K. Emma Knowland

Research Scientist - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office National Aeronautics and Space Administration Greenbelt, Maryland United States

Biography

Dr. Emma Knowland is a research scientist with Universities Space Research Association, working at NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) since 2015. The GMAO develops GEOS, a suite of earth system models which can simulated global weather and air pollution chemistry on a full range of time and spatial scales. Here, Dr. Knowland is a leading member of the team expanding the capabilities of the GEOS model to produce a high-resolution air quality forecast. In addition, she evaluates the representation of atmospheric pollutants in other GEOS model products with particular focus on how stratospheric ozone can be transported to the surface, thereby causing surface ozone concentrations higher than air quality regulations permit.

Dr. Knowland is an atmospheric scientist; she earned her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and her MSc and BSc (Honors) at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Knowland has presented at national and international conferences and authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed journal articles in her field of research.