2019 – Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 – M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2012 – B.S. (summa cum laude) in Meteorology, State University of New York at Oswego
Joseph Allan Finlon
(Assistant Research Scientist)
| Email: | joseph.a.finlon@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 612 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 612 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK |
Current Projects
IMPACTS
Clouds
Positions/Employment
Assistant Research Scientist
University of Maryland - College Park, MD
May 2023 - Present
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Washington - Seattle, WA
August 2019 - March 2023
Research Assistant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Urbana, IL
August 2012 - July 2019
Education
Professional Societies
American Meteorological Society
2008 - Present
American Geophysical Union
2020 - Present
Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
2011 - Present
Publications
Refereed
2025. "Manifestation of Elevated Convection within Wintertime Extratropical Cyclones during IMPACTS. Part II: Hydrometeor Vertical Motions within and Outside of Elevated Potentially Unstable Layers." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 82 (5): 979-998 [10.1175/jas-d-24-0199.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "A Multi‐Probe Automated Classification of Ice Crystal Habits During the IMPACTS Campaign." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 129 (22): [10.1029/2024jd040895] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Cloud-Top Phase Characterization of Extratropical Cyclones over the Northeast and Midwest United States: Results from IMPACTS." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 81 (2): 341-361 [10.1175/jas-d-23-0123.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "An Investigation of a Northeast U.S. Cyclone Event Without Well-Defined Snow Banding During IMPACTS." Monthly Weather Review 151 (9): 2465–2484 [10.1175/mwr-d-22-0296.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Precipitation Growth Processes in the Comma-Head Region of the 7 February 2020 Northeast Snowstorm: Results from IMPACTS." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 80 (1): 3-29 [10.1175/jas-d-22-0118.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Quantifying Uncertainty in Ice Particle Velocity–Dimension Relationships Using MC3E Observations." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 80 (1): 189-209 [10.1175/jas-d-21-0322.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Radar Retrieval Evaluation and Investigation of Dendritic Growth Layer Polarimetric Signatures in a Winter Storm." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 61 (11): 1685-1711 [10.1175/jamc-d-21-0220.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Investigation of Microphysical Properties within Regions of Enhanced Dual-Frequency Ratio during the IMPACTS Field Campaign." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 79 (10): 2773-2795 [10.1175/jas-d-21-0311.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Evidence for Secondary Ice Production in Southern Ocean Maritime Boundary Layer Clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127 (16): [10.1029/2021jd036411] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Chasing Snowstorms: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Campaign." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society [10.1175/bams-d-20-0246.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The University of Washington Ice–Liquid Discriminator (UWILD) improves single-particle phase classifications of hydrometeors within Southern Ocean clouds using machine learning." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 (11): 7079-7101 [10.5194/amt-14-7079-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Phase Characterization of Cold Sector Southern Ocean Cloud Tops: Results From SOCRATES." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (24): [10.1029/2020jd033673] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Structure of an Atmospheric River Over Australia and the Southern Ocean: II. Microphysical Evolution." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (18): [10.1029/2020jd032514] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Structure of an Atmospheric River Over Australia and the Southern Ocean. Part I: Tropical and Midlatitude Water Vapor Fluxes." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (18): [10.1029/2020jd032513] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Microphysical Properties of Generating Cells Over the Southern Ocean: Results From SOCRATES." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (13): [10.1029/2019jd032237] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The Microphysics of Stratiform Precipitation During OLYMPEX: Compatibility Between Triple‐Frequency Radar and Airborne In Situ Observations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124 (15): 8764-8792 [10.1029/2018jd029858] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "A novel approach for characterizing the variability in mass–dimension relationships: results from MC3E." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (6): 3621-3643 [10.5194/acp-19-3621-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Retrieval of snowflake microphysical properties from multifrequency radar observations." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 11 (10): 5471-5488 [10.5194/amt-11-5471-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Evaluation of Triple‐Frequency Radar Retrieval of Snowfall Properties Using Coincident Airborne In Situ Observations During OLYMPEX." Geophysical Research Letters 45 (11): 5752-5760 [10.1029/2018gl077997] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "A Microphysical Analysis of Elevated Convection in the Comma Head Region of Continental Winter Cyclones." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 74 (1): 69-91 [10.1175/jas-d-16-0204.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "A Comparison of X-Band Polarization Parameters with In Situ Microphysical Measurements in the Comma Head of Two Winter Cyclones." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 55 (12): 2549-2574 [10.1175/jamc-d-16-0059.1] [Journal Article/Letter]