The next JCET All-Hands Meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 10th from 9:00-11:30am, University Center, Room 310. Dr. Raymond Hoff will be the featured speaker.

JCET congratulates Christine Chiu and Vanderlei Martins for each receiving 2009 Climate and Radiation Branch awards for Best first-authored papers:

Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, P. Pilewskie, and W. J. Wiscombe, 2009: Physical interpretation of the spectral radiative signatures in the transition zone between cloud-free and cloudy regions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1419-1430.
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Martins, J. V., P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, A. D. Castanho, and L. A. Remer, 2009: Spectral absorption properties of aerosol particles from 350-2500nm, Geo. Res. Lett., 36, doi: 10.1029/2009GL037435, L13810.

Dr. Forrest Hall received the William T. Pecora Award at the December 2009 AGU Meeting in San Francisco, CA. This award, initiated in 1974 and presented annually, recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals or groups toward understanding the Earth by means of remote sensing. Sponsored jointly by the Department of the Interior (DOI) and NASA, the award honors the memory of Dr. William T. Pecora, former Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and Under Secretary, Department of the Interior, who was a motivating force behind the establishment of a program for civil remote sensing of the Earth from space. His early vision and support helped establish what we know today as the Landsat satellite program. We congratulate Dr. Hall on his achievements and this honor.

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