Climate and Radiation
 

Upcoming Events

Friday, December 01, 2023
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Quiet Friday
Quiet Friday: a day for you to use as you choose for your work life balance. Management will not schedule any required or mandatory meetings on this day. You can choose and use the day as you need it.
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Monday, December 04, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Goddard Applied Sciences Seminar
Earth Action: Updates to the Directive on Project Applications Programs
Christina Moats-Xavier, MBA, NASA Earth Action Program | Mission Engagement
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Monday, December 04, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
SED Town Hall
Agenda coming soon
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Featured Videos

Clouds 101

Clouds can tell us a lot about what weather we might expect to see, but they’re actually quite mysterious. The question is: Because clouds are produced by the climate, how will a changing climate impact clouds? And, conversely, clouds have an impact on our climate, so how will changing clouds affect a changing climate? Welcome to Clouds 101.

An EPIC View of the Moon's Shadow During Solar Eclipse

NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) sits aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite (DSCOVR). EPIC provides high-quality, color images of Earth, which are useful for monitoring factors like the planet’s vegetation, cloud height, and ozone. And every once in a while it has the opportunity to capture a solar eclipse.

Warmer Ocean Temperatures May Decrease Saharan Dust Crossing the Atlantic

Every year millions of tons of dust from the Sahara Desert are swirled up into the atmosphere by easterly trade winds, and carried across the Atlantic. The plumes can make their way from the African continent as far as the Amazon rainforest, where they fertilize plant life.

NASA: Why does the Sun Matter for Earth’s Energy Budget?

Earth's energy budget is a metaphor for the delicate equilibrium between energy received from the Sun versus energy radiated back out in to space. Research into precise details of Earth's energy budget is vital for understanding how the planet's climate may be changing, as well as variabilities in solar energy output.

 

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
 

Tianle Yuan (613/UMBC) was interviewed by The Washington Post for an article titled “Scientists are baffled why the oceans are warming so fast....

Wednesday, June 14, 2023