Department
Earth Science Research and Mission Formulation Hydrology Office, and Radar Science and Engineering Section
Organization
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - California Institute of Technology
Email
son.v.nghiem@jpl.nasa.gov
Phone
818-354-2982
Address
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena , California 91109United States

Interests

Sea Ice

Science Specialties

Active and passive remote sensing, development of advanced satellite radars and radiometers, electromagnetic scattering and emission modeling, and earth sciences and applications.

Current Research

- Remote sensing of sea ice, lake ice, river ice, ice sheets, glaciers, snow, soil moisture, wind, vegetation, wetland, stream flow/river discharge, flood, drought, wildfire, atmospheric chemical processes, land cover and land use change, rural-urban transformation, and population density
- Transionospheric wave propagation
- Electromagnetic waves scattering and emission
- Electromagnetic modeling of geophysical media
- Remote sensing techniques and technologies including active and passive sensors
- Offshore wind energy