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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Timothy Lang (ST11) is the Principal Investigator and Aaron Kaulfus (ST11) is a Co-Investigator (Co-I) on a proposal titled “Using CYGNSS with a suite of spaceborne remote sensing datasets to probe tropical maritime cold pool evolution from space”, which was recently selected for funding by NASA. CYGNSS stands for CycloneContinue reading “NASA Ocean Winds Proposal Selected”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Phil Kaaret (ST12) is lead author on the paper which describes Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the galaxy NGC 2366. Escape of Lyman continuum (LyC) emission from galaxies found in the early universe was essential for the reionization of the universe when the intergalactic medium (IGM) changed from being neutralContinue reading “Paper on “X-rays from the Nearby Compact Emission-Line Galaxy NGC 2366” Published in the Astrophysical Journal”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Phil Kaaret (ST12) gave a talk on “Particle acceleration and magnetic field geometry in the eastern jet of the microquasar SS 433” at the session on Black Holes on 6/12/24. At the end of his talk, Kaaret promoted the upcoming IXPE GO cycle 2 and the NICER/IXPE workshop that willContinue reading “Imaging X-ray Polarimetery Explorer (IXPE) Conference Presentation at the 244th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Manil Maskey (ST11/IMPACT) was an invited guest at the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) GeoAI gathering. He presented on the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) based geospatial foundation model and the recent developments in weather and climate foundation model. Following the presentation, Maskey engaged in discussions that led to several agencies expressingContinue reading “Invited Guest Speaker at the Taylor Geospatial Institutes GEOAI Gathering”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Linda Krause and Heidi Haviland (ST13) along with Jeff Apple, Miguel Rodriguez-Otero (ES11), Kurt Dietz (ES52), and Gary Thornton (ES21) contributed to the Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) proposal LVACCS that was selected for funding. Omar Leon (University of Michigan) is the instrument suiteContinue reading “Lunar Vehicle Active Charge Control System (LVACCS) PICASSO Proposal Awarded”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On 5/24/24, Astronomy and Astrophysics published online “Pulsar-wind-nebula-powered Galactic center X-ray filament G0.13–0.11” by Eugene Churazov et al. On 5/30/24, Astrophysical Journal Letters published online “Discovery of a Shock-compressed Magnetic Field in the Northwestern Rim of the Young Supernova Remnant RX J1713.7–3946 with X-Ray Polarimetry” by Riccardo Ferrazzoli et al.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A proposal entitled, “TEMPO-EMIT synergy: Enhancing applications of GHG (greenhouse gas) and air pollutant observations over key emission sources,” was selected for funding through a NASA cross-mission product opportunity. The project, co-led by Aaron Naeger at SPoRT, will integrate the complementary air pollutant and GHG data from the NASA TEMPOContinue reading “TEMPO-EMIT Synergy: Enhancing Applications of GHG and Air Pollutant Observations over Key Emission Sources”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Rahul Ramachandran and Maskey (ST11/IMPACT) participated in IBM Think, where their IBM collaborators showcased two innovative AI applications for weather and climate modeling. The first application focuses on climate downscaling, enhancing the resolution of climate models for more accurate local predictions. The second application aims to optimize wind farm predictions,Continue reading “Weather and Climate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Foundation Model Applications Presented at IBM Think in Boston”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY SatSummit brings together leaders in the satellite industry and global development experts for two days of presentations and discussions on using satellite data to address critical development challenges. Rahul Ramachandran (ST11/IMPACT) participated in a panel focused on large earth foundation models, offering an overview of AI foundation models and theirContinue reading “Large Earth Foundation Models Panel at SatSummit”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Manil Maskey (ST11/IMPACT) was an invited panelist at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) organized GEOINT Symposium Panel titled “Geo-GPT” for Real-Time Geospatial Discovery. The panel explored the convergence of foundational artificial intelligence models beyond large language models, unveiling the potential for groundbreaking conversational “GeoGPT” capabilities that enable real-timeContinue reading “Invited Panelist at the United States Geospatial intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Symposium”