Newly Funded Research: September 2009
September 1, 2009
Researcher: Russ Dickerson
Grant Sponsor: Sigma Space Corporation
Amount: $180,000
Grant Study:”Sigma Space Corporation”…
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Busalacchi appointed BASC Chair
August 1, 2009
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. …
Newly Funded Research: August 2009
August 1, 2009
Researcher: Junye Chen
Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount: $100,331
Grant Study: “Minimizing the Impact of Changes in the Observing System on a New NASA Reanalysis to Advance the Understanding of Climate Change”
Researcher: Luis DeGoncalves
Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount: $161,608
Grant Study: “The Data-Model Intercomparison Project for the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment of the Amazon”
Researcher: Michael Evans
Grant …
Busalacchi and Arkin quoted in ClimateWire
July 28, 2009
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….
Newly Funded Research: July 2009
July 1, 2009
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 …
Wang presents in Santiago, Chile
June 24, 2009
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….
Kalnay awarded the International Meteorological Organization Prize
June 1, 2009
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….
Farquhar and Canfield published in international news
May 19, 2009
James Farquhar with collaborator Donald Canfield, published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 19, proposing that sediment mixing by bioturbating organisms resulted in a several-fold increase in seawater sulfate concentration. Nature News and Sindh Today (Asian News International) published follow-up articles….
Li quoted in Atlanta Journal Constitution
May 11, 2009
Zhanqing Li was quoted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 11, in an article on critical thinking and China….
UMD-led Consortium Wins $93 Million NOAA Climate Institute
May 1, 2009
The University of Maryland will lead a new climate research partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), North Carolina State University and 16 other institutions. The nationwide consortium led by Maryland won a competition for a new NOAA-supported Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) that will receive up to $93 million in funding over the next five years, with approximately two-thirds of this funding expected to be managed by the Earth System …
