Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Cheng Da

(Post-Doctoral Associate)

Cheng Da's Contact Card & Information.
Email: cheng.da@nasa.gov
Org Code: 610.1
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK

Research Interests


Data Assimilation

Positions/Employment


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center(ESSIC), University of Maryland College Park/GMAO, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA

August 2022 - Present

Teaching Experience


Fall 2021 Teaching Assistant & Guest Lecturer for the graduate course AOSC614: Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Predictability, University of Maryland

 

Fall 2020 Teaching Assistant for the graduate course AOSC614: Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Predictability, University of Maryland

Education


Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland College Park, United States, 2022

Dissertation: Assimilation of Precipitation and Nonlocal Observations in the LETKF and Comparison of Coupled Data Assimilation Strategies with a Coupled Quasi-Geostrophic Atmosphere-Ocean Model (Advisor: Dr. Eugenia Kalnay and Dr. Tse-chun Chen)


M.S. in Meteorology, Florida State University, United States, 2014

Thesis: An Objective Regional Cloud Mask Algorithm for GOES Infrared Imager with Regime-dependent Thresholds for Direct Radiance Assimilation


B.S. in Meteorology (Magna Cum Laude), Florida State University, United States, 2012


Awards


  • 2022 AOSC Research Excellence Award: Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, University of Maryland
  • 2020 Lev Gandin Fellowship, University of Maryland
  • 2018 Green Fund Scholarship Award, University of Maryland
  • 2018 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA
  • 2017 Internship Awards by AICS Science HR Development/ AICS joint research program, RIKEN ACIS, Japan
  • 2012 Chi Epsilon Pi (Meteorology Honor Society), Florida State University

Grants


Improving GEOS Integrated Earth System Analysis by Strongly Coupled Non-Gaussian Assimilation of NASA IMERG Precipitation 

Early Career Investigator Program in Earth Science - NASA - Awarded: 2024-02-21


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