Steven Smith Contributes Expertise for Concentrating Solar Power Technology
Dr. Steven J. Smith authored a chapter in a new book, Concentrating Solar Power Technology: Principles, Developments and Applications. Clean energy research and technologies, including solar power, are needed to help meet the world's energy demands. Concentrating solar power technology is explored in this book showing its potential from fundamental science through systems design and application.
Chun Zhao Served as Guest Editor of Aeolian Research
Congratulations to Dr. Chun Zhao, atmospheric scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, for serving as guest editor of a special issue of Aeolian Research. The special issue focuses on contributions in mineral-dust properties, the dust cycle, and the effects of dust on Earth systems, presentations published for the American Geophysical Union Fall 2012 meeting. Zhao served as guest editor with Dr. Richard Reynolds from U.S. Geological Survey.
Extraterrestrial Effects on Climate? Not So Much.
Scientists from SUNY-Albany and PNNL found that cosmic rays ionization is important in forming aerosols and cloud forcing in the atmosphere, but its change during the solar cycle is too slight to produce measurable variations in Earth's energy balance.
Visiting Postdoc Fellow Receives Young Scientist Paper Award
Congratulations to Dr. Huimin Lei, a postdoctoral research fellow from Tsinghua University working at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Lei received the 2012 Young Scientist Outstanding Paper Award from the International Association of Chinese Youth in Water Sciences (CYWater). The award is given annually to one prestigious paper author who is under the age of 35 years.
Feng Receives Thesis Award from Chinese-American Ocean-Atmosphere Association
Congratulations to Dr. Zhe Feng, postdoctoral researcher in atmospheric sciences at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He received a Graduate Thesis Award from the Chinese-American Ocean-Atmosphere Association (COAA). Given to oceanic and atmospheric professionals, the award promotes young talent conducting innovative and independent research. The winning thesis paper, "Life Cycle and Radiative Impact of Mid-Latitude Deep Convective Systems," was listed in The Top 3 Best Dissertations of the competition. The award was presented at the 2013 American Meteorological Society annual meeting held in Austin, Texas.
