NASA Goddard Scientist Present at Annual AMS Meeting

Scientists from Goddard presented findings on a variety of Earth science topics at the American Meteorological Society's 83rd Annual Meeting, which was held at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, in Long Beach, Calif., this week.

Presentation were given on:

NASA Goes On-Line with Extra-Tropical Storm Tracks
Mark Chandler, a Columbia University geologist at Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), presented on the development of the on-line atlas that shows extra-tropical storm tracks between 1961 and 1998. The atlas can be used by "climatologists investigating the impact of global warming on storms, the images and data have also been used by fisheries, foreign meteorological services, researchers tracking historic storms, and by teachers and students.''

Convective Bursts and Hot Towers Observed During CAMEX-3 and CAMEX-4
Gerald Heymsfield of NASA Goddard and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County will present findings from the Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX) missions on the role of convective bursts in the inner core regions of tropical storms. Recently, a convective burst was documented during Hurricane Bonnie during NASA's CAMEX-3, in 1998.

In addition to the presentations, Steven Graham and Katherine Bender from Goddard held a live interactive web program (webcasts) about the AQUA mission. The webcasts contained solid educational content that was broadcast via the Internet to a variety of formal and informal education audiences' webcasts for the Aqua satellite mission. The Goddard Special Project Initiatives (SPI) Office produced the Webcasts.

A book signing was held for Dr. Joanne Simpson for the named monograph dedicated to her: Cloud Systems, Hurricanes, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Dr. David Atlas, a founding father or radar meteorology for his copies of his recently published book Reflections: A Memoir.

In addition, there was a special two-day Simpsons Symposium honoring Drs. Robert and Joanne Simpson. The symposium honored their careers and pioneering work in several aspects of meteorological areas of earth science.

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