Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 18, 2009
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GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres, Code 613
Noteworthy science achievements/awards
Noteworthy personnel awards and staff changes
Projects/missions
- The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) conducted its ground system Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in Sioux Falls, SD this week with LDCM Project Scientist Jim Irons (613.0), Cal/Val Manager Brian Markham (614.4), the LDCM Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) Calibration Scientist Kurt Thome (614.4) in attendance. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is leading LDCM ground system development.
Significant planned events
Proposals
- "Effects of biomass burning on Asian Monsoon water cycle and climate", PI: William K. Lau (613); Co-Is: P. Colarco (613.3), A. DaSilva (610.0), B. Holben (614.4), C. Hsu (613.2), C. Justice, K.-M.Kim (GEST/613.2), M. Chin (613.3), L. Oreopoulos (613.2), Y. Sud (Emeritus/613.2), W.Tao (613.1), and Si-Chee Tsay (613.2), submitted in response to NH09ZDA001N-IDS, Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science.
Highlights of inter-Directorate teaming
External interactions (HQ, universities, other Gov't organizations, etc.)
- Jim Irons (613.0) gave a presentation on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission for the UMDCP Department of Geography Seminar on Thursday, September 10.
- David Whiteman (613.1) attended a meeting at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab on September 10 concerning radiosonde measurements of the atmosphere. The meeting involved representatives from the National Weather Service, Lockheed Martin, JHU/APL and NASA/GSFC. The goal of the meeting was to share information and look toward opportunities for joint work in the future.
- Alexander Marshak (613.2) and Warren Wiscombe (613.2) are attending the meeting of the DOE-ARM Cloud Properties/Radiative Processes Working Group meeting in Boulder, CO, September 15-18, 2009.
Accepted papers
- Yilmaz, K.K. (ESSIC; 613.1), Yucel, I., Gupta, H.V., Wagener, T., Yang, D., Savenije, H., Neale, C., Kunstmann, H., Pomeroy, J., New Approaches toHydrological Prediction in Data Sparse Regions, IAHS RedBook Series, Publ. 333, 2009. (Book)
- Yilmaz, K. K. (ESSIC; 613.1), Adler, R. (ESSIC; 613.1), Hong, Y., Pierce, H., Evaluation of a satellite-based near real-time global flood prediction system, in New Approaches to Hydrological Prediction in Data-sparse Regions, eds.Yilmaz, K.K., Yucel., I., Gupta, H., Wagener, T., Yang, D., Savenije, H., Neale, C., Kunstmann, H. and Pomeroy, J., IAHS Pub. 333, pp. 229-237. (Book Chapter)
- Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), G.J., R.F. Adler (ESSIC; 613.1), D.T. Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), G. Gu (ESSIC; 613.1), 2009: Improving the global Precipitation Record: GPCP Version 2.1. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17808, doi:10.1029/2009GL040000.
- Wilcox, E. M. (613.2), Y. C. Sud (613.2/Emeritus), and G. Walker (SAIC/613.2), 2009, Sensitivity of Boreal-Summer Circulation and Precipitation to Atmospheric Aerosols in Selected Regions, Part II: The Americas. Annales Geophysicae. [In press].
- Jiwen Fan, Tianle Yuan (JCET/613.2), J. Comstock, S. Ghan, Z. Li, M. Ovchinnikov, A. Khain,L. Leong, J.V. Martins (JCET/613.2), 2009, Dominant Role by Vertical Wind Shear in Regulating Aerosol Effects on Deep Convective Clouds, J. Geophys. Res. [In press].
Noteworthy talks/presentations
- Rick Allen of the University of Idaho along with Tony Morse and Bill Kramber of the Idaho Department of Water Resources presented a seminar ìLandsat Thermal Data: Mapping Evapotranspiration over Large Areas with High Fidelity and its Use in Taming Water Resources Lionsî on Monday, September 14 in Bldg. 33. Our three speakers were in town to receive a prestigious Innovations in Government Award from the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University at a ceremony in Washington, DC that evening. The Landsat EPO Team worked with the GSFC PAO to highlight their recognition with both an article on our Landsat Web Site and the posting of a video on the NASA web site. The Washington Post also ran a story on their work in the front section on Monday. The article with links to the videos and the Washington Post story can be found at URL http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/soc_0021.html.
- Yilmaz, K. K. (ESSIC; 613.1), Adler, R. (ESSIC; 613.1), Hong, Y., Pierce, H., Evaluation of a Satellite-based Near Real-time Global Flood Prediction System, In Symposium HS.2: New Approaches to Hydrological Prediction in Data-sparse Regions, 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly, Hyderabad, India, 7-12 September 2009.
- On September 15, 2009, Lorraine Remer (613.2) presented an Aerocenter Seminar, The ACE Mission: Aerosol Perspectiveî.
- Charles Ichoku (613.2) is attending a European Science Foundation (ESF) Workshop on ìImproved Quantitative Fire Description With Multi-Species Inversions Of Observed Plumesî this week (14-16 September 2009) in Farnham Castle (United Kingdom), where he is presenting a paper entitled: ìRelating Fire and Plume Observations: Past, Present, and Future Studiesî.
Major events in the coming week
Education and Outreach
Issues and Concerns
Status of any major actions
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