Roy Spencer (scientist)
| Roy W. Spencer | |
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| Born |
December 20, 1955 United States |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Meteorology |
| Institutions |
NASA, University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Thesis | A case study of African wave structure and energetics during Atlantic transit (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Verner E. Suomi |
| Notable awards |
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1991), AMS Special Award (1996) |
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Website Official website |
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Roy Warren Spencer (born December 20, 1955) is a meteorologist, Principal Research Scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and the U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on NASA's Aqua satellite. He has served as Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
He is known for his satellite-based temperature monitoring work, for which he was awarded the American Meteorological Society's Special Award.
Spencer received a B.S. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Michigan in 1978 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1980 and 1982. His doctoral thesis was titled, A case study of African wave structure and energetics during Atlantic transit.
After receiving his Ph.D. in 1982, Spencer worked for two years as a research scientist in the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He then joined NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center as a visiting scientist in 1984, where he later became Senior Scientist for Climate Studies. After leaving NASA in 2001, Spencer has been Principal Research Scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). As well as his position at UAH, Spencer is currently the U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on NASA's Aqua satellite, a position he has held since 1994.
In 2001, he designed an algorithm to detect tropical cyclones and estimate their maximum sustained wind speed using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU).
Spencer has been a member of several science teams: the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Space Station Accommodations Analysis Study Team, Science Steering Group for TRMM, TOVS Pathfinder Working Group, NASA Headquarters Earth Science and Applications Advisory Subcommittee, and two National Research Council (NRC) study panels.
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