Contact Information
Title
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Strow retired from the Physics Department in July 2024; however, he is currently a Senior Research Scientist with Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research II (GESTAR II).
Education
Ph.D. Physics – University of Maryland College Park, 1981
B.S. Physics – University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1974
Previous Experience
After obtaining his B.S. degree from UMBC, Dr. Strow worked as an atmospheric physicist for 10 years at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight before returning to UMBC in 1984 as an Assistant Professor. He become a full Professor in 1998 and switched to Research Professor in 2006.
Professional Interests
My group focuses on remote sensing of the earth in the infrared using high spectral resolution satellite instruments. Our primary goal is to measure climate trends using NASA, NOAA, European, and Japanese satellites. To that end, Dr. Strow is a Science Team Member on NASA’s AQUA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, the NPOESS Crosstrack Infrared Sounder (CrIS) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) suite of instruments, and the Japanese Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) greenhouse gas mission. We provide NASA and NOAA with the radiative transfer algorithms for the retrieval of geophysical variable using AIRS, IASI, and CrIS. Present research topics include measurements of atmospheric CO2 and dust in order to better understand their effects on climate change. We also actively contribute to the calibration of these satellite sensors.
Selected Publications
Larrabee Strow’s publications and citations (Google Scholar)