News & Highlights

During UMBC’s Earth Month celebration, on Monday, April 22, GESTAR II participated in Community Day. Staffing two tables were Susanne Craig (616/UMBC) and Jae Lee (613/UMBC) from NASA Goddard...

Join us for a virtual seminar by Dr. Rong Fu, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles. Her talk is titled "Understanding drought, heat waves and fire...

Over the past several weeks, GESTAR II members have published as both lead authors and co-authors in a variety of publications. Select citations are below. Kim, M. (613/MSU), R. C. Levy, L. A....

Ghassan Taha (614/MSU) contributed to the Earth Observatory Item of the Day (IOTD), "A Blanket of Ash from Ruang." Ruang is a volcanic island in Indonesia, which generated "explosive eruptions" on...

On Friday, April 19, 2024, students from UMBC and MSU visited NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, for NASA’s 2024 Earth Day Event. Dominique Footes (GESTAR II/SURA) coordinated with Trena Ferrell...

The PACE satellite launched in February 2024 and is now providing data from the atmospheres to the oceans. To learn more about the three instruments onboard PACE and the information provided to...

Congratulations to Thomas Stanley (617/UMBC), who has been promoted from Research Associate I to Research Associate III within GESTAR II! We asked him about his research and what he likes about...

In a recent Earth Observatory item, "Scenes from the Polar Night," the ability for the Landsat-8 and -9 satellites to see in the dark is highlighted. Scientists discovered that with the 2022...

The United Nations International Telecommunications Union (UN-ITU) Focus Group on AI for Natural Disaster Management scheduled its annual international workshop. This year, NASA’s Disasters...

Several GESTAR II researchers have published papers in the past few weeks as either lead author or co-author. Here are a few select citations: Shah, V., C. A. Keller (610.1/MSU), K. E....