Author: Travis Swaim

Tony Busalacchi has been appointed Chair, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC), the National Academies. The Board’s mission is to promote excellence in the atmospheric sciences, meteorology, and climate-related fields and to provide assistance to federal agencies, the science community, and the nation on these issues.    …

Tony Busalacchi and Phil Arkin were quoted in ClimateWire, July 28, in an article on the status of plans to create a National Climate Service that would provide longer-term forecasts and warnings related to climate change….

Researcher: Robert Adler
Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount:$289,747
Grant Study: “Global Precipitation Variations and Extremes”
Researcher: Luis de Goncalves
Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount: $199,862
Grant Study: “The Data-Model Intercomparison Project for the Large Scale biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment of the Amazon”

Researcher: James Farquhar
Grant Sponsor: NSF
Amount: $148,282
Grant Study: “RECOVERY: Sulfur Isotope Study of Phanerozoic Carbonate …

Wendy Wang gave a presentation entitled “Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics Under Long-Term Fertilizations In Arable Land of China” at the 3rd Expert Meeting on Soil C Data for the IPCC Database on Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors, held June 24-26, 2009 in Santiago, Chile….

Eugenia Kalnay has been awarded the International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize, the World Meteorological Organization’s most prestigious prize, for her leadership in the field of global numerical weather prediction and analysis, including data assimilation and ensemble forecasting….

Zhanqing Li was quoted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 11, in an article on critical thinking and China….

Raghu Murtugudde has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the new journal, “Current Opinions in Environmental Sustainability.” He is retiring this summer as an editor of “JGR-Oceans” after serving for seven years….

Researcher: Phillip Arkin
Grant Sponsor: NOAA
Amount: $350,000
Grant Study: “Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS)”…