Brief Bio

Thomas Owens is a Software Engineer and Scientific Data System Programmer who serves as the Data Processing Coordinator for the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. Mr Owens recieved a B.S. in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1999, and an M.S. in Environmental Science from The Johns Hopkins University in 2008. Before joining the OBPG in 2012, Mr Owens was a software engineer for the NASA Global Modelling and Assimilation Office.

Education

Pennsylvania State University BS Meteorology 1999

The Johns Hopkins University  MS Environmental Science & Policy 2008

Awards

Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Science

NASA GSFC

Jan 2022

CyAN Team

Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics HBG Annual Peer Award

NASA GSFC

Aug 2021

Scientific/Technical Support

Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award for Science

NASA GSFC

Dec 2020

PACE Science Team. Outstanding efforts that contributed to the PACE mission reaching Phase C.

Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics HBG Annual Peer Award

NASA GSFC

Sep 2019

Scientific Achievement - Cyan Team

NASA Group Achievement Award NASA Sentinel Gateway Team

NASA GSFC

Aug 2018

Exceptional achievements enabling NASA access to European Commission Sentinel data and the development of the NASA Sentinel Gateway (NSG).

Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Geophysics HBG Annual Peer Award

NASA GSFC

Sep 2017

Scientific/Technical Support OBPG

NASA Group Achievement Award

Jun 2012

Suomi NPP Development Team

NASA GMAO Outstanding Performance Award

Dec 2011

Russian Wildfire Forecasts

NASA GMAO Group Achievement Award

Dec 2010

MERRA Reanalysis Team

NASA Group Achievement Award

Dec 2010

The NASA Global Hawk Pacific (GloPac) mission support

GLOPAC Team

Robert H Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award

NASA GSFC

Dec 2010

MERRA Reanalysis

NASA GMAO Group Achievement Award

Dec 2009

GMAO Operations Support

NASA GMAO Outstanding Performance Award

Dec 2008

GMAO Operations Support

NASA Group Achievement Award

Dec 2007

NASA TC4 (Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling) mission support

NASA GMAO/SRT Outstanding Performance Award

Dec 2007

GMAO Operations Support

NASA GMAO/SRT Outstanding Performance Award

Dec 2005

GMAO Operations Support

NASA GMAO/SRT Group Achievement Award

Dec 2004

GMAO NCCS Data Migration Support

NASA GMAO/SRT Group Achievement Award

Dec 2004

GMAO Operations Support

NASA GMAO/SRT Group Achievement Award

Dec 2003

GMAO Operations Support

NASA DAO/SRT Group Achievement Award

Dec 2002

DAO Operations Support

NASA DAO/SRT Outstanding Performance Award

Dec 2001

DAO Operations Support

NASA DAO/SRT Group Achievement Award

Dec 2000

DAO Operations Support

Publications

Refereed

Seegers, B. N., J. Werdell, R. A. Vandermeulen, et al. W. Salls, R. P. Stumpf, B. A. Schaeffer, T. J. Owens, S. W. Bailey, J. P. Scott, and K. A. Loftin. 2021. "Satellites for long-term monitoring of inland U.S. lakes: The MERIS time series and application for chlorophyll-a." Remote Sensing of Environment, 266: 112685 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112685]

Rienecker, M. M., M. J. Suarez, R. Gelaro, et al. R. Todling, J. Bacmeister, E. Liu, M. G. Bosilovich, S. D. Schubert, L. Takacs, G.-K. Kim, S. Bloom, J. Chen, D. Collins, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, J. Joiner, R. D. Koster, R. Lucchesi, A. Molod, T. Owens, S. Pawson, P. Pegion, C. R. Redder, R. H. Reichle, F. R. Robertson, A. G. Ruddick, M. Sienkiewicz, and J. Woollen. 2011. "MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications." J. Climate, 24 (14): 3624-3648 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1]