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The Climate and Radiation Branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center supports a key NASA mission, namely, to understand and protect our home planet. We seek a better understanding of Earth's climate on all time scales, from daily, seasonal and interannual variability through changes on geologic time scales. Our research focuses on atmospheric measurement, numerical modeling, and climate analysis. We investigate atmospheric radiation, both as a driver for climate change and as a tool for the remote sensing of Earth's atmosphere and surface. The Branch research program seeks to better understand how our planet reached its present state, and how it may respond to future drivers, both natural and anthropogenic.
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Using Volcanic Eruptions as Natural Laboratories to Study Climate Responses
May 4, 2008 — The Chaitén volcano in southern Chile erupted in the early morning of May 2, 2008 throwing copious amounts of pyroclastic material which, according to preliminary reports, reached well above 10km from the surface. No injuries were reported, but several towns were evacuated as a precautionary measure. A large area downwind covered by ash is posing a major risk to the local sheep and tourist industry. More on this Image
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MODIS Workshop Held in India
May 15, 2008 — Climate & Radiation Branch members Richard Kleidman (SSAI), Robert Levy(SSAI), S.K. Satheesh (ORAU Senior Fellow) and Lorraine Remer taught a workshop on how to acquire and use MODIS data. The workshop was held May 12-15 in Dehra Dun India, at the foot of the Himalayas. The class of 25 participants represent graduate students and scientists from academic and government institutions all over India. These 25 participants were selected from an initial pool of over 400 applicants.
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Video featuring branch member appears in ScienCentral
April 28, 2008 — A 90-second video film story produced by ScienCentral was fed to ABC television stations on April 18 and posted on ScienCentral's web site. It describes recent research by branch member Tom Bell using TRMM satellite data that suggests that storm development in the southeast U.S. is intensified when anthropogenic pollution increases. The science news clip can be viewed here.
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Leo Donner
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May 21, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Susan Moran
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June 4, 2008 at 3:30 PM
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