R. Beer and C.P.Rinsland, "Airborne High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of Western Wildfires", J. Geophys. Res. 102, 1287-1299 (1997)
Beer, R., Remote Sensing by Fourier Transform Spectrometry, Wiley-Interscience, New York (1992)
Beer, R., and R.H. Norton, "Analysis of Spectra using Correlation Functions", Appl. Opt. 27, 1255 (1988)
Beer, R. and F.W. Taylor, "The Abundance of Carbon Monoxide in Jupiter", Astrophys. J. 221, 1100 (1978)
Norton, R.H. and R. Beer, "New Apodizing Functions for Fourier Spectrometry", J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66, 259 (1976); J. Opt. Soc. Am. 67, 419 (1977)
Beer, R. and F.W. Taylor, "The Abundance of CH3D and the D/H Ratio in Jupiter", Astrophys. J. Letters 182, L135 (1973)
Beer, R. and F.W. Taylor, "The Equilibration of Deuterium in the Jovian Atmosphere", Astrophys. J. Letters 182, L135 (1973)