Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology

Congratulations to Noah Sienkiewicz who received prestigious award from NASA

Noah Sienkiewicz is working alongside NASA and UMBC colleagues to design and build HARP2, an instrument that will launch on NASA’s PACE mission in 2024.

2020-2021 UMBC Research Faculty Excellence Award

Humans are Throwing Earth’s Energy Budget off Balance

The first continuous near real-time observations of how humans are increasing Earth’s greenhouse effect, developed by NASA & university partners. The research directly demonstrates how human activities are responsible for changing the climate.

Banwell 610HBG Science Highlight

Research

Hoosier National Forest Prescribed Burns & Increased Ozone Levels in Maryland July 20, 2021
The NOAA Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product image above shows an increased concentration of smoke coming from the mid-west United States. The Aerosol Watch image above supports this claim as there is an increased concentration of AODs in the same region of the United States as shown in the image above. The AirNow […]
Reynold Bascal
Fires in Northwestern Ontario July 19, 2021
The Canadian Fire Hotspot Map above shows an increased concentration of hotspots on the border between Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. The NOAA Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product image above supports this claim as there is an increased concentration of smoke originating from the same area shown above. The Copernicus Global Forecast image above […]
Reynold Bascal
Fires in British Columbia and Oregon July 18, 2021
The NOAA Hazard Mapping System and Fire and Smoke Product image above shows two sources of heavy concentration of smoke originating from Oregon and British Columbia. The NOAA Aerosol Watch image above supports this claim as there is a similar cloud of dense AODs that follows the same path as shown by the image above. […]
Reynold Bascal