Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II

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Jethva's Research on Fires, Smoke, and Air Quality in the Media

Hiren Jethva (614/MSU) has contributed to two different media features related to poor air quality conditions in India that stem from smoke from farm fires and stubble fires. First, in the...

Posted: November 8, 2024, 4:33 PM

Arteaga's Proposal Selected for Funding

The NASA ROSES proposal submitted to the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry program titled "Retrospective analysis and forecasting of the impact of marine heatwaves on oceanic export production”...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 3:36 PM

Shuman contributes to Earth Observatory IOTD on "Sea Smoke"

Christopher Shuman (615/UMBC) contributed to the Earth Observatory's Item of the Day (IOTD) for October 28, 2024, in which Landsat-8's OLI captured "sea smoke" in the atmosphere above the Pine...

Posted: October 30, 2024, 3:48 PM

Tokay's UMBC GES Summer Students give Presentations

On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, Ali Tokay’s summer student interns from UMBC’s Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences gave their presentations. This event was held virtually and on...

Posted: October 29, 2024, 4:43 PM

Kevin Zheng's Proposal Selected for Funding

Jianyu "Kevin" Zheng (613/UMBC) is the Principal Investigator on the proposal titled “Cloud Credits Supplement to Enable Open Sciences for MEASURES and EMIT Projects,” which has been selected for...

Posted: October 29, 2024, 10:46 AM

GESTAR II Scientists participate in Early Career Scientist Forum 2024

On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the Early Career Scientist Forum (ECSF) 2024 was held in person in Building 34, Rooms W150 and W120 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Scientists presented on “a...

Posted: October 28, 2024, 3:58 PM

GESTAR II Student Fellows give their Final Presentations

On October 22, 2024, this year’s GESTAR II undergraduate and graduate fellows gave virtual presentations on topics they researched with their mentor(s); they were joined by an international...

Posted: October 25, 2024, 5:56 PM

Biswas contributes to WMO State of Global Water Resources Report

On October 7, 2024, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its State of Global Water Resources 2023 report, and Nishan Biswas (617/UMBC) led the chapter on "Reservoirs." As one of...

Posted: October 18, 2024, 3:38 PM

Emberson part of DRCS Team that Received 2024 Blue Marble Award

Three Goddard teams were recipients of a 2024 Blue Marble Award, among them the NASA Disasters Response Coordination System Team of which Robert Emberson (617/UMBC) is a member. The team was a...

Posted: October 14, 2024, 2:29 PM

Seegers shares Sailing for Science experience in PACE-PAX blog post

Bridget Seegers (616/MSU) recently contributed the blog post, "Twenty-one Hours a Day on a 30-Foot Floating Science Lab," to Notes from the Field for the PACE-PAX field campaign. In San Diego,...

Posted: October 9, 2024, 3:08 PM