2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
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also helped pioneer the use of local and wide<br />
area networking, and later the use of the internet,<br />
to facilitate field campaigns and the sharing<br />
of the datasets. Because of Steve’s relentless<br />
implementation of data exchange standards, often<br />
as “chief nag” to the participating scientists,<br />
he could claim an imprint on the enormously<br />
successful scientific productivity of the airborne<br />
campaigns.<br />
Steve began working at <strong>NASA</strong> Ames in the<br />
late 1970’s as a student at San Jose State<br />
University in the Meteorology program. He<br />
eventually earned both a B.S. and M.S. from<br />
San Jose State, the latter under the guidance<br />
of Dr. Chris Riegel. Steve worked for many<br />
years as a scientific programmer and data<br />
analyst under Dr. Ed Danielsen, culminating in<br />
the highly successful Stratosphere-Troposphere<br />
Exchange Project in Darwin, Australia in 1987.<br />
Later that same year Steve did yeoman’s work<br />
with Adrian Tuck on the <strong>Airborne</strong> Antarctic<br />
Ozone Expedition (AAOE) in Punta Arenas,<br />
Chile. The AAOE CDROM that Steve<br />
edited, along with Wink Winkler from the<br />
NOAA Aeronomy Lab, was one of the<br />
<strong>NASA</strong> artifacts selected for inclusion in<br />
the time capsule, buried at <strong>NASA</strong> Ames in<br />
1989 in celebration of the 50th anniversary<br />
of Ames’ founding.<br />
Apart from his dedication for his work,<br />
Steve was also a passionate sailor, who built<br />
and renovated his own sailboats. Many of<br />
his friends and colleagues had memorable<br />
outings with Steve on the San Francisco<br />
Bay in his cutter rig, Pinocchio.<br />
Steve was well liked and respected by all<br />
who knew him. Most memorable were his<br />
dedication to his work and his unwavering<br />
integrity. He was incredibly touched by the<br />
outpouring of love and support from all of<br />
his friends and colleagues over the last two<br />
months of his life. He will be sorely missed.<br />
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