Announcements

CEOS Atmospheric Composition Meeting

8/26/2024 -

STAR Co-hosts 20th Committee of Earth Observation Satellites Atmospheric Composition Virtual Constellation (CEOS AC-VC).

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Paper on STAR Oceanography in "Remote Sensing"

8/5/2024 -

This past week a group of STAR scientists published a new article - Satellite Oceanography in NOAA highlighting STAR products and research in satellite oceanography. The article appeared in Remote Sensing and details STAR's ongoing research commitments to user-facing product development in oceanographic remote sensing.

CoastWatch Annual Meeting

2/5/2024 -

The 2024 NOAA CoastWatch Annual Science Meeting was held in College Park, MD at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP), May 20-24, 2024. Final Meeting Report

STAR Air Quality at AGU

12/18/2023 -

Dr. Shobha Kondragunta and her team actively participated in the AGU 2023 Fall Meeting giving presentations on GeoXO air quality value studies, the impact of 2023 Canadian Wildfires on U.S. Air Quality, and other air quality issues. Discussions with NASA and other international organizations were focused on a new air quality mission to monitor air quality over anticipated new mega cities in Africa and South America that currently have a big gap in observations. Dr. Kondragunta will co-lead the writing of a white paper on the need for a geostationary air quality mission over Africa as part of her leadership role in the Committee of Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Atmospheric Composition Virtual Constellation.

2024 NOAA David Johnson Award

12/12/2023 -

On December 12, 2023, The National Space Club & Foundation honored Bill with the 2024 NOAA David Johnson Award.

The award is given annually to recognize achievements of young professionals who have shown outstanding innovation in the use of satellite data for operational environmental applications.

NOAA CoastWatch Annual Meeting Scheduled

12/4/2023 -

The CoastWatch Annual Meeting is set for 20-24 May 2024 in College Park, Maryland. Registration and agenda coming early 2024. The meeting will be held in person in College Park, MD in the NCWCP building conference area and auditorium. In keeping with tradition (a Regional Node hosts every-other year, alternating with NCWCP), NOAA CoastWatch Program leadership will be the hosts and updates from the SOCD Science Teams will feature prominently on the agenda. Details and block agenda will follow by January, but please save the date now.

Ocean Sciences Meeting - Save the Date

12/4/2023 -

The Ocean Sciences Meeting is set for Feb. 18-23, 2024 in New Orleans, LA. Abstracts are currently open! The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. The Ocean Sciences Meeting is an Endorsed Decade Action program with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Lake Effect Snow

12/4/2023 -

Lake effect snow developed around the Great Lakes during the final week of November 2023. Parts of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York all saw widespread areas of over 6" of lake effect snowfall, with pockets of over 1 foot, from the 26th to the 28th. Bill Line reviews all the ways that satellite data products give forecasters insight into the these phenomena in the Satellite Liaison Blog.

STAR Cryosphere Scientists featured in NOAA Open Data Dissemination Presentation

11/29/2023 -

Several STAR scientists collaborated with the NOAA Open Data Dissemination Program (ODDP), GOES-R, and Microsoft on a webinar focused on the application of GOES-R satellite data for operational cryosphere products including Ice Concentration and Extent, Ice Age and Thickness, and Snow Cover. STAR Scientists Jeff Key, Yinghui Liu, Peter Romanov (CREST/CUNY), and Xuanji Wang (CIMSS) gave presentations on the snow and ice products.