Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae

Jeffrey R. Key

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Professional Positions

Supervisory Physical Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Madison, WI, 2003-present; Branch Chief, Program Management Branch, NESDIS, Madison, WI, 09/2023-present. Adjunct Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007-present. Adjunct Associate Professor, 1999-2006.


Past Positions: Acting Division Chief, Cooperative Research Program (CoRP), NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, 01-06/2023 and 02/2018-10/2019 (2.1 yrs total); Branch Chief, Advanced Satellite Products Branch, NESDIS, 2003-2023; Physical Scientist, NOAA/NESDIS, 1999-2002; Associate Professor (tenured), Dept. of Geography, Boston Univ., 1995-1999; Instructor, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage, 1984-1987.

Education

Ph.D., 1988, University of Colorado, Boulder (Climatology)

M.A., 1982, Northern Michigan University (Geography, Resource Analysis)

B.S., 1979, Northern Michigan University, Dept. of Geography (Environmental Conservation)

Awards

NOAA Silver Sherman Award, 2022

NOAA Distinguished Career Award for Scientific Achievement, 2021.

U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, 2019 (with 9 others).

NASA Agency Honor Awards, Group Achievement Award, 2017 (with 500+ others).

U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, 2014 (with 12 others)

NASA Group Achievement Award to Suomi NPP Mission Development Team, 2012.

NOAA Administrator's Award, 2009 (with Pablo Clemente-Colón).

U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, 2008, (with A. Heidinger, R. Ferraro, T. Smith, M. Eakin, and K. Gallo).

U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal for Scientific and Engineering Achievement, 2005 (with J. Daniels).

Current Professional Activities

WMO Infrastructure Commission's Standing Committee on Earth Observing Systems and Monitoring Networks (SC-ON), member, 2020-present.

WMO Executive Council Panel of Experts on Polar Observations, Research and Services, U.S. representative (one of three), 2009-present.

WMO Gloal Cryosphere Watch (lead/co-lead on multiple teams), 2008-present.

Canada’s Arctic Observing Mission (AOM) International Expert Team, 2019-present.

University of Wisconsin: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (U. Wisconsin) Board of Directors, 2001-present. Space Science and Engineering Center (U. Wisconsin) Science Council, 2001-present.

Research

Interests: Satellite remote sensing of polar clouds, winds, snow, and ice; polar climate; surface radiation budget.

Grants: PI, Co-PI, or Co-I on 77 grants totaling ~$40M ($24M as PI) since 1991.

Publications: Author/co-author on 133 journal papers and other peer-reviewed publications, 7 book chapters, 18 technical and data reports (some peer-reviewed), numerous workshop reports, and 88 conference proceedings papers and newsletter articles. Metrics: h-index: 60, i10-index: 117, citations: 12K+ (Feb 2024, Google Scholar). PDFs of the papers below are available at https://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/jk-papers/.

Major Satellite Products - Operational Products: Real-time polar winds from MODIS, AVHRR, and VIIRS; AMSR2 snow and ice products; VIIRS ice products; ABI ice and snow products. Climate Data Records: AVHRR Polar Pathfinder (APP) and AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Extended (APP-x); Historical polar winds from AVHRR. Software: Streamer, a radiative transfer model; FluxNet, a neural network for surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes; CASPR, the Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval system

Field Work: UAS Sea Ice Retrieval for Calibration/Validation Experiment (USIR-CV EX), Great Lakes (2022) and Alaska (2023); Great LAkes Winter Experiment (GLAWEX), 2017; McMurdo, Antarctica, 2004; Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA), 1998; Greenland Ice Sheet, 1995; Beaufort and Arctic Seas Experiment (BASE), 1994; Seasonal Sea Ice Monitoring and Modeling Site (SIMMS), 1993; SIMMS, 1992; LEADEX, 1992; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sea lamprey surveys, 1980-1982.

Teaching

Taught 15 different courses in remote sensing, meteorology, statistics, geography, and computer science at Boston University, the University of Colorado, the University of Alaska, and Northern Michigan University. Research advisor for 13 PhD and Master’s students.