News & Highlights

Christopher Shuman (615/UMBC) provides context in the Earth Observatory Item of the Day “Larsen B Embayment Breaks Up” (02/02/22)

In late January 2022, “outstanding individuals and teams from Code 600 were selected to receive a 2021 Robert H. Goddard (RHG) Honor Award.” Several GESTAR II members were among the awardees....

Hiren Jethva (614/MSU) contributes to the Earth Observatory Image of the Day “Dust Storm Envelops the Arabian Sea” (orig. posted 01/26/22)

Allison Collow and Natalie Thomas (both 610.1/UMBC) provided scientific input to the NASA visualization "A 3D View of an Atmospheric River from an Earth System Model" (orig. posted 01/25/22)

Ali Tokay (612/UMBC) is lead author of the J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. paper "Retrieval of Snow Water Equivalent by the Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) in the Northern Great Lakes" (orig....

Bridget Seegers (616/MSU) was among several scientists featured in a NASA visualization titled "2021 Tied for the Sixth Warmest Year on Record" (orig. posted 01/13/22)

NASA’s Award of GESTAR II was included in UMBC’s Top 12 Stories of 2021 (orig. posted 1/12/22)

Tianle Yuan (613/UMBC) along with prior research articles was featured in EOS article “Cleaner Pandemic Air Led to Reduced Lightning Strikes Worldwide” (orig. post 01/06/22)

Congrats to Morgan President David Wilson, an integral figure in the NASA award of the GESTAR II cooperative agreement to UMBC, MSU and partners, as AFRO’s Person of the Year 2021 (orig. post...

Niama Boukachaba (610.1/MSU) was featured in Early Career Scientist Spotlight for January 2022 (orig. post 12/28/21)