Dr. Miguel Román is the Deputy Director for Atmospheres in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Earth Sciences Division, overseeing cutting-edge research on mesoscale systems, atmospheric chemistry, and radiative transfer. In this role, he spearheads technology-focused initiatives that leverage next-generation instruments, advanced retrieval techniques, and sophisticated data analysis methods to address societal and environmental challenges.
Miguel O. Román
(SUPV RSCH AST,SCIENCE PROGRAM MGMT)
| Email: | miguel.o.roman@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 610 |
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NASA/GSFC Mail Code 610 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Brief Bio
Education
- Ph.D. in Remote Sensing, Boston University, 2009.
- M.Eng. in Systems Engineering, Cornell University, 2005.
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2004.
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Continuity between NASA MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Collection 2 land products." Remote Sensing of Environment 302 113963 [10.1016/j.rse.2023.113963] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Calibration of the SNPP and NOAA 20 VIIRS sensors for continuity of the MODIS climate data records." Remote Sensing of Environment 295 113717 [10.1016/j.rse.2023.113717] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Continuous monitoring of nighttime light changes based on daily NASA's Black Marble product suite." Remote Sensing of Environment 282 113269 [10.1016/j.rse.2022.113269] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "NASA’s Black Marble Multiangle Nighttime Lights Temporal Composites." IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 19 1-5 [10.1109/lgrs.2022.3176616] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Retired satellites: A chance to shed light." Science 373 (6562): 1451-1452 [10.1126/science.abl9965] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Quantifying uncertainties in nighttime light retrievals from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Day/Night Band data." Remote Sensing of Environment 263 112557 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112557] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol." Good Practices for Satellite Derived Land Product Validation 236 [Full Text] [10.5067/doc/ceoswgcv/lpv/agb.001] [Other]
2019. "Evaluation of MODIS and VIIRS cloud-gap-filled snow-cover products for production of an Earth science data record." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23 (12): 5227-5241 [10.5194/hess-23-5227-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Emergencies do not stop at night: Advanced analysis of displacement based on satellite-derived nighttime light observations." IBM Journal of Research and Development 1-1 [10.1147/jrd.2019.2954404] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Satellite-based assessment of electricity restoration efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria." PLOS ONE 14 (6): e0218883 [10.1371/journal.pone.0218883] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "The influence of spatial resolution on the angular variation patterns of optical reflectance as retrieved from MODIS and POLDER measurements." Remote Sensing of Environment 215 371-385 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.06.025] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite." Remote Sensing of Environment 210 113-143 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "MONITORING DISASTER-RELATED POWER OUTAGES USING NASA BLACK MARBLE NIGHTTIME LIGHT PRODUCT." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-3 1853-1856 [10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-3-1853-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "An algorithm for the retrieval of the clumping index (CI) from the MODIS BRDF product using an adjusted version of the kernel-driven BRDF model." Remote Sensing of Environment 209 594-611 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.041] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Capturing rapid land surface dynamics with Collection V006 MODIS BRDF/NBAR/Albedo (MCD43) products." Remote Sensing of Environment 207 50-64 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Land Surface Temperature Product Validation Best Practice Protocol." Good Practices for Satellite-Derived Land Product Validation, 58 [10.5067/doc/ceoswgcv/lpv/lst.001] [Article in Book]
2018. "Land Surface Temperature Product Validation Best Practice Protocol. Version 1.0. ." CEOS-LPV Best Practice for Satellite-Derived Land Product Validation [doi:10.5067/doc/ceoswgcv/lpv/lst.001] [Report]
2017. "Evaluation of the VIIRS BRDF, Albedo and NBAR products suite and an assessment of continuity with the long term MODIS record." Remote Sensing of Environment 201 256-274 [10.1016/j.rse.2017.09.020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Evaluation of satellite remote sensing albedo retrievals over the ablation area of the southwestern Greenland ice sheet." Remote Sensing of Environment 198 115-125 [10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.030] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Monitoring land surface albedo and vegetation dynamics using high spatial and temporal resolution synthetic time series from Landsat and the MODIS BRDF/NBAR/albedo product." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 59 104-117 [10.1016/j.jag.2017.03.008] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Overview of NASA's MODIS and VIIRS Snow-Cover Earth SystemData Records." Earth System Science Data Discussions 1-30 [10.5194/essd-2017-25] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Synergistic Use of Nighttime Satellite Data, Electric Utility Infrastructure, and Ambient Population to Improve Power Outage Detections in Urban Areas." Remote Sensing 9 (3): 286 [10.3390/rs9030286] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Impact of Spatial Sampling on Continuity of MODIS–VIIRS Land Surface Reflectance Products: A Simulation Approach." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 55 (1): 183-196 [10.1109/tgrs.2016.2604214] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "A method for improving hotspot directional signatures in BRDF models used for MODIS." Remote Sensing of Environment 186 135-151 [10.1016/j.rse.2016.08.007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "How Universal Is the Relationship between Remotely Sensed Vegetation Indices and Crop Leaf Area Index? A Global Assessment." Remote Sensing 8 (7): 597 [Full Text] [10.3390/rs8070597] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Early spring post-fire snow albedo dynamics in high latitude boreal forests using Landsat-8 OLI data." Remote Sensing of Environment [10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.059] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Estimating the effective spatial resolution of the operational BRDF, albedo, and nadir reflectance products from MODIS and VIIRS." Remote Sensing of Environment 175 52-64 [10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.033] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Holidays in lights: Tracking cultural patterns in demand for energy services." Earth's Future 3 (6): 182-205 [10.1002/2014ef000285] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Validation of Land Surface Temperature products derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) using ground-based and heritage satellite measurements." Remote Sensing of Environment 154 19-37 [10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Surface albedo darkening from wildfires in northern sub-Saharan Africa." Environ. Res. Lett. 9 (6): 065003 [10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/065003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Evaluation of MODIS albedo product (MCD43A) over grassland, agriculture and forest surface types during dormant and snow-covered periods." Remote Sensing of Environment 140 60-77 [10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.025] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Land and cryosphere products from Suomi NPP VIIRS: Overview and status." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (17): 9753-9765 [10.1002/jgrd.50771] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Use of In Situ and Airborne Multiangle Data to Assess MODIS- and Landsat-Based Estimates of Directional Reflectance and Albedo." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 51 (3): 1393-1404 [10.1109/TGRS.2013.2243457] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "A comparison of foliage profiles in the Sierra National Forest obtained with a full-waveform under-canopy EVI lidar system with the foliage profiles obtained with an airborne full-waveform LVIS lidar system." Remote Sensing of Environment 136 330–341 [10.1016/j.rse.2013.05.020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Dynamics of vegetation indices in tropical and subtropical savannas defined by ecoregions and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land cover." Geocarto International 27 (2): 153-191 [10.1080/10106049.2011.626529] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Evaluation of Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow albedo product (MCD43A) over tundra." Remote Sensing of Environment 117 264–280 [10.1016/j.rse.2011.10.002] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Status of the Suomi NPP visible/infrared imager radiometer suite's (VIIRS) land environmental data records (EDRs) after early evaluation of on-orbit performance." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International 1084-1087 [10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351360] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Intercomparison of MODIS albedo retrievals and in situ measurements across the global FLUXNET network." Remote Sensing of Environment 121 323–334 [10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Pre-launch evaluation of the NPP VIIRS Land and Cryosphere EDRs to meet NASA's science requirements." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 2011 IEEE International 154-157 [10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6048921] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Measuring effective leaf area index, foliage profile, and stand height in New England forest stands using a full-waveform ground-based lidar." Remote Sensing of Environment 115 (11): 2954-2964 [10.1016/j.rse.2010.08.030] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Characterizing vegetation cover in global savannas with an annual foliage clumping index derived from the MODIS BRDF product." Remote Sensing of Environment 115 (8): 2008-2024 [10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Variability in surface BRDF at different spatial scales (30m–500m) over a mixed agricultural landscape as retrieved from airborne and satellite spectral measurements." Remote Sensing of Environment 115 (9): 2184-2203 [10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Biogeography, Ecology and Dynamics of Global Savanna: A Geospatial View." Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales [Article in Book]
2010. "Assessing the coupling between surface albedo derived from MODIS and the fraction of diffuse skylight over spatially-characterized landscapes." Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (4): 738-760 [10.1016/j.rse.2009.11.014] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "The MODIS (Collection V005) BRDF/albedo product: Assessment of spatial representativeness over forested landscapes." Remote Sensing of Environment 113 (11): 2476-2498 [10.1016/j.rse.2009.07.009] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Development and assessment of broadband surface albedo from Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Clouds and Radiation Swath data product." J. Geophys. Res. 114 (D8): D08125 [10.1029/2008JD010669] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Validation of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) albedo retrieval algorithm: Dependence of albedo on solar zenith angle." J. Geophys. Res. 114 (D1): D01106 [10.1029/2008JD009969] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "MODTRAN5 analysis of clear-sky, co-located space- and ground-based infrared atmospheric measurements: AERI, AIRS, CERES, MODIS." Proc. SPIE 7334, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XV 7334 733410 [10.1117/12.819920] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Surface BRDF estimation from an aircraft compared to MODIS and ground estimates at the Southern Great Plains site." J. Geophys. Res. 113 (D20): D20105 [10.1029/2008JD010062] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Aircraft measurements of spectral surface albedo and its consistency with ground-based and space-borne observations." J. Geophys. Res. 113 (D17): D17209 [10.1029/2008JD010089] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Assessing the radiative impact of aerosol smoke using MODTRAN5." Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIV 6966 696617 [10.1117/12.782364] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Radiative impact of boreal smoke in the Arctic: Observed and modeled." J. Geophys. Res. 113 (D14): D14S16 [10.1029/2007JD009657] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2020. "Reaching Broad Audiences from a Large Agency Setting." Foundations of Data Visualization 319-340 [10.1007/978-3-030-34444-3_18] [Article in Book]
2018. "After the Hurricane." The Economist (April 14 Issue): 18-20 [Full Text] [Magazine]
2014. "Land, Cryosphere, and nighttime enviromental products from Suomi NPP VIIRS: Overview and status ." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International 3530 - 3533 [10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947244] [Proceedings]
2012. "The 2011 Eco3D flight campaign: Vegetation structure and biomass estimation from simultaneous SAR, lidar and radiometer measurements." 2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 3387–3390 [10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350694] [Proceedings]