Donna Scott

Programs and Projects Lead

About Donna

Donna Scott is the programs and projects lead at NSIDC. She is a member of the NSIDC leadership team, primarily representing programs and projects external to the NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). She is responsible for developing and implementing process strategies to create consistent experiences for teams, align expectations, and increase efficiency on projects. She has over 20 years of experience at NSIDC supporting the crysopheric community in the use of satellite data. She led software development projects, and has managed an NSIDC DAAC mission team for the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), and Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data record.

Specialties

Organizational process development and administration, Earth science data management, project management

Education

B.A., Environmental Studies, emphasis Climate, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1997
B.A., Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1997

Selected Publications

2014

Meier, WN, G Peng, DJ Scott and MH Savoie (2014) Verification of a new NOAA/NSIDC passive microwave sea-ice concentration climate record POLAR RESEARCH 33 doi: 10.3402/polar.v33.21004

2013

Peng, G, WN Meier, DJ Scott and MH Savoie (2013) A long-term and reproducible passive microwave sea ice concentration data record for climate studies and monitoring EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA 5 (2) doi: 10.5194/essd-5-311-2013

2002

Wick GA; Bates JJ; Scott DJ (2002) Satellite and skin-layer effects on the accuracy of sea surface temperature measurements from the GOES satellites Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 19 (11) 1834-1848, doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<1834:SASLEO>2.0.CO;2
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Contact

donna.scott@colorado.edu
303-492-6360