Rick Pernak

Staff Scientist at Atmospheric and Environmental Research
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Arlington, Massachusetts, United States, US
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Credentials

  • C++ Essential Training
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • C++ Templates and the STL
    LinkedIn
    Feb, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Data Science Capstone by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera. Certificate earned on September 15, 2016
    Coursera

Experience

  • Verisk - atmospheric and environmental research
    • United States
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Staff Scientist
      • Jan 2011 - Present

      Developed, trained, tested, validated, and documented ozone forecasting model based on historical and near-real time meteorological data. Implemented into operations.Radiative transfer model analysis, testing, maintenance, and development (LBLRTM, RRTMGP).Ionospheric data analysis -- data filtering techniques and model assimilation for the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Communication and Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS). Designed multiple filters for the satellite's GPS receiver data, validated results, and implemented into operations. Also validated a similar filter for the CNOFS Langmuir probe. Performed other tasks utilizing the GPS Radio Occultation (RO) data from C/NOFS.Verification analysis of best-of-breed SCINDA (Scintillation Network Decision Aid) software. Authored the final report for the SPOSCINDA project.Validation of software designed for automated identification of the plasmapause utilizing existing models and high-altitude data sets. Characterization of long-term trends of the plasmapause exhibited in data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP).Flare forecasting with X-ray data from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES).Authored monthly, quarterly, annual, and final project reports submitted to AFRL. Contributed to presentations and proposals.

  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    • United States
    • Defense & Space
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Scientific Developer/Research Assistant
      • May 2005 - Nov 2010

      Imaging software and data analysis for the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI).Data analysis and software development for the Vector Electric Field Instrument (VEFI), on board C/NOFS. Imaging software and data analysis for the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI).Data analysis and software development for the Vector Electric Field Instrument (VEFI), on board C/NOFS.

  • University of Maryland
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2003 - May 2005

      Data reduction and software development for the Spitzer Space Telescope's Core-to-Discs (c2d) team. Data reduction and software development for the Spitzer Space Telescope's Core-to-Discs (c2d) team.

Education

  • The Catholic University of America
    Master of Science (MS), Physics
    2006 - 2008
  • University of Maryland College Park
    Bachelor of Science (BS), Astronomy
    2001 - 2005

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