BAMS Hosts Two Articles by Climate & Radiation Branch Members
September 27, 2005
The September issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), the flagship publication of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), hosts two articles by NASA/Goddard/Climate & Radiation Branch members: (1) Air Quality forecasting cover article; (2) Intercomparison of 3D Radiation Codes (I3RC).

(1) The cover article of the issue, "Improving National Air Quality Forecasts with Satellite Aerosol Observations," features use of MODIS aerosol producs for forecasting Air Quality. This is a collaborative work between the MODIS aerosol group at Goddard Space Flight Center and researchers at the NASA/Langley Research Center and the Environmental Protection Agency. The cover illustration is a MODIS visible image of the US east coast from summer 2005.

(2) The I3RC project, is led by Drs. R. Cahalan and A. Marshak, and includes participation by several Climate and Radiation Branch members, as well as research groups in several countries. The paper concludes that efforts such as I3RC underscore the vast progress of 3D radiative transfer modeling in recent years, and highlights the challenges ahead for routine implementation of 3D algorithms in remote sensing and energy budget applications." Full Story

SORCE Science Meeting held in Durango, Colorado
September 20, 2005
The third annual SORCE science meeting took place during September 14-16, 2005 in Durango, Colorado. The third meeting focused on paleo connections between the sun, climate, and culture. Recent results from instruments on SORCE were also presented by LASP scientists. Dr. Guoyong Wen from the Climate & Radiation Branch gave a presentation entitled “Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) Analysis of Observed and Modeled Solar Spectral Irradiances.” Full Story

Seminar at The Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research
September 19, 2005
On September 9, 2005, Allen Chu, UMBC/JCET and the Climate & Radiation Branch, gave an invited seminar at The Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research and Department of Geography, University of Iowa. The title of the presentation was “Monitoring Air Pollution from Satellite Imageries."

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Workshop on 3D Radiation at University of Kiel, Germany
September 12, 2005
Robert Cahalan, Alexander Marshak and other Climate & Radiation Branch members are organizing the Third Intercomparison of 3D Radiation Codes (I3RC) Workshop at the University of Kiel, Germany, October 10-14, 2005. Full Story

Branch Member Accepts Position at Weizmann Institute of Science
September 12, 2005
Ilan Koren, UMBC/JCET and the Climate & Radiation branch has accepted a tenure-track position at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. The institute comprises about 2,500 scientists, technicians, and research students, and is recognized as one of the top multi-disciplinary research centers in the world. Full Story

Terra Data Fusion Meeting held in Williamsburg, Virginia
September 1, 2005
The first of a series of Terra Data Fusion meetings was held in Williamsburg, Virginia, August 15-17, 2005 with more than 70 scientists/managers participating in the brain-storming discussions. Scientists from the Earth-Sun Exploration Division (Michael King) and Climate & Radiation Branch (Christina Hsu, Charles Ichoku, Yoram Kaufman, Ilan Koren, Vanderlei Martins, Steven Platnick, Lorraine Remer, and Si-Chee Tsay) attended the meeting. Invited talks were given by S. Platnick and M. King. L. Remer chaired the Aerosol Session.

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