Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Upcoming Events

Monday, May 20, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SED Director's Seminar
Hosted by Earth Sciences

Earth’s Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) from Space: A Story in Three Acts
- Joe Santanello w/PBL Working Group: ‘PBL Science, Community Building, and Influence at GSFC and Beyond’
- Jeff Piepmeier: ‘Investment: The Long Arc of Microwave Technology Development at GSFC’
- Rachael Kroodsma, Mark Stephen, Antonia Gambacorta, Fabrizio Gambini, Shawn Serbin: ‘Payoff: The Dawn of the Hyperspectral Microwave Era for PBL Science’
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
GESTAR II Seminar
Too much and too little water: Using hydrometeorological modeling to characterize and understand water extremes
Dr. Mimi Hughes, Research Meteorologist, NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Scientific Colloquium
Vortex: The Bhola Cyclone of November 12, 1970
Scott Carney and Jason Miklian
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