Earth Science Branch
The Earth Science Branch conducts research of the Earth as a system with a focus on lightning and precipitation processes, weather and climate variability, monitoring fluxes of heat and water from the surface, and associated data management and mining activities for scientific discovery and applications for societal benefit.
Earth Science Branch Projects
IMPACT co-hosted a two-day onsite workshop in Huntsville, AL from 9/20-21/23 with researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), IBM Research, NASA (Ames and GSFC), NVIDIA and various universities. The primary objective of the workshop was to align this diverse …
Timothy Lang (ST11) is the sole author on an article called “Validation of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper with a Lightning Mapping Array in Argentina: Implications for Current and Future Spaceborne Lightning Observations,” which was recently accepted for publication the journal …
Andrew Molthan (ST11) was previously approached by the NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), a collaboration with the National Science Foundation, looking for research mentors to guide early career faculty in developing capacity to use NASA information in …
MSC Earth Science Disasters Team to Mentor EPSCOR Grantees at University of Hawaii Manoa Read More »
Aaron Naeger and Liz Junod (ST11) of NASA SPoRT held a joint session between NASA TEMPO Early Adopters program, NASA STAQS, and NASA’s Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) 2020 TEMPO Solution to discuss training needs, gaps which TEMPO data will …
NASA SPoRT Hosts Joint Session on NASA TEMPO Air Quality Projects Read More »
Sarah Bang (ST11), with Sarah Stough (UAH ESSC), Timothy Lang (ST11) and Patrick Gatlin (ST11) authored an article titled “The Multiplatform Precipitation Feature (MPF) Database: A Storm-Centric Synthesis of Space- and Ground-Based Precipitation and Lightning Datasets for Convective Studies” that …