Weekly Report for the Week of August 18, 2008
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GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres, Code 613
External interactions (HQ, universities, other Gov't organizations, etc.)
Most significant interaction. Zahra Chaudhry, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, UMCP, will give a seminar entitled "Optical, Chemical and Physical Properties of Aerosols from In Situ Measurements in China" to Laboratory personnel on August 22. The seminar will describe physical, optical and chemical properties of aerosols measured about 70 km ESE of Beijing as part of The East Asian Study of Tropospheric Aerosols: an International Regional Experiment (EAST-AIRE)
Accepted papers
Most noteworthy papers. Smoke Invigoration Versus Inhibition of Clouds over the Amazon, Koren, I.; Martins, J. V.; Remer, L. A.; Afargan, H., Science, Vol. 321, p. 946, doi: 10.1126/science.1159185, 2008.
Awards and Honors
P. K. Bhartia (613) and Susan Strahan (613.3/UMBC), were cited for Excellence in Refereeing by the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres.
Other Items of Note
Steven Platnick (613.2) attended the CloudSat Science Team Meeting and End of Prime Mission Review Panel (as an invited panel member), August 18-22, 2008, Seattle, Washington.
Warren Wiscombe (613.2) attended ARM Working Group Meetings, August 19-21, 2008, Washington, DC.
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