Janet Machol

I lead our solar irradiance team which works on both the development, calibration and validation of solar irradiance data products for operational space weather and scientific uses as well as space weather research. In particular, our group focuses on measurements from the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) aboard the NOAA GOES-R satellites as well as instruments aboard earlier GOES satellites. Scientific GOES data products are available here. I am also the CIRES lead for the NOAA NCEI space weather team.

Upper atmospheric density has major impacts on satellite operations due to satellite drag, but is not well measured. To help improve these measurements and understanding of this region, I lead a project to investigate a new method to determine exospheric hydrogen (H) density measurements from solar extreme ultraviolet observations and to examine the relationship between space weather and the H density distribution.

Prior to joining CIRES/NOAA NCEI, I worked in the CIRES/NOAA CSD atmospheric lidar group where I developed an automated tropospheric water vapor lidar. I also participated in the development and field deployments of other atmospheric lidars. My PhD work involved the development of femtosecond lasers and time-resolved studies of semiconductor nanocrystals.