About

Jordan Gerth is a supervisory physical scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Office of Systems Architecture and Engineering (SAE), and an honorary fellow for the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

I am currently overseeing the Architecture Planning and System Innovation branch at NESDIS SAE, with responsibility for flight and ground architectures and joint venture projects that support environmental satellites.

My primary area of interest is the development and transition of meteorological observations and research, particularly involving remote sensing, into the operational weather forecasting environment. I previously developed National Weather Service (NWS) requirements and a mission concept for the next generation of geostationary and polar weather satellites under the GeoXO and NEON programs. I have managed projects advancing remote sensing missions and research, meteorological data software applications, and stakeholder communications related to weather satellites.

Education

• 2013, Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• 2011, M.S., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• 2009, B.S., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Comprehensive Honors), Mathematics and Political Science (Honors in the Liberal Arts), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professional Development Certificates

• 2024, Partnering While Leading Change Certificate, Treasury Executive Institute

• 2023, Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR), Level III, Federal Acquisition Institute

• 2021, Strategic Program Management Cohort, Treasury Executive Institute

• 2018, Federal Spectrum Management Training Course, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

• 2017, Advanced Management and Leadership, Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional and Executive Development

• 2015, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITSM)

• 2013, Technical Leadership, Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional and Executive Development, UW-Madison Department of Engineering Professional Development

Congressional Testimony

• 20 July 2021, Spectrum Needs for Observations in Earth and Space Sciences, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

Op-Eds

• 27 September 2022, As Hurricane Ian threatens Florida, the National Weather Service shines, The Hill

• 1 July 2019, Mixing 5G and weather satellites could skew forecasts of next major storm, The Hill

• 31 December 2018, How a little-known law makes shutdowns such a headache, The Hill

• 8 October 2018, Wireless frequency sharing may impede weather satellite signals, AGU Eos (printed in December 2018 issue)

• 13 September 2018, Trust the weather forecast and heed the warnings, The Hill

• 19 March 2018, Losing access to weather data means the next storm could be a lot more deadly, The Hill

• 3 January 2018, Weather satellite and scientists may face funding drought despite devastating hurricanes, The Hill

• 31 October 2016, As GOES-R launches into space, will its data make it back to Earth?, AGU The Bridge

Additional Information

My CIMSS/SSEC web page details information about my professional work.