Robbie E. Hood
Principal Investigator: Mapping of Hurricane Precipitation Before and After Landfall Experiment

CAMEX-4 Lead Mission Scientist

Professional Background

Ms. Robbie E. Hood is a NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center employee working at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center within the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Alabama. She is an atmospheric scientist who studies rain, thunderstorms, and hurricanes using medium and high altitude aircraft. She served as the NASA Lead Mission Scientist for the Third Convection And Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-3) which was a research mission devoted to studying hurricanes and tropical storms during the 1998 season. CAMEX-3 successfully sampled Hurricanes Bonnie, Danielle, Earl, and Georges using two NASA aircraft and personnel from 8 NASA field centers and 6 universities. She will serve in the same role once again during the upcoming Fourth Convection And Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-4) scheduled for August 15-September 24, 2001. CAMEX-4 will continue the NASA investigation of tropical cyclone movement, intensification, and rainfall potential using NASA aircraft and personnel from 5 NASA field centers and 10 universities.

Personal Background

Ms. Hood and her husband, Michael Goodman, have lived in Madison, Alabama for 15 years. Her husband is also a NASA atmospheric scientist who works at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center. They have three children who were all born in Huntsville, Alabama. Ms. Hood spent most of her childhood in Neosho, Missouri and Picayune, Mississippi.

Research Areas

Precipitation studies, passive microwave remote sensing, airborne instrument science, satellite meteorology, atmospheric radiation and transmission

Education

1981   M.S.   Physical Meteorology, Florida State University
1977   B.S.   Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri - Columbia
1975   A.A.   Physics, Crowder College, Missouri

Professional Experience

Field Experiment Involvement

Referred Journal Articles

McGaughey, G. , E.J. Zipser, R.W. Spencer, and R.E. Hood, 1996: High resolution passive microwave observations of convective systems over the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 1921-1947.

Spencer, R.W., R.E. Hood, F.J. LaFontaine, E.A. Smith, R. Platt, J. Galliano, V.L. Griffin, and E. Lobl, 1994: High resolution imaging of rain systems with the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 11, 849-857.

Smith, E.A., X. Xiang, A. Mugnai, R.E. Hood, and R.W. Spencer, 1994: Behavior of an inversion-based precipitation retrieval algorithm with high resolution AMPRmeasurements including a low frequency 10.7 GHz channel. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 11, 858-873.

Turk, J., J. Vivekanandan, F.S. Marzano, R.E. Hood, R.W. Spencer, and F.J. LaFontaine, 1994: Active and passive microwave remote sensing of precipitating storms during CaPE. Part I: Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer and polarimetric radar measurements and models. Meteorol. and Atmos. Phys., 54, 3-27.

Spencer, R.W., H.M. Goodman, and R.E. Hood, 1989: Precipitation retrieval over land and ocean with the SSM/I: Identification and characteristics of the scattering signal. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 6, 254-273.