Short-term Prediction Research
and Transition Center

Bradley T. Zavodsky

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Bradley T. Zavodsky NASA/SPoRT 320 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35805 256.961.7914 (phone) 256.961.7788 (fax) brad.zavodsky@nasa.gov
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Meteorology (2002-2004) Florida Institute of Technology, Master's Thesis: Assimilation of Level-II MODIS Temperature and Moisture Profiles into an Analysis System
Bachelor of Science in Meteorology (1998-2002) Florida Institute of Technology
POSITIONS
Research Associate II Since February 2005 SPoRT-UAH Huntsville, Alabama	Graduate Research Assistant August 2003 - November 2004 Florida Institue of Technology Melbourne, Florida

Mr. Zavodsky has spent the past 5 years working with atmospheric sounder data. His first work was his Master's Thesis as a graduate student at the Florida Institute of Technology, which involved work with temperature and moisture profiles from MODIS. More recently, he has worked with temperature and moisture profiles from AIRS as part of his responsibilities with the SPoRT Program. In both cases, his work has involved assimilating these atmospheric thermodynamic profiles into models with the goal of improving regional numerical weather forecasts. Mr. Zavodsky has attended 3 AIRS Science Team Meetings as both an observer and presenter and has worked closely with the developers of the AIRS profiles to provide feedback regarding the quality of the data sets. In addition to his work with atmospheric profiles, Mr. Zavodsky also works in conjunction with the Information Technology and Systems Center (ITSC) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and with the Florida Institute of Technology on an intelligent data reduction tool for satellite data sets. The goal of this project is to improve the efficiency (and possibly the accuracy) of weather analyses that incorporate high-resolution satellite data. As a graduate student in Melbourne, Florida, Mr. Zavodsky studied the impact of MODIS temperature and moisture profiles on ADAS for the Florida domain. He also worked with quality control of the MODIS data and data transfer and backup.

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