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NASA Satellite Spies Atmospheric Double Whammy
2014-06-09 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: NASA's eyes in the sky are important parts of weather-monitoring efforts, with satellites tracking hurricanes as they barrel across the ocean and storm systems as they sweep across the country. But sometimes they just find really cool stuff in the atmosphere. Such is the case with an image taken by the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua satellite (with a hat tip to Climate Central board member and University of Georgia professor Marshall Shepherd on Twitter). On June 8 it spotted a wow-worthy combo...
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Competence Area Manager Atmospheric and Imagery Applications
2014-04-11 12:37:23| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
EUMETSAT is the European satellite agency for monitoring weather and climate. Bringing together the resources of 29 member states, we develop and operate a range of satellite systems surveying the atmosphere, land and ocean that deliver vital data 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our data contribute to weather forecasts that protect lives and property across Europe and to monitoring of our changing climate. EUMETSAT is now embarking on new and challenging satellite development programmes, shaping its longterm future. Competence Area Manager Atmospheric and Imagery Applications REF. VN1418 In this important position, you will lead the Atmospheric and Imagery Applications team in the Remote Sensing and Products Division within our Technical and Scientific Support Department. This team is the dedicated competence area responsible for the scientific development, maintenance, validation and routine monitoring of stateoftheart remote sensing products to support our geostationary and polar orbiting systems, with particular emphasis on atmospheric motion vectors, clouds and cloud processes cloud detection, cloud classification, precipitation and instability. To this end, you will lead the definition of new or improved meteorological products and analyse functional and processing implications, realise scientific prototype software and reference processors, oversee the validation and evaluation of process chains, and coordinate support activities including anomaly investigations. At the same time, you will obtain feedback from our user community, provide documentation for new and improved scientific algorithms and products and contribute to the preparation of new programmes and evolution of current missions demanding a strong blend of analytical and interpersonal skills. Alongside a degree in Remote Sensing, Meteorology or a relevant discipline, you will bring a sound background in remote sensing physics and radiative transfer in the atmosphere. Equally importantly, you will be skilled in leading and developing teams, preferably in an operational science environment, developing software for relevant applications and administering scientific projects, whilst familiarity with processing meteorological satellite data would be advantageous. Finally, you should be able to work effectively in English and possess a working knowledge of French. Attractive employment conditions are offered, in terms of salary, comprehensive benefits including health and social welfare provision, and extensive relocation assistance if applicable . To learn more and apply online, please visit www.eumetsat.int. Deadline for applications 09 June 2014 EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunities work environment for men and women and is seeking to recruit nationals from its Member States. Please see our website for further details . Europe s Meteorological Satellite Organisation Organisation Europenne de Satellites Mtorologiques
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Deserts absorb big amounts of atmospheric CO2
2014-04-07 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tech Times: A team of researchers led by the Washington State University has found that deserts may play a key role in alleviating the effects of global warming. The researchers, which included biologists from the WSU and scientists from the Desert Research Institute, have discovered that arid areas such as deserts can absorb large amounts of carbon. Deserts comprise some of the largest ecosystems on Earth and the latest findings can be used to gain a better understanding of how carbon is distributed throughout...
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04.09.14 -- Compact Solar Absorption Spectrometer For Atmospheric Measurements Launched
2014-04-07 03:45:18| metrologyworld Home Page
04/09/14 Metrology World.com Newsletter
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Arid areas absorb unexpected amounts of atmospheric carbon
2014-04-06 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Researchers led by a Washington State University biologist have found that arid areas, among the biggest ecosystems on the planet, take up an unexpectedly large amount of carbon as levels of carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere. The findings give scientists a better handle on the earth's carbon budgethow much carbon remains in the atmosphere as CO2, contributing to global warming, and how much gets stored in the land or ocean in other carbon-containing forms. "It has pointed out the importance...
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