Wan Wu, NASA Langley researcher in atmospheric remote sensing
Dr. Wan Wu received his PhD of Physics from the University of Florida in 2007 and has been with NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) since then, first as a contractor engineer/scientist and later as a civil servant in the Science Directorate, the NASA page says. The NASA biography says his work spans a wide range of atmospheric remote sensing projects using data across the electromagnetic spectrum—from microwave to infrared and visible wavelengths—and that he has supported numerous air- and space-borne Earth observation missions.
The page lists his technical contributions as including instrument error analysis and trade studies, radiative transfer modeling, retrieval algorithm development, instrument concept and performance evaluation, and radiometric calibration of various sensors. The biography says he currently serves as software development lead for the Principal Component-based Radiative Transfer Model (PCRTM), retrieval algorithm development lead for the single field-of-view atmospheric sounder product (SiFSAP), and angular correction inter-calibration algorithm lead for the CLARREO Pathfinder mission.
It also lists multiple peer-reviewed publications co‑authored by Wu from 2016 through 2024 in journals such as Remote Sens., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Atmos. Meas. Tech., Atmospheric Environment and others.
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