Brief Bio

Dr. Meng Gao is a research scientist in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory (OEL) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2004, his Master's degree from Peking University in 2007, and his PhD from Texas A&M University in 2012. His research interests and expertise include light scattering theory, radiative transfer simulation, optimization algorithm, and deep learning. He currently supports NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission in developing fast aerosol and ocean color remote sensing algorithm for multi-angle polarimeters.

Publications

Refereed

Hannadige, N. K., P.-W. Zhai, P. J. Werdell, et al. M. Gao, B. A. Franz, K. Knobelspiesse, and A. Ibrahim. 2023. "Optimizing retrieval spaces of bio-optical models for remote sensing of ocean color." Applied Optics 62 (13): 3299 [10.1364/ao.484082]

Gao, M., K. Knobelspiesse, B. A. Franz, et al. P.-W. Zhai, B. Cairns, X. Xu, and J. V. Martins. 2023. "The impact and estimation of uncertainty correlation for multi-angle polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols and ocean color." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 16 (8): 2067–2087 [https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2067-2023]

Aryal, K., P.-W. Zhai, M. Gao, and B. A. Franz. 2022. "Instantaneous photosynthetically available radiation models for ocean waters using neural networks." Applied Optics 61 (33): 9985 [10.1364/ao.474914]

Gao, M., K. Knobelspiesse, B. Franz, et al. P.-W. Zhai, A. Sayer, A. Ibrahim, B. Cairns, O. Hasekamp, Y. Hu, V. Martins, J. Werdell, and X. Xu. 2022. "Effective uncertainty quantification for multi-angle polarimetric aerosol remote sensing over ocean." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 15 (16): 4859–4879 [10.5194/amt-15-4859-2022]

Ibrahim, A., B. Franz, A. Sayer, et al. K. Knobelspiesse, M. Zhang, S. Bailey, L. McKinna, M. Gao, and P. J. Werdell. 2022. "Optimal Estimation Framework for Ocean Color Atmospheric Correction and Pixel-level Uncertainty Quantification." Applied Optics Vol. 61 No. 20 [10.1364/ao.461861]

Hu, Y., X. Lu, X. Zeng, et al. S. A. Stamnes, T. A. Neumann, N. T. Kurtz, P. Zhai, M. Gao, W. Sun, K. Xu, Z. Liu, A. H. Omar, R. R. Baize, L. J. Rogers, B. O. Mitchell, K. Stamnes, Y. Huang, N. Chen, C. Weimer, J. Lee, and Z. Fair. 2022. "Deriving Snow Depth From ICESat-2 Lidar Multiple Scattering Measurements." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.855159]

Zhai, P.-W., M. Gao, B. A. Franz, et al. P. J. Werdell, A. Ibrahim, Y. Hu, and J. Chowdhary. 2022. "A Radiative Transfer Simulator for PACE: Theory and Applications." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3 [10.3389/frsen.2022.840188]

Gao, M., K. Knobelspiesse, B. A. Franz, et al. P.-W. Zhai, V. Martins, S. P. Burton, B. Cairns, R. Ferrare, M. A. Fenn, O. Hasekamp, Y. Hu, A. Ibrahim, A. M. Sayer, P. J. Werdell, and X. Xu. 2021. "Adaptive Data Screening for Multi-Angle Polarimetric Aerosol and Ocean Color Remote Sensing Accelerated by Deep Learning." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.757832]

Zhou, Y., Y. Yang, P.-W. Zhai, and M. Gao. 2021. "Cloud Detection Over Sunglint Regions With Observations From the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.690010]

Gao, M., B. A. Franz, K. Knobelspiesse, et al. P.-W. Zhai, V. Martins, S. Burton, B. Cairns, R. Ferrare, J. Gales, O. Hasekamp, Y. Hu, A. Ibrahim, B. McBride, A. Puthukkudy, P. J. Werdell, and X. Xu. 2021. "Efficient multi-angle polarimetric inversion of aerosols and oceancolor powered by a deep neural network forward model." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 (6): 4083–4110 [https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4083-2021]

Knobelspiesse, K., A. Ibrahim, B. Franz, et al. S. Bailey, R. Levy, Z. Ahmad, J. Gales, M. Gao, M. Garay, S. Anderson, and O. Kalashnikova. 2021. "Analysis of simultaneous aerosol and ocean glint retrieval using multi-angle observations." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 3233-3252 [10.5194/amt-14-3233-2021]

Hannadige, N. K., P.-W. Zhai, M. Gao, et al. B. A. Franz, Y. Hu, K. Knobelspiesse, J. Werdell, A. Ibrahim, B. Cairns, and O. P. Hasekamp. 2021. "Atmospheric correction over the ocean for hyperspectral radiometers using multi-angle polarimetric retrievals." Optics Express 29 (3): 4504 [10.1364/oe.408467]

Knobelspiesse, K., H. M. Barbosa, C. Bradley, et al. C. Bruegge, B. Cairns, G. Chen, J. Chowdhary, A. Cook, A. Di Noia, B. van Diedenhoven, D. J. Diner, R. Ferrare, G. Fu, M. Gao, M. Garay, J. Hair, D. Harper, G. van Harten, O. Hasekamp, M. Helmlinger, C. Hostetler, O. Kalashnikova, A. Kupchock, K. Longo De Freitas, H. Maring, J. V. Martins, B. McBride, M. McGill, K. Norlin, A. Puthukkudy, B. Rheingans, J. Rietjens, F. C. Seidel, A. da Silva, M. Smit, S. Stamnes, Q. Tan, S. Val, A. Wasilewski, F. Xu, X. Xu, and J. Yorks. 2020. "The Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar (ACEPOL) airborne field campaign." Earth System Science Data 12 (3): 2183-2208 [Full Text (Link)] [10.5194/essd-12-2183-2020]

Gao, M., P.-W. Zhai, B. A. Franz, et al. K. Knobelspiesse, A. Ibrahim, B. Cairns, S. E. Craig, G. Fu, O. Hasekamp, Y. Hu, and P. J. Werdell. 2020. "Inversion of multiangular polarimetric measurements from the ACEPOL campaign: an application of improving aerosol property and hyperspectral ocean color retrievals." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 3939–3956 [10.5194/amt-13-3939-2020]

Mukherjee, L., P.-W. Zhai, M. Gao, et al. Y. Hu, B. A. Franz, and J. Werdell. 2020. "Neural Network Reflectance Prediction Model for Both Open Ocean and Coastal Waters." Remote Sensing 12 (9): 1421 [10.3390/rs12091421]

Zhou, Y., Y. Yang, M. Gao, and P.-W. Zhai. 2020. "Cloud detection over snow and ice with oxygen A- and B-band observations from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 (3): 1575-1591 [10.5194/amt-13-1575-2020]

Fu, G., O. Hasekamp, J. Rietjens, et al. M. Smit, A. Di Noia, D. Diner, F. Xu, M. Gao, S. Burton, C. Hostetler, J. Hair, R. Ferrare, K. D. Knobelspiesse, B. Cairns, A. P. Wasilewski, and A. M. Da Silva. 2020. "Aerosol retrievals from different polarimeters during the ACEPOL campaign using a common retrieval algorithm." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 553-573 [10.5194/amt-13-553-2020]

Gao, M., P.-W. Zhai, B. A. Franz, et al. Y. Hu, K. Knobelspiesse, P. J. Werdell, A. Ibrahim, B. Cairns, and A. Chase. 2019. "Inversion of multi-angular polarimetric measurements over open and coastal ocean waters: a joint retrieval algorithm for aerosol and water leaving radiance properties." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 (7): 3921–3941 [10.5194/amt-12-3921-2019]

Gao, M., P.-W. Zhai, Y. Yang, and Y. Hu. 2019. "Cloud remote sensing with EPIC/DSCOVR observations: A sensitivity study with radiative transfer simulations." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 230 56-60 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.03.022]

Jamet, C., A. Ibrahim, Z. Ahmad, et al. F. Angelini, M. Babin, M. J. Behrenfeld, E. Boss, B. Cairns, J. Churnside, J. Chowdhary, A. B. Davis, D. Dionisi, L. Duforêt-Gaurier, B. Franz, R. Frouin, M. Gao, D. Gray, O. Hasekamp, X. He, C. Hostetler, O. V. Kalashnikova, K. Knobelspiesse, L. Lacour, H. Loisel, V. Martins, E. Rehm, L. Remer, I. Sanhaj, K. Stamnes, S. Stamnes, S. Victori, J. Werdell, and P.-W. Zhai. 2019. "Going Beyond Standard Ocean Color Observations: Lidar and Polarimetry." Frontiers in Marine Science 6 [10.3389/fmars.2019.00251]

Gao, M., P.-W. Zhai, B. Franz, et al. Y. Hu, K. Knobelspiesse, P. J. Werdell, A. Ibrahim, F. Xu, and B. Cairns. 2018. "Retrieval of aerosol properties and water-leaving reflectance from multi-angular polarimetric measurements over coastal waters." Optics Express 26 (7): 8968 [10.1364/oe.26.008968]

Zhai, P.-W., K. Knobelspiesse, A. Ibrahim, et al. B. A. Franz, Y. Hu, M. Gao, and R. Frouin. 2017. "Water-leaving contribution to polarized radiation field over ocean." Optics Express 25 (16): A689 [10.1364/oe.25.00a689]

Brady, P. C., A. A. Gilerson, G. W. Kattawar, et al. J. M. Sullivan, M. S. Twardowski, H. M. Dierssen, M. Gao, K. Travis, R. I. Etheredge, A. Tonizzo, A. Ibrahim, C. Carrizo, Y. Gu, B. J. Russell, K. Mislinski, S. Zhao, and M. E. Cummings. 2015. "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments." Science 350 (6263): 965-969 [10.1126/science.aad5284]

Zhao, S., P. C. Brady, M. Gao, et al. R. I. Etheredge, G. W. Kattawar, and M. E. Cummings. 2015. "Broadband and polarization reflectors in the lookdown, Selene vomer." Journal of The Royal Society Interface 12 (104): 20141390-20141390 [10.1098/rsif.2014.1390]

Bell, G. R., L. M. Mäthger, M. Gao, et al. S. L. Senft, A. M. Kuzirian, G. W. Kattawar, and R. T. Hanlon. 2014. "Diffuse White Structural Coloration from Multilayer Reflectors in a Squid." Advanced Materials 26 (25): 4352-4356 [10.1002/adma.201400383]

Gao, M., P. Yang, and G. W. Kattawar. 2013. "Polarized extinction properties of plates with large aspect ratios." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 131 72-81 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.03.010]

Gao, M., X. Huang, P. Yang, and G. W. Kattawar. 2013. "Angular distribution of diffuse reflectance from incoherent multiple scattering in turbid media." Applied Optics 52 (24): 5869 [10.1364/ao.52.005869]

Gao, M., P. Yang, D. McKee, and G. W. Kattawar. 2013. "Mueller matrix holographic method for small particle characterization: theory and numerical studies." Applied Optics 52 (21): 5289 [10.1364/ao.52.005289]

Gao, M., Y. You, P. Yang, and G. W. Kattawar. 2012. "Backscattering properties of small layered plates: a model for iridosomes." Optics Express 20 (22): 25111 [10.1364/oe.20.025111]

Jiang, C.-W., X. Zhou, Z. Lin, et al. R.-H. Xie, F.-L. Li, M. Gao, and R. E. Allen. 2011. "Semiclassical simulations in materials science." physica status solidi (b) [10.1002/pssb.201147141]

Gao, M., and L. Yin. 2008. "VORTEX LATTICE STATE OF A SUPERFLUID FERMI GAS IN THE UNITARY REGION." International Journal of Modern Physics B 22 (23): 3967-3976 [10.1142/s0217979208048814]

Gao, M., H. Wu, and L. Yin. 2006. "Vortex properties of a resonant superfluid." Physical Review A 74 (2): 023604 [10.1103/physreva.74.023604]