SNR will host an Environmental Characterization Workshop from Sept. 16-18 in Hardin Hall on UNL's East Campus and at the Mead Agricultural and Research Development Center.
The workshop officially begins with an Aerosol Plenary Session on Sept. 16 that will feature atmospheric chemistry and aerosol experts like Georg Grell and Zhiquan Liu.
On Sept. 17, multiple technical interchange meetings among SNR faculty, graduate students, staff and personnel from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Air Force Weather Agency, National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Developmental Testbed Center will take place. All meetings will occur in Hardin Hall room 901, unless otherwise specified.
John Eylander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research Lab is set to deliver a special water seminar on the NASA Land Information System at 3:30 p.m., Sept. 17 in the Hardin Hall auditorium. The day's activities will conclude with a poster session and social in the Hardin Hall lobbies. All faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend.
On Sept. 18, the visiting scientists and selected SNR faculty and staff will visit the CALMIT Spec Lab and travel to the Mead Agricultural Research and Development Center to view various instrumentation and research activities conducted by SNR. The afternoon will feature a presentation on the NASA Unified WRF Model by Joe Santanello of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
The workshop aims to assemble a diverse set of scientists from across the environmental characterization stakeholder community to identify areas of current and future collaboration, and to introduce stakeholders to Mead ARDC and the Mead Testbed concept.
Additionally, the workshop strives to obtain commitment from UNL to adopt baselines of various technologies that will enable UNL to become the premier research hub for environmental characterization capable of fulfilling the operational requirements of Air Force Weather and other agencies.
The full workshop agenda is available at http://go.unl.edu/5ftx.
Questions regarding the workshop can be directed to Eric Hunt, staff scientist at Atmospheric and Environmental Research, at 402-294-3616 or ehunt@aer.com.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/5ftx