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SED DIRECTOR'S SEMINAR

SED DIRECTOR'S SEMINAR

A new series of seminars designed to keep the SED Director and the SED community informed of the wonderful science conducted across all four Divisions. Presentations will rotate through the Divisions, tentatively on Fridays at 12 noon. There may be changes in dates and times due to scheduling conflicts.

All are welcome!

Friday, October 3, 2008 at noon - Earth Sciences Division
Location: Building 33, Rm. H114
  • "Documenting and understanding changes in the Earth's seasonal snow cover", Dorothy Hall (614.1, presenter) and Jim Foster(614.3)
  • "Soil moisture's role in drought, weather and climate prediction", Randy Koster (610.1)
  • "Satellite data integration and modeling: towards a physically consistent representation of the water cycle", Rolf Reichle (610.1, presenter), Matt Rodell (614.3), and Christa Peters-Lidard (614.3)
Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. - Solar System Exploration Division
Location: Building 26, Rm. 212
  • "Results from the EPOCh/EPOXI Investigation of Transiting Extrasolar Planets", Drake Deming (693)
  • "Maskless deposition of patterned gold black for IR absorption", Brook Lakew (693)
  • "Enceladus: Icy Moon, Icy Geysers", John Pearl (693)
Friday, September 12, 2008 at noon - Astrophysics Division
Location: Building 2, Rm. 8
  • "Relative Abundances in the Ejecta of Eta Carinae using HST/STIS and VLT/UVES Observations", Gladys Viera Kober(667)
  • "Correlative Anlaysis of GRBs Detected by Swift and Suzaku-WAM", Hans Krimm (661)
  • "Diffractive Optics and X-ray/Gamma-ray Imaging Telescopes", John F. Krizmani (661)
Thursday, September 11, 2008 at noon - Earth Sciences Division
  • "Is it Snowing? Progress in Satellite Remote Sensing of Frozen Precipitation", Gail Jackson (614.6)
  • "Trends in Global Precipitation?", Bob Adler (613/UMD)
  • "Improving our Understanding of Atlantic Hurricanes Through Knowledge of the Saharan Air Layer: Hope or Hype?", Scott Braun (613.1)
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