Zhanqing Li gave an invited talk at the 30th American Association for Aerosol Research conference in Orlando, FL, October 3-7, on the long-term impact of aerosols on cloud and precipitation….
James Farquhar has been awarded a 2012 Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowship (http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/gledden-fellows) with the Centre for Microscopy Characterisation and Analysis at the University of Western Australia, Crawley (near Perth), Western Australia for his distinguished research record….
Researcher: Eugenia Kalnay
Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount: $102,597
Grant Study: “An Integrated Carbon Data Assimilation System to Advance Understanding and Predictions of the Carbon Cycle.”
Researcher: Zhanqing Li
Grant Sponsor: NSF
Amount: $144,656
Grant Study: “Converting AOT to CCN for Studying Global Impact of Aerosols on Cloud and Precipitation.”…
Ross Salawitch and Russell Dickerson were mentioned and/or quoted in SiFy (March 31), The Washington Examiner (March 28), The Washington Post (March 23), PhysOrg and TG Daily (March 21) in articles on the movement of airborne radioactive materials released by the Fukushima Daiichi power station, Japan. …
Researcher: Russell Dickerson
Grant Sponsor: STMD-Maryland Department of the Environment
Amount: $365,000
Grant Study: “Air Pollution in Maryland – RAMMPP FY2011” …
Researcher: Bob Adler
Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount: $113,806
Grant Study: “Global Precipitation Variations and Extremes”
Researcher: James Carton
Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Amount: $123,600
Grant Study: “Exploring Interannual and Longer Variability of Observed Ocean Winds by Merging the Ers1, Ers2 and Quik”
Researcher: Russell Dickerson
Grant Sponsor: STMD-Maryland Department of the Environment
Amount: $102,979
Grant Study: “MDE Research …
Raghu Murtugudde was an invited Panelist for the Adaptation and Mitigation: The Role of Climate Services panel at the 2010 American Meteorologist Society (AMS) Public-Private Partnership Forum, held at the University of California Washington Center, April 6….
Russell Dickerson was quoted in the Washington Post, February 10, in an article on snow cream desserts, explaining that the first few inches of falling snow capture most of the pollutants in the air, and any snow falling after that should be clean….
James Farquhar was quoted in ScienceNews, November 7, in an article on bioturbation….
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….
