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After a national search, UMBC has selected a new director of the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Center II. In fall 2021, NASA awarded $72 million to establish the new...
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Wednesday,
March 26, 2025
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Congratulations to Tamás Varnai (613/UMBC) on his promotion to Research Professor! We asked Dr. Varnai for insight to his research goals as well as his own activities: "My research seeks...
Friday,
March 14, 2025
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Ivona Cetinić (616/MSU) is quoted in a recent New York Times article, "Rising Temperatures Are Scrambling the Base of the Ocean Food Web," which also features Jeremy Werdell (616/NASA GSFC); both... -
Congratulations to Dr. Ali Tokay (612/UMBC), Research Scientist with GESTAR II and affiliated faculty member of UMBC's Department of Geography and Environmental Systems (GES), who was selected as...
Friday,
February 21, 2025
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Join us for a hybrid seminar by Mr. Sean Foley (616/MSU), Data Scientist (GESTAR II/Morgan State University). His talk is titled "Retrieving 3D Cloud Structure from Multi-angle Observations with...
Thursday,
February 20, 2025
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Congratulations to Daniel Miller (613/UMBC) and Colten Peterson (613/UMBC), who both were promoted from Postdoctoral Research Associate to Assistant Research Scientist! Drs. Miller and Peterson...
Friday,
February 14, 2025
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The Climate and Radiation Laboratory (Code 613) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center held its annual Winter Party and Award Ceremony on Friday, February 7, 2025. Among the awardees were four GESTAR...
Tuesday,
February 11, 2025
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Join us for a virtual seminar by Dr. Gloria Manney, Senior Research Scientist, NorthWest Research Associates (NWRA). Her talk is titled "Linking a Polar Vortex Centered View of Stratospheric... -
As mentioned in a previous post, several GESTAR II researchers participated in the annual SED New Year's Poster Party, which was held at NASA GSFC, Building 28 Atrium, on January 28, 2025. Below...
Friday,
February 7, 2025
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Every spring semester, GESTAR II hosts a special topic graduate student colloquium. (For a look at the 2024 topic and speakers, visit this page.) This spring, the focus is on "Transition from...
Wednesday,
February 5, 2025
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On Tuesday, January 28, 2025, the annual SED New Year's Poster Party was held at NASA GSFC in the Building 28 Atrium. Individuals from various disciplines within NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s...
Friday,
January 31, 2025
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During the past two months, several GESTAR II researchers were either lead author or co-author on publications. We welcome you to peruse these select citations. Cho, N. (613/UMBC), L. Oreopoulos,...
Friday,
January 24, 2025
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On January 23, 2025, the 2024 610AT/619 Peer Awards Ceremony was held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The event included the awards ceremony and a potluck-style lunch along with cake and... -
Congratulations to Lionel Arteaga-Quintero (610.1/UMBC), who recently was appointed to the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Science, after being nominated, interviewed, and vetted....
Tuesday,
January 21, 2025
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The 105th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting was held January 12-16, 2025, in New Orleans, LA. Among the presentations and events was an Awards Reception and Ceremony, where AMS...
Friday,
December 20, 2024
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On Thursday, December 19, 2024, the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) at NASA GSFC held its annual Peer Awards Ceremony. Several GESTAR II researchers were recognized for their... -
Christopher Shuman (615/UMBC) contributed to the recent Earth Observatory Image of the Day (IOTD), "Antarctic Iceberg Spins Out." This item presents the journey of Iceberg A-23A from November 1991...
Tuesday,
December 17, 2024
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This year, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting was held from December 9-13, 2024, in Washington, DC. AGU is a nonprofit organization that supports the Earth and space sciences, and...
Tuesday,
December 10, 2024
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Tianle Yuan (613/UMBC) is the PI on the recently awarded NASA AIST proposal, “Building Earth System Digital Twins with Deep Generative Models for Improved Simulation of Clouds and Their Feedbacks...
Monday,
December 9, 2024
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In September 2024, the PACE-PAX field campaign was held in southern and central California. PACE-PAX (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem - Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment) is a validation...
Friday,
December 6, 2024
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During the past couple of months, several GESTAR II researchers have published as lead author or co-author. Check out the following selected articles. Duncan, B. N., D. C. Anderson (614/UMBC),...
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