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Brown Bag Seminars - Fall 2012


Information for Seminar Speakers

Based on current commitments (as of August 9, 2012)
Location: National Space Science and Technology Center
320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, Conference Room 4065

Date/Time: Wednesdays at 12:45PM-1:45PM -- UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.


Coordinator: William W. Vaughan (UAH)


Please contact Dr. William W. Vaughan (vaughan@nsstc.uah.edu, 961-7759) or
Ms. Whitney Guerin Jewett (guerin@nsstc.uah.edu, 961-7729) concerning any
questions, suggestions, or contributions relative to the Seminar Schedule.


    Wednesday, August 22nd Michael Goodman (NASA/MSFC): “Review of NASA Applied Science Disasters Program”
    (read abstract)
    Wednesday, August 29th Henry Everett (Army/USAMC): “Remote Sensing of Trace Gases Using IR/THs Double Resonance Spectroscopy”
    (read abstract)
    Wednesday, September 5th

    Mark Jacobson (Stanford Univ.): “The Effects of Black and Brown Carbon on Clouds and Global Climate”
    (read abstract)

    Visit Coordinator: Arastoo Biazar (UAH/ESSC)

    Wednesday, September 12th Rob Griffin (UAH/ATS): “Human Impacts on Environments in the Americas: 2000 BC to Present” (read abstract)
    Wednesday, September 18th

    Michael Briggs (NASA/MSFC): “Thunderstorms Produce and Send Beams of Antimatter into Space” (read abstract)

    Wednesday, September 26th

    Cameron Handyside (UAH/ESSC): “Gridded Crop Model Using Remote Sensed Weather Data” (read abstract)

    Wednesday, October 3rd

    Steve Goodman (NOAA): "An Update on the GOES-R Next Generation
    Geostationary Satellite Program
    " (read abstract)

    Wednesday, October 10th

    Landon Bunderson (Univ. of Tulsa): “Relationship Between Pollen Release and Meteorology” (read abstract)

    Visit Coordinator: Jeff Luvall (NASA/MSFC)

    Tuesday, October 16th

    Haiyang Chao (West Virginia University): “Civil Environmental Monitoring Using Small Low-Cost Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Platform Development and Example Remote Sensing Applications” (read abstract)

    Wednesday, October 17th Liming Zhou (Univ. of Albany): “Detection and Attribution on/of
    Anthropogenic Forcing to Diurnal Temperature Range Changes”

    (read abstract)

    Visit Coordinator: Sundar Christopher (UAH/ATS)

    Wednesday, October 24th

    Rudy Husar (Washington University at St. Louis): “Global and regional distribution of aerosols: Fusion of satellites, surface-based sensors and models.”

    Visit Coordinator: Udaysankar Nair (NASA/MSFC)

    Wednesday, October 31st

    Steve Goodman (NOAA): “GOES-R Program Overview”
    Wednesday, November 7th

    Marshall Shepherd (Univ. Georgia): “Urban Effects on Precipitation, Storms, and Floods: New Perspectives”

    Visit Coordinator: Dale Quattrochi (NASA/MSFC)

    Wednesday, November 14th

    Mike Newchurch (ATS/UAH): “Local and Regional Interactions in Atmospheric Pollution

    Wednesday, November 21st

    Thanksgiving Holidays—No Seminar Scheduled

    Wednesday, November 28th

    12:45-1:00PM--Christina Branson (UAH/ATS 781) "A Statistic and Visual Analysis of Aerosol Concentration Models Over the Southern United States"

    1:00-1:15PM--Rob Junod (UAH/ATS 781) "Globally-Gridded Night-Time Marine Air Temperatures"

    1:15-1:45PM--Kevin Doty (UAH/ESSC) "Hydrological Modeling in the Southeast Using the Water Supply Stress Index (WaSSI) Model"

    Wednesday, December 5th

    James Cruise (UAH/ESSC): "Estimation of Soil Moisture Profiles From Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing And Application To Agricultural Crop Modeling".

    Wednesday, December 12th

    William Blackwell (MIT): “Title to Be Announced”

    Visit Coordinator: Gary Jedlovec (NASA/MSFC)

    Wednesday, December 19th

    No seminar scheduled-Upcoming Christmas Holidays