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Peterson's PREFIRE proposal Selected for Funding
Colten Peterson's (613/UMBC) proposal “Enhancing PREFIRE Cloud Products and Science with Cloud Phase Determination and Liquid Cloud Property Retrievals” recently was selected for funding from the...
Posted: April 16, 2026, 3:31 PM
Congrats to GESTAR II GRAs Taylor West and Kylie Hoffman
In early April 2026, Taylor West and Kylie Hoffman, both GESTAR II Graduate Research Assistants and members of the Demoz Group at UMBC, defended their doctoral theses. On April 2nd, Taylor...
Posted: April 15, 2026, 1:18 PM
Congratulations to GESTAR II Awardees from NASA Goddard's Code 613
The Code 613 Peer Award Ceremony and Luncheon was held in early March at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Lazaros Oreopoulos, Chief of the Climate and Radiation Laboratory (613), announced...
Posted: April 7, 2026, 5:17 PM
GESTAR II Seminar Series, Tuesday, March 24th at 1:00pm
Join us for a virtual seminar by Dr. Courtney Schumacher, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University. Her talk is titled "The Interacting Weather and Climate Drivers...
Posted: March 23, 2026, 3:19 PM
GESTAR II Seminar Series, Thursday, March 12th, 11:00am
Join us for a virtual seminar by Dr. Fadji Maina, GESTAR II Associate Research Scientist, UMBC/617. Her talk is titled "Advancing Hydrological Estimates Through Multivariate Data Assimilation."...
Posted: March 9, 2026, 4:04 PM
STRIVE Mission Selected, Taha and Newman Co-Investigators
In June 2024, Ghassan Taha was a Co-Investigator on the proposal, "The Stratosphere Troposphere Response using Infrared Vertically-Resolved Light Explorer (STRIVE)," led by Dr. Lyatt Jaegle'...
Posted: February 27, 2026, 5:23 PM
Zheng, Thompson, and Mohammed recognized at 610AT Awards
On February 4, 2026, the Code 610 Atmospheres (610AT) Peer Awards Ceremony 2026 was held at NASA Goddard. Awardees were recognized in the following categories: Engage, Differentiate, Execute, and...
Posted: February 20, 2026, 5:05 PM
UMBC GRAs and Post-Doc Present at 106th AMS Meeting
The 106th American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting was held in Houston, TX, January 25-29, 2026. This year, the meeting's theme was "Fast and Slow Thinking: The Human Factor in a Rapidly...
Posted: February 19, 2026, 10:06 AM
Congratulation to Dr. Adeleke Ademakinwa
Congratulations to Adeleke Ademakinwa, who successfully defended his dissertation on Monday, February 2, 2026. His dissertation was titled "On the impact of three-dimensional radiative effects on...
Posted: February 13, 2026, 3:29 PM
Select Publications led and/or co-authored by GESTAR II Researchers
Late 2025 and early 2026 brought more publications from many of our GESTAR II researchers, focusing on a variety of earth science topics. (Note, reading goes well with being snowed in!) We invite...
Posted: January 22, 2026, 5:22 PM
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