News & Highlights

On February 7, 2022, NASA Headquarters announced the recipients of the 2021 Agency Honor Awards, which are “NASA’s most prestigious awards and are presented to individuals and teams who have...

UMBC has been newly classified as an esteemed R1 institution. Within this UMBC article, GESTAR II is referenced as a prime example of science research and funding (orig. posted 02/02/22)

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)