Weekly Report for the Week Ending June 26, 2009
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GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres, Code 613
613 Weekly Report – Week Ending 06/26/09
Noteworthy science achievements/awards
Noteworthy personnel awards and staff changes
Projects/missions
- The USGS-sponsored Landsat Science Team will met June 22 - 24 in Rochester, NY hosted by Team Principal Investigator Dr. John Schott of the Rochester Institute of Technology. NASA and USGS presented the status of the LDCM space segment and ground segment implementation. The Principal Investigators each gave a brief review of their research. A full report will be published in a future issue of the Earth Observatory.
Significant planned events
Proposals
Highlights of inter-Directorate teaming
- Each Branch of the Laboratory for Atmospheres prepared and staffed a table for the Science Jamboree on June 25
External interactions (HQ, universities, other Gov't organizations, etc.)
- Charles Ichoku (613.2) recently started his detail to NASA Headquarters, where he works within the Atmospheric Composition focus area under the Earth Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate.
Accepted papers
Noteworthy talks/presentations
- Santiago GassÛ (GEST/UMBC/613.2) attended the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) scoping workshop in Princeton, New Jersey. The objective of the meeting was to focus on carbon cycling and marine ecosystems in the context of climate variability in the Southern Ocean and establish new research initiatives in the area.
- Lorraine Remer (613.2), Charles Ichoku (613.2), and Mian Chin (613.1) are attending the Goldschmidt Conference in Davos, Switzerland, June 21-26, 2009. The conference, whose theme is "Challenges to Our Volatile Planet", was jointly organized by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry.
- Several 613.2 branch members attended the ìNASA Earth System Science at 20: Accomplishments, Plans, and Challengesî Symposium at the National Academy of Sciences, June 22-24, 2009.
Major events in the coming week
Education and Outreach
Issues and Concerns
- No feedback has yet been received on a report submitted to the NASA HQ Earth Science Division (ESD) on Friday, June 19, discussing the proposition of moving the LDCM Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS) from the LDCM satellite to an OCO replacement satellite. A decision on the TIRS platform is pending HQ consideration of the report.
Status of any major actions
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