• HU Center for Atmospheric Research and Education (CARE)
• Analysis of planetary waves in Saturn’s 42°N atmospheric jet
• Atmospheric Coupling via Gravity Wave Propagation from the Troposphere to the Mesopause Region Using NASA AIM and Other Satellites
• Seasonal Color Changes in Saturn’s North Polar Region
• Utilizing NASA DISCOVER-AQ Data to Examine Spatial Gradients in Complex Emission Environments
• Simulating the CIPS Instrument
• Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler Calibration and Validation
• Analysis of Venusian Zonal Winds Using Venus Express Data
• HU Center for Atmospheric Research and Education (CARE)
• Modeling Dust Injection and Vertical Mixing for the Next Generation of Martian Exploration
• Planetary boundary layer (PBL) height detect by fractal dimension (FD) of three-wavelength lidar signals
• Assessment of Spectral, Misregistration, and Spatial Uncertainties Inherent in the Cross-Calibration Study
• Dome Degradation Characterization of Wide-Field-of-View Nonscanner aboard ERBE and its Reprocessing
• Relative Gain Characterization and Correction of Pushbroom Sensors Based on Lifetime Image Statistics and Wavelet Filtering
• Unfiltering Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Scanner Radiances Using the CERES Algorithm and Its Evaluation with Nonscanner Observations
• The Living, Breathing Planet
• Building a scanning Lidar
• Cloud temperature measured using Rotational Raman Lidar
• Lidar remote sensing of cloud formation caused by low-level jets
• Lidar Examination of Raman Extinction and Scattering
• HBCU-RISE Hampton University: Advanced Physical Modeling and Simulation for 21st Century Scientists
• Ground-based retrievals using the ASSIST
• Seasonal Analysis of Zonal Winds and Vertical Wind Shear on Saturn from Cassini ISS Images
• Research about Cirrus Clouds
• The Structural and Dynamical Role of Deep Convection in Martian Dust Storms
• Creating Climate Data Records
• Deciphering the Genesis of Modern Earth and Venus through the Carbon Cycle: How Surface Dynamics Influence Mantle Properties
• Limb Scattering Radiative Transfer Model Development in Support of the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Limb Profiler Mission
• Characterizing aerosol properties in the upper troposphere and stratosphere from limb scatter radiance
• Nabro Eruption
• The Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE)
• Martian Atmospheric Electricity
• EUROPA Exploration of Under-ice Regions with Ocean Profiling Agents
• Lidar Noise Reduction Using Interval Thresholded Empirical Mode Decomposition
• Soda Can Sensor
• Heat Transport in the Hadean Mantle: From Heat Pipes to Plates
• Polar Turbulence of the Giant Planets
• Dust in the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
• Dust in the Year Before Curiosity

CV Dr. Sayanagi’s research interests encompass a wide range of topics in planetary atmospheres. His research activities can be categorized into three rough areas; Atmospheric Dynamics, Planetary Imaging Science, and Measurement Method Developments. Dr. Sayanagi studies atmospheric dynamics by numerically modeling atmospheric features such as jetstreams, vortices and waves.  He uses the EPIC Atmosphere Model […]