Sciences and Exploration Directorate (600) Highlights
Science Highlights
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- – What Surface Snow Rate Can be Detected from Space?
- – New Capabilities for Cloud/Aerosol Measurements - ACATS
- – Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Plume Particle-type Characterization From Space-based Multi-angle Imaging
- – Breakthrough in the retrieval of terrestrial chlorophyll fluorescence from space
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Press Releases & Feature Stories
06.19.2013
- Using data gathered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, scientists have explained how energetic particles penetrating lunar soil can create molecular hydrogen from water ice.
06.19.2013
- Images from a year’s worth of data collected by the Suomi NPP satellite provide a vivid depiction of worldwide vegetation. Suomi NPP is a partnership between NASA and NOAA.
06.18.2013
- On June 16, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of wildfires burning in a remote part of southwestern Alaska.
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Presentations
04.01.2013
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NASA climate scientist Dr. Anne Douglass presented a Maniac Talk entitled "Satellite Observations - the Touchstone of Atmospheric Modeling." Anne shared some of her scientific career that is filled with unexpected twists and turns and even a few blind alleys, but most important her passion in satellite measurements of ozone and other trace gases, which have been her touchstone.
01.29.2013
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NASA climate scientist Dr. Gail Skofronick Jackson presented a Maniac Talk entitled "Falling Snow Detective." Gail talked about her experiences growing up with hurricanes in Florida and how that shaped her excitement in the science of detecting falling snow from space. Using paper snowflakes and audience help, she explained why snow is important on Earth and why scientists love and hate snow.
10.24.2012
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Dr. Robert Cahalan gave an interesting and stimulating talk entitled ‘Angel Hair, Ice Cream Castles, Dripping Faucets & Euler Fractals’. He combined anecdotes from his life and career with insights into the world around us from symmetry, fractals, and chaotic systems.
Presented by: Dr. Robert Cahalan
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Reports
08.01.2012
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Over the last year, the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) has continued to advance our GEOS-5-based systems, updating products for both weather and climate applications.
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Download GMAO_2011-2012Highlights.pdf
08.01.2011
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During 2010-2011, the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) achieved significant advances in GEOS-5 based systems, preparing for updated products for both weather and climate applications.
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Download GMAO_2010-2011Highlights.pdf
03.15.2011
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A description of the Division's mission and goals, organizational structure, research projects, missions, education/public outreach activities, and awards.
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Download 2011ESDAnnualReport_508.pdf
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Local News
Images
05/29/2013
- A neutron star is the densest object astronomers can observe directly, crushing half a million times Earth's mass into a sphere about 12 miles across, or similar in size to Manhattan Island.
05/31/2013
- New observations of the Ring Nebula – the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star – reveal a new twist.
06/03/2013
- When did the first stars and galaxies form? How brightly did they burn? Scientists hope to answer to these questions with the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment (CIBER).
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