The First NEWS PI Kick-Off Meeting
September 7-9, 2005
The first NEWS PI kick-off meeting was held September 7-9, 2005.
The meeting was held at:
NASA/Goddard Institue for Space Studies
2880 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
→ Click here for the agenda (new window)
→ NEWS (NASA Energy and Water cycle Study) PI Kick-off meeting Attendees (new window)
→ NEWS Team Information
→ POC Information
→ Linkage Partners present at NEWS PI Kick-off Meeting
Information
Click here for the PowerPoint presentation template - (PowerPoint format, 304 KB )
- NEWS Implementation Plan (http://wec.gsfc.nasa.gov/ip/index.html#ip): This document was prepared by the NEWS Science Integration Team (NSIT) and selected guests about 1 year ago. We need to develop an action plan to update, review, and eventually publish this plan.
- NEWS Product & Discovery Abstracts (http://wec.gsfc.nasa.gov/abstracts/): We have posted all the NEWS project abstracts, and encourage you to review them. Please take special note of required areas of collaboration to be discussed at the GISS meeting.
- NEWS tasks & gaps (Click here for the Excel spreadsheet - 98 KB): The NSIT has done a preliminary mapping of the current funded NEWS investigations against the NEWS-IP tasks. We request that each NEWS team re-evaluate this mapping so that we have a better assessment of the NEWS gaps and needs. Please forward your revisions to Debbie Belvedere (debbie@iges.org.)
- GEWEX NEWS Article: Jared Entin and Paul Houser prepared a short GEWEX article describing the NEWS program and vision, (PDF, 192 KB) which may be a good overview and introduction to orient you. As part of the Friday activities, Jared solicited opinions on the realism of this vision and potential alternative perspectives.
Other NEWS Information
NEWS Science Integration Team Point of Contact (POC)
The NSIT-POC assigned to your project should have made contact with you and negotiated the science content of your project based on your projects reviews, mapping against the NEWS-IP, and integration with the rest of the NEWS team. They should also have discussed upcoming tasks that will be needed prior to the GISS meeting, including defining needs and interfaces between projects and the NSIT, revising the NEWS "GAP" table, and revisions to the NEWS-IP, among others. After the POC is satisfied with the science revisions, they should forward the recommendations to Jared to handle the budget negotiations and funding arrangements. If you have not completed this process, please work with your POC, Jared, or Paul Houser to get this processes finalized soon. You can see your POC's name on the GISS agenda.
NEWS Project Flexibility
As stated in the NRA, selected NEWS investigations will be expected to interact proactively with other NEWS investigators to optimize progress toward integrating NASA Earth Science Enterprise System components to make decisive progress toward the NEWS challenge. This will require some modification of investigators' tasks to optimize integration (i.e. identify and eliminate areas of potential overlap) and fill NEWS team gaps as they become apparent. This will require frequent communication via telephone conferences and by attending at least two (TBD) NEWS team meetings per year. A required NEWS team kick-off meeting was already held on Sept. 7-9, at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City.
NSIT Defined
A NEWS Science Integration Team has been established by the Associate Administrator to serve and enable the integration of your science activities with other NEWS investigations and other NASA research foci and activities. The NSIT will serve as an interface to NASA system components, and to coordinate and integrate the results of the NEWS product- and discovery-driven investigations to provide a pathway for the results of NEWS investigations to be implemented and retained as NASA system components. The NSIT will develop and provide shared NEWS services such as information technology, communication, and planning that will be designed to enhance cross-project collaboration and integration. The current members of the NSIT are: Robert Schiffer (UMBC), Eni Njoku (NASA-JPL), Adam Schlosser (MIT), Bing Lin (NASA-LaRC), Bill Rossow (NASA-GSFC-GISS), Bill Lapenta (NASA-MSFC), Paul Houser (GMU-CREW), and Jared Entin (NASA-HQ). Paul Houser serves at the NEWS project scientist, and Jared Entin serves as the NEWS project manager.
NEWS Team Information
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Project #
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POC
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PI
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E-Mail
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Co-Is
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PI Kick off Presentation
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D020
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Eni Njoku
Ph: (818) 354-3693
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Jay Famiglietti
Ph: (949) 824-9434
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jfamigli@uci.edu
chambers@csr.utexas.edu
isabella@colorado.edu
Nerem@colorado.edu
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Don Chambers, UT Austin; Steve Nerem,
CU Boulder; Isabella Velicogna,
JPL
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A
Study of the First Global Measurements of the Water Cycle
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D044
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Bill Rossow
Ph: (212) 678-5567
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John Roads
Ph: (858) 534-2099
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jroads@ucsd.edu
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N/A
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Global
Water and Energy Budgets
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D114
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Eni Njoku
Ph: (818) 354-3693
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William (Bill) Olson
Ph: (301) 614-6314
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olson@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
grecu@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
shie@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Mircea Grecu (GEST/UMBC and GSFC)
Chung-Lin Shie (GEST/UMBC and GSFC)
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Calibration
and Analysis of Global Latent Heating Estimates Using Passive and Active Microwave Sensor Data
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D118
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Bill Lapenta
Ph: (256) 961-7834
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Ruby Leung
Ph: (509) 372-6182
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Ruby.Leung@pnl.gov
daniel@vms.huji.ac.il
steve.ghan@pnl.gov
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Daniel Rosenfield, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Steven J. Ghan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Aerosol
Effects on Cold Season Orographic Precipitation and Water Resources in the
Western US
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D209
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Bill Lapenta
Ph: (256) 961-7834
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Allen Betts
Ph: (802) 483-2087
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Akbetts@aol.com
Michael.Bosilovich@nasa.gov
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Mike Bosilovich (GSFC)
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Understanding
the coupling of surface, boundary layer, cloud and radiative processes in the Global Water and Energy Cycle
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D423
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Paul Houser
Ph: (301) 902-1276
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Siegfried Schubert
Ph: (301) 614-6145
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siegfried.d.schubert@nasa.gov
Max.J.Suarez@nasa.gov
pegion@janus.gsfc.nasa.gov
gutzler@unm.edu
dennisl@u.washington.edu
Aris.Georgakakos@gwri.org
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Max Suarez, Randal Koster, Philip Pegion (NASA/GSFC/
GMAO) Dave Gutzler (UNM), Dennis Lettenmaier (UW), Aris Georgakakos (Georgia Tech)
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On
the Causes and Predictability of Multi-Year North American Droughts with
Applications to Drought Monitoring and Water Management
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D471
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Adam Schlosser
Ph: (617) 253-3983
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Scott Denning
Ph: (970) 491-6936
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denning@atmos.colostate.edu
lixin@atmos.colostate.edu
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Lixin Lu, Colorado State University
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A
Global Vegetation Modeling System for NEWS
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P226
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Adam Schlosser
Ph: (617) 253-3983
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Randy Koster
Ph: (301) 614-5781
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Randal.D.Koster@nasa.gov
Max.J.Suarez@nasa.gov
reichle@gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov
bacmj@janus.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Max Suarez (GMAO, NASA/GSFC)
Rolf Reichle,
Julio Bacmeister
(UMBC/GEST)
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Effects
of Land-Atmosphere Coupling Strength and Soil Moisture Initialization
Uncertainty on Subseasonal Rainfall and Temperature Prediction
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P053
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Bing Lin
Ph: (757) 864-9823
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Frank Wentz
Ph: (707) 545-2904
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frank.wentz@remss.com
hilburn@remss.com
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Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems
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A
Hydrologically-Consistent Multi-Satellite Climatology of Water Vapor
Transport, Evaporation and Precipitation Over the Oceans
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P133
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Bing Lin
Ph: (757) 864-9823
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Tim Liu
Ph: (818) 354-2394
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liu@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov
wqt@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov
Xiaosu.Xie@jpl.nasa.gov
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Wenqing Tang & Xiaosu Xie (JPL)
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Oceanic
Influence on Global Hydrological Cycle
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P134
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Adam Schlosser
Ph: (617) 253-3983
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Brian Soden
Ph: (305) 421-4916
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b.soden@miami.edu
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Viju John, Angie Pendergrass; Rosenstiel School
for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Miami
Collaborators: Held, Ramaswamy, NOAA/GFDL
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The
Sensitivity of the Global Water and Energy Cycles: An Integrated Assessment
of Models and Observations
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P143
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Bill Lapenta
Ph: (256) 961-7834
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Mike Bosilovich
Ph: (301) 614-6147
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Michael.Bosilovich@nasa.gov
Pete.Robertson@msfc.nasa.gov
Robert.F.Adler@nasa.gov
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Pete Robertson (NASA MSFC),
Robert Adler (NASA GSFC)
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Evaluation
of NASA's Global Water Cycle Data: Interannual variability, interdecadal
changes and trends
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P147
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Bill Rossow
(212) 678-5567
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Tristan L'Ecuyer
Ph: (970) 491-8370
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tristan@atmos.colostate.edu
stephens@atmos.colostate.edu
luo@atmos.colostate.edu
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Graeme Stephens and Zhengzhao Luo;
Colorado State University
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New
Satellite Energy Balance and Water Cycle Products for the Study of
Interactions between Atmospheric Hydrology and the Earth's Radiation Budget
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P152
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Adam Schlosser
Ph: (617) 253-3983
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Bob Adler
Ph: (301) 614-6290
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Robert.F.Adler@nasa.gov
huffman@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
ggu@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
curtisw@mail.ecu.edu
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George Huffman (GSFC/SSAI), Guojun Gu (GSFC/GEST), Scott Curtis (East
Carolina U.)
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Global
Precipitation Analysis for Climate and Weather Studies
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P170
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Bing Lin
Ph: (757) 864-9823
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Eric Fetzer
Ph: (818) 354-0649
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Eric.J.Fetzer@jpl.nasa.gov
bjorn.lambrigtsen@jpl.nasa.gov
William.F.Irion@jpl.nasa.gov
bill@mls.jpl.nasa.gov
duane.waliser@jpl.nasa.gov
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Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, Fredrick W. Irion, William
G. Read and Duane E. Waliser, JPL
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A
Merged Atmospheric Water Data Set from the A-Train
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P179
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Bob Schiffer
Ph: (410) 455-8810
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Bruce Wielicki
Ph: (757) 864-5683i
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b.a.wielicki@larc.nasa.gov
David.M.Winker@nasa.gov
Thomas.P.Charlock@nasa.gov
Paul.W.Stackhouse@nasa.gov
P.Minnis@nasa.gov
KUAN-MAN.XU@nasa.gov
stephens@atmos.colostate.edu
wcollins@ucar.edu
n.g.loeb@larc.nasa.gov
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David Winker, Thomas
Charlock, Paul Stackhouse, Patrick
Minnis, Kuan-man Xu, NASA LaRC, Graeme Stephens,
Colorado State University, William Collins, NCAR, Norman Loeb, Hampton University,
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An
A-Train Integrated Aerosol, Cloud, and Radiation Data Product
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P223
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Bill Rossow
Ph: (212) 678-5567
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Judy Curry
Ph: (404) 894-3948
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curryja@eas.gatech.edu
pjw@eas.gatech.edu
edl@eas.gatech.edu
clayson@met.fsu.edu
ar2235@columbia.edu
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Peter Webster, Emanuele
DiLorenzo, Georgia Tech,
Carol Ann
Clayson, Florida State, Anastasia Romanou, Columbia Univ.
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Global
Analysis of Ocean Surface Fluxes of Heat and Freshwater
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P265
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Paul Houser
Ph: (301) 902-1276
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Brian Hornbuckle
Ph: (515) 294-9868
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bkh@iastate.edu
witold-krajewski@uiowa.edu
william-eichinger@uiowa.edu
anton-kruger@uiowa.edu
kaleita@iastate.edu
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Witold Krajewski (U of Iowa), William Eichinger (U of Iowa),
Anton Kruger (Uof Iowa), Amy Kaleita (ISU)
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A
Prototype Remote Sensing Validation Site:Towards a Multi-Variable Approach to
Validating and Scaling Remotely-Sensed Observations of the Water Cycle
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P433
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Adam Schlosser
Ph: (617) 253-3983
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Soroosh Sorooshian
Ph: (949) 824-8821
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soroosh@uci.edu
kuolinh@uci.edu
bimam@uci.edu
gaox@uci.edu
yanghong@uci.edu
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Kuolin
Hsu, Bisher Imam, Xiaogang Gao, and Yang Hong, UC Irvine
Phillip
Arkin,
University of Maryland
EyalAmitai, George Mason
University
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The
Challenges of Utilizing Satellite Precipitation Data for Hydrologic Applications
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P435
and
P077
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Paul Houser
Ph: (301) 902-1276
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Christa Peters-Lidard
Ph: (301) 614-5811
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Christa.D.Peters-Lidard@nasa.gov
Michael.Bosilovich@nasa.gov
Matthew.Rodell@nasa.gov
William.K.Lau@nasa.gov
sntnello@hsb.gsfc.nasa.gov
jchern@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wei-Kuo.Tao-1@nasa.gov
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Mike Bosilovich (NASA/GSFC), Matt Rodell (NASA/GSFC), William Lau (NASA/GSFC) Joe Santanello (UMBC/GEST), Jiun-Dar
Chern (UMBC/GEST)
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NASA
model and observation products for the study of land atmosphere coupling and
its impact on water and energy cycles
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P448
D458
and
P008
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Paul Houser
Ph: (301) 902-1276
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Matt Rodell
Ph: (301) 286-9143
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Matthew.Rodell@nasa.gov
Christa.D.Peters-Lidard@nasa.gov
reichle@gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov
skumar@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov
jesse@hsb.gsfc.nasa.gov
rkelly@glacier.gsfc.nasa.gov
reichle@gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Christa Peters-Lidard (NASA/GSFC), Rolf Reichle (UMBC/GEST), Sujay Kumar (UMBC/GEST), Jesse Meng (UMBC/GEST), Richard Kelly (UMBC/GEST)
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Integration
of Energy and Water Cycle Research Products in a Global Land Surface Modeling
and Assimilation System
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POC Information
Linkage Partners present at NEWS PI Kick-off Meeting
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