Branch Members Attend Meetings in Kenya and Tanzania
September 11, 2008
Robert Cahalan with Charles Gatebe (UMBC-GEST) traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to attend the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF22) in Nairobi, Kenya. They also met with representatives of the Nairobi Education Department to discuss the GLOBE Program. Drs. Cahalan and Gatebe visited the Headmaster of the Starehe Boys Center in Nairobi and the Kiriti Secondary School in Nyeri, a rural village. In addition, they visited the Nairobi Aeronet site. Full Story

New Role for Branch Member
September 11, 2008
Dr. Charles Ichoku was hired as a Research Physical Scientist with the Climate & Radiation Branch on August 31, 2008. Dr. Ichoku's research is focused on the global occurrence, distribution, radiative properties, and climate forcing effects of aerosols. He also devotes a large amount of time and effort to the study of fires and their emissions, which include radiative energy and smoke aerosol. Full Story

NAS/NRC Study of the International Transport of Air Pollutants
September 2, 2008
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and National Research Council (NRC), sponsored by EPA, NASA, NOAA, and NSF, are conducting a study of "The Significance of the International Transport of Air Pollutants". A 16-member committee held its second meeting in Washington, DC on August 25-27, 2008 to review progress of the project. Climate & Radiation Branch member Hongbin Yu (UMBC-GEST), among six guest speakers invited by the committee, discussed the perspective of using satellite remote sensing measurements to quantify the intercontinental transport of aerosols. Full Story