Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008-08-11://6 2008-09-01T13:30:32Z A Cooperative Agreement between the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center Movable Type Open Source 4.12 JCET Annual Reports tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.578 2008-08-30T04:00:48Z 2008-09-01T13:30:32Z The following JCET Annual Reports are available online: JCET 8th Annual Report (2002-2003) JCET 9th Annual Report (2003-2004) JCET 10th Annual Report (2004-2005) JCET 11th Annual Report (2005-2006) JCET 12th Annual Report (2006-2007)... Ray Hoff

JCET 8th Annual Report (2002-2003)

JCET 9th Annual Report (2003-2004)

JCET 10th Annual Report (2004-2005)

JCET 11th Annual Report (2005-2006)

JCET 12th Annual Report (2006-2007)

]]> Ilan Koren and Vanderlei Martins in Science tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.515 2008-08-21T12:20:54Z 2008-09-01T19:56:53Z Koren, Martins and Remer have been featured on the UMBC Research Page for their recent Science paper "Smoke Invigoration Versus Inhibition of Clouds over the Amazon" (Science, 321, 946-949)).... Ray Hoff UMBC Research Page for their recent Science paper "Smoke Invigoration Versus Inhibition of Clouds over the Amazon" (Science, 321, 946-949)).]]> Lazaros Oreopoulos' work is featured on EnvironmentalResearchWeb tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.516 2008-08-21T12:11:46Z 2008-08-21T17:22:51Z Lazaros Oreopoulos and Steven Platnick received recognition for their recent paper in JGR through the Environmental Research Web Ref: Lazaros Oreopoulos and Steven Platnick, Radiative susceptibility of cloudy atmospheres to droplet number perturbations: 2. Global analysis from MODIS, J. Geophys.... Ray Hoff paper in JGR through the Environmental Research Web
Ref: Lazaros Oreopoulos and Steven Platnick, Radiative susceptibility of cloudy atmospheres to droplet number perturbations: 2. Global analysis from MODIS, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S21, doi:10.1029/2007JD009655, 2008 ]]> Employment Opportunities in JCET tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.500 2008-08-19T02:17:11Z 2008-08-19T02:21:37Z Research Scientist Positions: None at this time. Exempt Staff Positions: None at this time... Ray Hoff Research Scientist Positions:

None at this time.

Exempt Staff Positions:

None at this time ]]> Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes (Code 613.1) tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.353 2008-08-14T13:45:50Z 2008-08-14T13:48:16Z

JCET Faculty research may also be found on the webpage of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch at GSFC.For JCET unique activities follow the link below... Ray Hoff Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch at GSFC.

For JCET unique activities follow the link below
]]> ]]> Climate and Radiation Branch (Code 613.2) tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.357 2008-08-14T13:37:43Z 2008-08-14T13:48:56Z JCET Faculty research may also be found on the webpage of the Climate and Radiation Branch at GSFC. For JCET unique activities follow the link below... Ray Hoff Climate and Radiation Branch at GSFC. For JCET unique activities follow the link below]]> Faculty Specific Content here Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences (Code 614) tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.358 2008-08-14T13:01:26Z 2008-08-14T13:47:32Z JCET Faculty research may also be found on the webpage of the Hydrospheric and Biospheric Processes Laboratory at GSFC. For JCET unique activities follow the link below... Ray Hoff Hydrospheric and Biospheric Processes Laboratory at GSFC. For JCET unique activities follow the link below]]> Faculty specific content here Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory (Code 698) tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.359 2008-08-14T12:58:30Z 2008-08-14T13:55:42Z JCET Faculty who are working with the Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory may have their research shown on the Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory website . For JCET faculty specific research, click the link below... Ray Hoff Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory website . For JCET faculty specific research, click the link below]]> Faculty Specific content here UMBC-based Faculty Activities tag:jcet.umbc.edu,2008://6.360 2008-08-14T12:54:28Z 2008-08-14T13:55:22Z Faculty specific links here... Ray Hoff Faculty specific links here Research Groups tag:gest.umbc.edu,2008:/jcetnew//6.347 2008-08-12T17:55:10Z 2008-08-12T17:55:29Z The scientific management of JCET is facilitated through four research focus groups whose titles reflect their scientific disciplines: Atmospheric Radiation Clouds/Precipitation Interdisciplinary Observations Every JCET faculty and associate staff member belongs to one of the focus groups. Each focus... Ray Hoff

The scientific management of JCET is facilitated through four research focus groups whose titles reflect their scientific disciplines:

Every JCET faculty and associate staff member belongs to one of the focus groups. Each focus group elects a group leader, who is responsible for the scientific leadership of the group.

]]> Colloquia of Interest to JCET Faculty tag:gest.umbc.edu,2008:/jcetnew//6.346 2008-08-12T17:45:54Z 2008-08-12T17:48:23Z Ray Hoff Group / Department Day / Time Location Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) Fridays at 2:00pm UMBC Technology Research Center, Room 206 Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Lunchtime Seminar Mondays at 12:00 pm UMCP Computer & Space Sci. Bldg., Rm. 2106 Goddard Engineering Colloquium Series Mondays at 3:30 pm GSFC Bldg. 3 Auditorium or Bldg. 8 Auditorium Goddard Scientific Colloquia Fridays at 3:30 pm GSFC Bldg. 3 Auditorium National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) Seminar various World Weather Bldg., various rooms Resources For the Future Academic Seminar Series various RFF 7th Floor Conference Room, 1616 P Street NW,Washington UMBC Applied Mathematics Colloquium Fridays at 1:00 pm UMBC Mathematics/Psychology Bldg., Rm. 401 UMBC Geography and Environmental Systems Seminar Series Alternate Wednesdays from noon to 1:00 pm UMBC Social Sciences Bldg., Rm. SS001 UMBC Statistics Seminar Series Fridays at 11:00 am UMBC Mathematics/Psychology Bldg., Rm. 401 UMCP Atmospheric Chemistry Brown Bag Talks Fridays at 12:00 pm UMCP Computer & Space Sci. Bldg., Rm. 3425 UMCP Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Seminar Series Thursdays at 3:30 pm UMCP Computer and Space Science Building, Rm. 2400 ]]> Explanation of the JCET Site Rebuild tag:gest.umbc.edu,2008:/jcetnew//6.345 2008-08-12T17:37:24Z 2008-08-19T22:56:20Z On July14, 2008, we had a severe disk crash of the JCET and GEST webserver. As much of the material and content were lost (including the structure of the site), we have used this opportunity to rebuild the JCET site... Ray Hoff
We appreciate the patience of those who have borne with us through this tough time.


]]> Publications tag:gest.umbc.edu,2008:/jcetnew//6.344 2008-08-12T03:02:53Z 2008-08-12T18:05:02Z JCET Faculty Members' Publications If you have a publication not listed here, please use the JCET Publication Submission Form to let us know about it. For publications in prior years, see Publications in 2006 Publications in 2005 Publications in... Ray Hoff JCET Faculty Members' Publications

If you have a publication not listed here, please use the JCET Publication Submission Form to let us know about it.

For publications in prior years, see

As we enter a new year, we anticipate another great year of publications for JCET faculty members.

]]> Directory of Personnel tag:gest.umbc.edu,2008:/jcetnew//6.343 2008-08-12T02:44:24Z 2008-08-30T02:57:16Z NamePositionVoice PhoneFaxEmail Barnes, William Senior Research Scientist 301-614-5672301-614-5666 William.L.Barnes(at)nasa.gov Bulmer, Mark Research Associate Professor 410-455-5834410-455-5868 mbulmer(at)umbc.edu Cahalan, Robert JCET Fellow 301-614-5390 Robert.F.Cahalan(at)nasa.gov Campbell, Petya Research Assistant Professor 301-614-6784 pcampbel(at)pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov Carn, Simon Assistant Research Scientist 410-455-1454410-455-5868 scarn(at)umbc.edu Casasanto, Valerie Program... Ray Hoff NamePositionVoice Phone
FaxEmail Barnes, William Senior Research Scientist 301-614-5672
301-614-5666 William.L.Barnes(at)nasa.gov Bulmer, Mark Research Associate Professor 410-455-5834
410-455-5868 mbulmer(at)umbc.edu Cahalan, Robert JCET Fellow 301-614-5390 Robert.F.Cahalan(at)nasa.gov Campbell, Petya Research Assistant Professor 301-614-6784 pcampbel(at)pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov Carn, Simon Assistant Research Scientist 410-455-1454
410-455-5868 scarn(at)umbc.edu Casasanto, Valerie Program Coordinator 301-286-6605
301-286-0574 valerie.a.casasanto(at)nasa.gov Chiu, Christine Research Assistant Professor 301-614-6213
christine.chiu(at)nasa.gov Cieslak, Dominik Staff Engineeer 301-614-5685
301-614-6307 cieslak(at)umbc.edu Dawson, Mary Business Specialist 410-455-8027
410-455-8806 mdawson(at)umbc.edu DeSouza-Machado, Sergio Assistant Research Scientist 410-455-1944
sergio(at)umbc.edu Delgado, Ruben Research Associate 410-455-1942 delgado(at)umbc.edu Demoz, Belay JCET Fellow 301-614-6224
301-614-6307 belay.b.demoz(at)nasa.gov Eichenlaub, Danita Associate Director
Administration and Finance 410-455-1893
410-455-1291 eichenla(at)umbc.edu Engel-Cox, Jill JCET Fellow
engelcoxj(at)battelle.org Evans, Keith Research Analyst 410-455-5751
410-455-5868 evans(at)umbc.edu Hall, Forrest Senior Research Scientist 301-614-6659
301-614-6695 fghall(at)ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov Halverson, Jeffrey Associate Director - Academics 410-455-8813
410-455-8806 jeffhalv(at)umbc.edu Hannon, Scott Faculty Research Assistant 410-455-3001
410-455-1072 hannon(at)umbc.edu Hartle, Richard Associate Director 410-455-6291
410-455-1291 Richard.E.Hartle(at)nasa.gov Hilsenrath, Ernest Professor of the Practice 301-614-6033
301-614-5903 ernest.hilsenrath(at)nasa.gov Hoff, Raymond Director 410-455-1610
410-455-1291 hoff(at)umbc.edu Huemmrich, Fred Research Assistant Professor 301-614-6663
301-614-6695 Karl.Huemmrich(at)gsfc.nasa.gov Hyman, Camilla Accountant I 410-455-8899
410-455-8806 hyman1(at)umbc.edu Imbiriba, Breno Research Associate 410-455-2528
410-455-1072 imbiriba(at)umbc.edu Jiang, Weiyuan Research Assistant Professor 410-455-1988
410-455-1291 jiangw(at)umbc.edu Johnson, Ben Research Associate 301-614-6804
301-614-5558 jbenjam(at)neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov Koren, Ilan Assistant Research Scientist 301-614-6131
301-614-6037 ilank(at)umbc.edu Krueger, Arlin Research Professor 410-455-8906
410-455-5868 akrueger(at)umbc.edu Kuang, Weijia JCET Fellow 301-614-6108
301-614-6099 kuang(at)bowie.gsfc.nasa.gov Kundu, Prasun Research Associate Professor 301-614-6227
301-614-6307 kundu(at)climate.gsfc.nasa.gov Kuzmicz-Cieslak, Magdalena Research Associate 410-455-5639
410-455-5868 magdak(at)umbc.edu Lary, David Senior Research Scientist 301-286-3159
David.J.Lary(at)nasa.gov Low, Tom Associate Director - Staffing 410-455-8814
410-455-8806 tlow(at)umbc.edu Manalansan, Cathy Administrative Assistant 410-455-8812
410-455-8806 cmanalan(at)umbc.edu Markus, Thorsten JCET Fellow 301-614-5882
301-614-5558 Thorsten.Markus.1(at)gsfc.nasa.gov Marshak, Alexander JCET Fellow 301-614-6122
301-614-6307 marshak(at)climate.gsfc.nasa.gov Martins, Vanderlei JCET Fellow 301-614-5818
301-614-6307 martins(at)climate.gsfc.nasa.gov McCann, Kevin Research Associate Professor 410-455-2821
410-455-1072 kmccann(at)umbc.edu McMillan, Wallace JCET Fellow 410-455-6315
410-455-1072 mcmillan(at)umbc.edu Mehta, Amita Research Assistant Professor 301-614-6270
301-614-5492 amita(at)radar.gsfc.nasa.gov Motteler, Howard Research Associate Professor 410-455-1936
410-455-1072 motteler(at)umbc.edu Olson, William Research Associate Professor 301-614-6314
301-614-5492 olson(at)agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov Oreopoulos, Lazaros Research Associate Professor 301-614-6128
301-614-6307 lazaros(at)climate.gsfc.nasa.gov Patel, Chintan JCET Fellow 410-455-3963
410-455-3969 cpatel2(at)umbc.edu Pavlis, Erricos Research Associate Professor 410-455-5832
410-455-1893 epavlis(at)umbc.edu Peddle, Derek Associate Research Scientist
peddle(at)umbc.edu Platnick, Steven JCET Fellow 301-614-6243
301-614-6307 platnick(at)climate.gsfc.nasa.gov Plusquellic, James JCET Fellow 410-455-1349
410-455-3969 plusquel(at)umbc.edu Prados, Ana Assistant Research Scientist 301-614-5494 ana.i.prados(at)nasa.gov Roscoe, Grace Executive Assistant 301-286-4403
roscoe(at)umbc.edu Sirota, Marcos JCET Fellow 301-552-6300
marcos.sirota(at)sigmaspace.com Sparling, Lynn JCET Fellow 410-455-6231
410-455-1072 sparling(at)umbc.edu Starr, David JCET Fellow 301-614-6191
301-614-5492 David.O.Starr(at)nasa.gov Stivers, Derek Business Specialist 410-455-3471
410-455-8806 dpstivers(at)umbc.edu Strow, Larrabee JCET Fellow 410-455-2528
strow(at)umbc.edu Sun, Zhibin Research Associate 410-455-6796
sunzhib1(at)umbc.edu . Tangborn, Andrew Research Associate Professor 301-614-6178
301-614-6297 Tangborn(at)gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov Tedesco, Marco Assistant Research Scientist 301-614-5717
301-614-5558 mtedesco(at)umbc.edu Tokay, Ali Research Associate Professor 301-614-6140
301-614-5492 tokay(at)radar.gsfc.nasa.gov von Gunten, Nina Administrative Assistant 410-455-6362
410-455-8806 vongunte(at)umbc.edu V�rnai, Tamas Research Assistant Professor 301-614-6408
301-614-6307 varnai(at)climate.gsfc.nasa.gov Warner, Juying Assistant Research Scientist 410-455-3320
410-455-1072 juying(at)umbc.edu Wei, Zigang Visiting Assistant Research Scientist 410-455-5829
410-455-1072 magstorm(at)umbc.edu Whiteman, David JCET Fellow 301-614-6703
301-614-5492 david.n.whiteman(at)nasa.gov Young, Margo Business Specialist 410-455-8809
410-455-8806 mayoung(at)umbc.edu Yurganov, Leonid Senior Research Scientist 410-455-3612
yurganov(at)umbc.edu Zhang, Hai Research Associate 410-455-6366
hazhang(at)umbc.edu ]]> What is JCET? tag:gest.umbc.edu,2008:/jcetnew//6.342 2008-08-12T02:41:23Z 2008-08-12T11:15:52Z The Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) operates under cooperative agreement between the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). JCET meets the common interest of UMBC and GSFC to develop new technology... Ray Hoff
JCET is governed by an Executive Board made up of the Director of Earth Sciences, three Laboratory Directors from GSFC, three Deans, three Department Chairs from UMBC, and the Director of JCET. The Executive Board has developed both a charter and set of by-laws which together form the governing principles of the Center.

A central requirement of JCET is the integration of the faculty into the academic life of the University. The faculty of JCET are expected to teach at least every other year and are active in advising students. JCET faculty are affiliated and teach in Physics, Geography, Mathematics/Statistics, and Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. JCET Faculty are leading the formation of UMBC's new Atmospheric Physics Program. Graduate students in JCET work both at the UMBC campus and on site at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

JCET faculty are active researchers as well. They are expected to function as Principal Investigators on funded research, to provide scientific leadership for the Center, and to provide service to the scientific community through peer review roles on journals, proposals, and research grants. JCET Faculty have been extremely successful in this regard and have generated over $3.3 million in funding independently of their GSFC sponsors. During 2004-5, JCET faculty published over 88 peer reviewed journal publications and presented their findings over 140 times at various conferences.

As Director of JCET, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the JCET website. If there is information you do not find on these pages, please feel free to contact me at hoff@umbc.edu or 410-455-1610.

Raymond M. Hoff
Director of JCET ]]>