2023 NOAA CoRP Science Symposium
2023-07-24 - 2023-07-27 | Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin—Madison,, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
The 2023 CoRP Symposium will be held 25-27 July 2023 at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, hosted by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. The symposium brings together students, researchers, and NOAA leaders to share information and engage in scientific discussion in an equitable, informal, and collegial environment.
The symposium will showcase student research through presentations and posters and provide opportunities for professional development. The theme for this year’s symposium will be “An Evolving NOAA Science Community to Benefit Society” and events will include diverse open mentor panels discussing different career paths and the opportunity to build future career relationships across NOAA/NESDIS, NESDIS Cooperative Institutes (CI), the Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (CESSRST), Cooperative Science Centers (CSC), and affiliated students, postdocs, and junior scientists.
The Cooperative Research Programs (CoRP) Division of NESDIS’ Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) manages a research coalition of the federal government and universities. CoRP’s branches and Institutes work together on remote sensing of the environment.
Date: July 25-27, 2023
Location: The Pyle Center is UW-Madison’s conference facility is located at 702 Langdon Street, along the southern shore of Lake Mendota near the famed Memorial Union Terrace. The meeting will be held room 335
Registration: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/corp-2023/

NOAA Seminar Series: The Drivers and Consequences of Social Vulnerability to Disasters
2023-07-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Event: NOAA Seminar Series
Title: The Drivers and Consequences of Social Vulnerability to Disasters
Presenter: Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Wendy Prudencio, Gwendolyn Alexandre
Date: Jul 26, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-1:00 PM
Sponsors: NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory.
Seminar Contact: jan.kazil@noaa.gov
Remote Access: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7124906149160869466
Abstract: The Social Vulnerability and Resilience Lab (SOLVER) Research Lab is dedicated to advancing our understanding of social vulnerability, resilience, and preparedness in the face of disasters. SOLVER lab research adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from fields such as anthropology, atmospheric science, sociology, political science, and critical geography. By doing so, the SOLVER Lab aims to contribute to and enrich these diverse fields while also developing innovative disaster recovery policies. The primary goal of these policies is to address the inequalities in disaster response and mitigate the potentially fatal consequences that arise from such disparities. The research highlights several key drivers and consequences of social vulnerability to disasters. Lab members will provide insight into the factors influencing the provision and restoration of electricity in the wake of disasters, with a particular emphasis on the case of Puerto Rico after hurricane María. Wendy Prudencio will focus on the factors that influence post-disaster population displacement, including unequal access to flood insurance. This research sheds light on how the availability and accessibility of insurance coverage impact the movement of people during and after disasters. Gwendolyn Alexandre explores the concept of compounding hazards, where multiple threats or hazards overlap or occur in succession, exacerbating the vulnerabilities of affected communities. By examining these compounding hazards, the research deepens our understanding of the complex dynamics that contribute to social vulnerability during and after disasters. Overall, the work conducted by the SOLVER Research Lab seeks to provide critical insights into the complexities of social vulnerability and resilience. By pushing the boundaries of existing knowledge and proposing alternative approaches to disaster resource allocation, the lab aims to reduce inequalities in disaster response and minimize the devastating consequences that marginalized communities often face.

First Annual CESSRST-II Symposium
2023-07-31 - 2023-08-03 | Grove School of Engineering, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031, United States
**This event is by invitation Only**

The First Annual CESSRST-II Symposium will take place from Monday, July 31, 2023 to August 3, 2023 at the City College of New York. The event is a is a chance for students to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a larger audience. The Symposium provides a forum for students, faculty, and the community to discuss cutting edge remote sensing research topics and to examine the connection between research and education. The Symposium includes poster and presentation sessions, oral presentations and networking. Join us!
Dates: Monday, July 31 – Thursday, August 3, 2023
Location: The City College of New York
Agenda: Download here
Lodging/Hotel Recommendation: Aloft Harlem (Marriot)
Aloft Hotel is a vibrant, tech-savvy hotel, it is less than a 10-minute walk from can’t-miss attractions, including the famous Apollo Theater, iconic Central Park, and the fast-paced community of Harlem itself. City Bike, NYC’s bike share program is only one block away for a fun and affordable way to explore the city. It is a short 20-minute walk (Google Map) from the Grove School of Engineering, City College (Symposium Location),
From JFK/LGA Airport

Taxis and rideshares are available at the airports.
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From the West Side Highway: Exit at 125th Street. Cross Broadway and turn left onto Amsterdam Avenue. The College is at 138th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
From the East Side: Take the FDR or the RFK (formerly Triborough) Bridge to Harlem River Drive. Exit at 135th Street. Continue to St. Nicholas Avenue and turn right, then left onto 141st Street. Turn left onto Convent Avenue. The campus begins at 140th Street and Convent Avenue.

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NOAA Seminar Series: Mapping and monitoring turbidity in estuaries using remote sensing
2023-08-09 13:00 - 13:30
Title: Mapping and monitoring turbidity in estuaries using remote sensing and in-situ measurements
Speaker: Stephany Garcia, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at SDSU
Date: August 9, 20223
Time: 1:00 PM ET
Venue: Virtual
Meeting Link : meet.google.com/xjr-zfee-aet
Phone Number
(‪US‬)‪+1 219-321-0478‬
PIN: ‪651 945 406#‬
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Abstract:
Satellite imagery of Southern California’s Tijuana River Outlet shows frequent turbid water plumes extending out into coastal water after storms and cross border flow events (Ayad et al., 2020). Turbid water has high concentrations of organic and inorganic materials that can carry harmful bacteria and pathogens (Warrick et al., 2012). In fresh and saline water systems, such as estuaries, water reflectance can reveal information about the biological productivity at different trophic states, benthic environment suppression, nutrient cycling, and the overall habitat quality for water-dependent organisms (Barbier et al., 2011; Topp et al., 2020). However, reflectance-based turbidity mapping is complicated by atmospheric conditions, clouds, and the reflectance of bottom materials in shallow water. Understanding the timing, frequency, and duration of turbid water events is often site-specific, because of regional climate, varying anthropogenic pressures, sediment loading rates, and geology (Elliott & McLusky, 2002). For my NERTO, a shallow water turbidity algorithm was used to identify turbidity hotspots in the tidal inland channels of TRNERR using the Sentinel-2 satellites. The goal was to quantify the accuracy of turbidity maps created from remote sensing by conducting Kayak Surveys and testing the water for suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) and Loss on Ignition (LOI). Initial findings revealed that ordering and receiving materials post-COVID was not possible in the course during a three-month NERTO period. Additionally, because of high contamination levels in the TJR Estuary, fieldwork was often prohibited. Moreover, because the data sondes we are using have 6+ sensors, equipment knowledge, and troubleshooting became an essential part of my NERTO experience

NOAA Seminar Series: Uncertainties in the retrieval of remote sensing reflectance from OC satellite observations
2023-08-09 13:30 - 14:00
Title: Uncertainties in the retrieval of remote sensing reflectance from OC satellite observations
Speaker: Eder Herrera Estrella, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at CUNY
Date: August 9, 20223
Time: 1:30 PM ET
Venue: Virtual
Meeting Link : meet.google.com/xjr-zfee-aet
Phone Number
(‪US‬)‪+1 219-321-0478‬
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Abstract:
Uncertainties in retrieving remote sensing reflectance, Rrs, from Ocean Color (OC) satellite sensors have a substantial impact on the performance of algorithms, such as for the estimation of chlorophyll-a concentrations, and inherent optical properties (IOPs). The impact is highest in the blue bands, especially in coastal waters with low blue-band Rrs values. Sunlight propagates to the water and back to the top of the atmosphere (TOA) with the total radiance measured by the sensor capturing the radiances related to the instantaneous state of in-water conditions, sky, and sunlight reflected from the wind-roughened wave facets and light scattered on molecules and aerosols in the atmosphere. All these components are associated with uncertainties, which together with the effects of the instrument noise and uncertainties in aerosol models in the atmospheric correction process, contribute to uncertainties in the retrieved water-leaving radiance and remote sensing reflectance. Assuming that these uncertainties are mostly proportional to the corresponding radiances and taking advantage of the differences in the spectra of these radiances, we analyzed the contribution of the components above to the total Rrs uncertainties in the SNPP-VIIRS level 2products for multiple scenes in the open ocean and coastal waters at different spatial resolutions. Results are complemented by data from several AERONET-OC sites and the VIIRS validation/calibration cruises and showed that the Rayleigh component (molecular scattering and surface effects) is the main source of 𝑅𝑟𝑠 uncertainties for any water type followed by water variability, which has a bigger role in coastal areas, while the contributions of other components including aerosol scattering are usually smaller

NOAA Seminar Series: Remote sensing of anthropogenic debris in stream channels
2023-08-22 13:00 - 13:30
Title: Remote sensing of anthropogenic debris in stream channels
Speaker: Elena Aguilar, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at SDSU
Date: August 22, 20223
Time: 1:30 PM ET
Venue: Virtual
Meeting Link : meet.google.com/ead-ypxo-gvb
Phone Number
(‪US‬)‪+1 219-321-0478‬
PIN: ‪651 945 406#‬
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Abstract:
Inadequate management of anthropogenic waste is a challenge for coastal waters in the US-Mexico border region. Managing waste requires detecting and monitoring locations where uncontrolled disposal and debris accumulation occurs at high rates. Watershed-scale remote sensing can aid the understanding of the distribution, pools, and fluxes of plastic materials in pluvial systems. The Los Laureles Canyon watershed (LLCW), located in Tijuana, Mexico, is a large source of plastic pollution for the Tijuana River Estuary in Imperial Beach, California. Through a combination of field, laboratory, and remote sensing methods, we identified surficial plastic materials and waste hotspots in LLCW and 6 visually assessed the utility of spectral mixture models and WorldView-3 (WV3) shortwave infrared (SWIR) broadband imagery for plastic mapping. Field trash surveys conducted in LLCW reveal channel reaches have large scale waste patches (4-10m²) as a result of dumping. Laboratory reflectance spectroscopy was used to characterize the diversity of plastic reflectance and assess spectral signatures to inform multispectral image analysis. Samples processed to date show plastics have consistent absorptions at about 1210 nm, 1410 nm, 1660-1730nm, and 2100-2300nm wavelengths, depending on the polymer type. When convolved to the spectral response function of the WV3 sensor, mean plastic reflectance retains prominent features between 1660-1730 nm and above 2200 nm wavelengths, similar to an image endmember observed through principal components analysis of LLCW imagery. A spectral mixture model uses the matched filtering algorithm and selected image endmember to map built-environment plastic infrastructure and waste hotspots in areas explored during field visits.

NOAA Seminar Series: Arctic Feedbacks on Trace Gas Compositions.
2023-08-22 13:30 - 14:00
Title: Arctic Feedbacks on Trace Gas Compositions.
Speaker: Francia Tenorio, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at SDSU
Date: August 22, 20223
Time: 1:30 PM ET
Venue: Virtual
Meeting Link : meet.google.com/ead-ypxo-gvb
Phone Number
(‪US‬)‪+1 219-321-0478‬
PIN: ‪651 945 406#‬
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Abstract:
Polar ecosystems are warming faster than any other region on Earth (IPCC 2022), posing many implications for tundra landscapes. The accelerated warming in the Arctic influences the rate and movement of nutrients in the soil and water, plant growth, microbial decomposition, and thawing of the permafrost processes that occur across the landscape. This can release greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. Since permafrost regions hold over half of all the estimated organic carbon stored in Earth’s soils and 40-60 Pg of nitrogen, it is essential to understand changes across the Arctic landscape and how this influences climate dynamics locally and globally. Thermokarst formations, which typically occur during the thawing of the permafrost, may be sources of emissions in tundra landscapes and a reflection of rapid climate change. Microtopographic features, particularly bare soils, may be a hotspot for GHGs. The webinar will present a mapping effort of such features via remote sensing techniques in a tundra ecosystem near Utqiaġvik, Alaska, emphasizing the monitoring GHGs from such features.

Climate Seminar Series: Managing Fisheries in a Changing Climate
2023-09-14 12:00 - 13:00
Event: NOAA EPP/MSI CSC Climate Change Seminar Series
Title: Managing Fisheries in a Changing Climate
Presenter: Wendy Morrison (Hosted by University of Maryland, Eastern Shore)
Date: September 14, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-1:00 PM
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details to join the event
About the Seminar Series.
Join NOAA’s EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers for this lecture series featuring scientists from NOAA Fisheries and NOAA Research. These monthly seminars will be hosted by the lead institution, virtually or hybrid throughout the 2023-2024 academic year. For more information, please visit, https://research.noaa.gov/noaa-csc/

Radar Workshop
2023-09-14 13:00 - 2023-09-15 16:30 | City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, 10031
The Radar Workshop is a three hours workshop on the theory and use of weather radar data including hands-on section where participants download and display data.
Dates
Thursday, September 14, 2023 |1-4 pm EST
Repeat: Friday, September 15, 2023 | 1-4 pm EST
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This workshop is a 2 hours content, 1 hour guided hands-on instruction, 1 hour optional practice. Workshop will employ NOAA’s Weather and Climate Toolkit installed on lab computers, but can be easily installed on personal computers.
Topics Includes:

Brief history of weather radars
How radars work
Estimation of precipitation rate from radar & multi-sensor observations
Detection of precipitation type from polarimetric radarmeasurements
Limitations in precipitation estimation due to beam geometry,bright bands & topography
Doppler & estimation of wind velocity, shear & wind profiles
Severe Storm detection: mesocyclones, tornadoes, downbursts,straight line winds, hail
Where to access radar data and derived products
Intro to working with radar data & making imagery

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Professional Development Series: Survey Design and Social Science Integration in Research
2023-09-18 14:00 - 15:30
CCME-II Professional Development Series (Fall 2023)
Title: Survey Design and Social Science Integration in Research
Speaker: Dr. Brittany King, Environmental Scientist, NOAA/NCCOS
Date: September 18, 2023
Time: 2pm
Zoom Link: https://famu.zoom.us/j/91331844557

5th NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences
2023-09-19 11:30 - 2023-09-21 15:30
Event: 5th NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences
Location: Virtual
Date: September 19 – 21, 2023
Time: 9:00 AM-1:30pm MDT (each day) i.e. 11:30am – 3:30pm EST
Note: Because of limited capacity, each campus will have a viewing location.
For CUNY fellows and faculty mentors, who wish to attend to join us for this event (in-person) at the Grove School of Engineering, Room ST-513
For Non-CUNY Fellows and faculty, please reach out to your respective campus PI for more information.
For more information about this event, please visit https://www.noaa.gov/ai/events/5th-noaa-ai-workshop-2023
This virtual workshop will focus on collaboration building and active development of AI-powered applications and community standards. We invite developers, data scientists, domain experts, social scientists, and downstream users to form small teams around different use cases that are relevant to NOAA mission areas. In this interactive workshop, we aim to foster collaboration around two themes:
Benchmarking Framework: AI research and development in environmental sciences require a benchmarking framework to ensure objective evaluation and accelerate adoption. The discussion around benchmarking framework will include high-priority application areas that are relevant to NOAA mission areas, AI-ready data sets, baseline models, desired performance metrics, cataloging mechanisms, and governance needs.
Research-to-Operation-to-Research (R2O2R): R2O2R is a critical process to enable research and development activities to be transitioned into operational environments while evolving operational needs can further inspire new research. The workshop will focus on identifying the challenges caused by the differences, if any, between the R2O2R processes for AI and traditional applications that have been implemented by NOAA and the community.

Doctoral Dissertation: "Assessing drivers of biogeochemical variability in vulnerable coastal areas" - Alana Menendez
2023-09-20 10:00 - 12:00 | City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, 10031
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Alana Menendez, PhD Candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, will be presenting her PhD thesis research at 10:00 (ET) on Wednesday, September 20th.
The title of Alana’s dissertation is “Eyes on the Sound: Assessing drivers of biogeochemical variability in vulnerable coastal areas”.
Where:
CCNY Center for Discovery and Innovation
Building Room 4-352 (4th floor conference room),
85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10031.
Time: 10am
Or, you can also connect via zoom:
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Meeting ID: 988 9028 5478
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Social Science Community of Practice Meeting (CoP)
2023-09-26 12:00 - 13:00
CESSRT-II Social Science Meeting: Student Cohort Community of Practice Meeting
Social science community of practice meeting.
Date: September 26, 2023 at 12p,

Extracting Features from Satellite Imagery for Climate Justice and the Commercial Market
2023-09-26 12:30 - 13:30 | City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, 10031
Title: Extracting Features from Satellite Imagery for Climate Justice and the Commercial Market
Date: September 26, 2023
Time: 12:30 – 1:30pm
Presenters: Dr. Jose Pillich & Ryan Kmetz
Register: Click here to register for the event
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and earth observation technologies are revolutionizing how we understand and interact with our environment. By gathering and analyzing geographic, remotely sensed, and other environmental data, researchers and activists now have more tools than ever before to reveal environmental injustices and advocate for change. This talk will provide an overview of key GIS concepts and earth observation technologies, focusing on their application for climate justice. We’ll explore how satellite imagery, drones, sensor networks, and spatial analysis can uncover pollution sources, track deforestation, map social vulnerability, model climate impacts, and more. These technologies make environmental data more accessible, allowing communities to better understand threats to their health and environment. However, technology alone is not enough – true climate justice requires giving communities agency over these tools and data, not just extracting value from them.
About Authors
Dr. Jose L. Pillich is a NOAA CESSRST Alumni. he earned all of his degrees from the City University of New York City (CUNY). Dr. Pillich received a Bachelor of Arts, Major in Urban Studies from Hunter College, New York in 2007. He received his Master’s in Urban Planning, Hunter College, in 2010. He later earned his doctoral degree at the CUNY Graduate Center in Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2018. He completed his Postdoctoral Research at Brooklyn College, in 2019. Throughout his education, his primary research interests have been at the intersection of urban planning and using geospatial techniques that lead to enhancing social, environmental, and economic systems. Furthermore, he has also lived abroad and traveled extensively, with a strong interest in exploring diverse cultures and ways of life. With over 15 years of working in the private and public sectors, Dr. Pillich has become an interdisciplinary researcher with extensive experience in geospatial/data analysis, urban planning, sustainability, environmental, financial service, and transportation. With these broad experiences, Dr. Pillich has applied this knowledge to work as an adjunct professor, consultant, and researcher presenting at major academic conferences that have led to published journal articles.
With over ten years of experience, Ryan Kmetz has worked on projects that address the intersection of sustainability, climate, environment, and resilience in both private and public sectors. He has worked with various types of environmental and climate data through different kinds of projects. Ryan holds a Master’s of Science in Environmental Studies – Sustainable Development and Climate Change from Antioch University New England and a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Le Moyne College. He also has an Environmental Sustainability Professional Credential from the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure. Ryan is an expert in listening to stakeholder’s needs to help them analyze and aggregate geospatial datasets, commonly known as mapping data. He believes in data-driven storytelling as a crucial tool to engage communities and advocate for a healthier and more resilient environment. Ryan aims to provide stakeholders with access to technology and materials they may not have had in the past through his work with GIS and other cutting-edge data tools.
This talk will discuss strategies for democratizing environmental data access and enabling participatory mapping, crowdsourcing, and citizen science initiatives. Join us as we explore how emerging technologies can empower action for climate justice, if guided by principles of equity, inclusion, and community ownership.
The talk will explain the process of ETL (Extract, Transform & Loading) from satellite imagery to dashboard. Specific features are extracted from different satellite imagery and then contextualized with other datasets. Once a new dataset is created, then the data will be loaded into ESRI dashboards for different stakeholders can easily access the data. It will be a non-technical presentation explaining the process and opportunities of these techniques.

CSCs Education Seminar Series: NOAA Corps
2023-09-27 12:30 - 14:00
CSCs Education Seminar Series: NOAA Corps
Speaker: LT Dustin Picard
Date: September 27, 2023 at 12:30pm

Seminar Series: Actionable Earth System Science with and for Society
2023-10-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Grove School of Engineering, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031, United States
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Presenter: Dr. Everette Joseph, Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Title: Actionable Earth System Science with and for Society
Location: Steinman Hall Room 105, Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York
Date/Time: Thursday, October 5, 20232 @ 12:15 – 1:15 pm
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Abstract:
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) was established by the National Science Foundation in 1960 to provide the university community with world-class facilities, capabilities that were beyond the reach of any individual institution. More than a half-century later, NCAR is still delivering on that mission. NCAR develops and applies state-of-the-art resources, including supercomputers, research aircraft, sophisticated computer models, and extensive data sets to empower the university community to solve complex scientific problems related to earth systems science. Our staff of preeminent researchers and engineers work with a wide range of collaborators to take on the current global-scale environmental challenges that are unprecedented in modern history, including weather extremes, wildfires, air pollution, and solar storms. This work is focused advancing fundamental understanding of the Earth as a coupled system — the atmosphere, oceans, land, cryosphere, geospace,
and the Sun — and how it interacts and is influenced by human systems. Providing society with actionable solutions to these challenges is a result of this work.
NCAR also provide rich education and outreach opportunities, from fellowships for early career scientists to free public lectures to scientific workshops. NCAR hosts faculty and student visitors from across the US and the international community to collaborate with our scientists. Dr. Joseph in his seminar will provide an overview of NCAR, review some of the latest research and how NCAR is positioning itself for success in the future. He will also talk about ways students and faculty can collaborate with NCAR to advance their research.
Biography:
Everette Joseph joined NCAR as director in 2019 from the University at Albany, State University of New York, where he was the director of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. While there, Joseph co-led the $30.5 million New York State Mesonet for advanced weather detection and the New York State Center of Excellence for the Weather Enterprise. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on over $90 million in research grants from NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NASA, the Army High Performance Computing Research Center, and other agencies. Joseph has been a member of the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, on the Steering Committee of the NASEM Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from space; the NOAA Science Advisory Board; and the American Meteorological Society Commission on the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise. He also is principal
investigator for the NSF-sponsored US-Taiwan Program for International Research and Education and co-PI on the NOAA Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions.

NOAA Seminar Series: Fostering Collaboration and Advancing Research: A Year-Long Internship at NOAA's Physical Sciences Laboratory
2023-10-05 13:00 - 14:00
Title: Fostering Collaboration and Advancing Research: A Year-Long Internship at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory
Speaker: Julio Ceniceros, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at UTEP
Date: October 5, 20223
Time: 1:00 PM ET
Venue: Virtual
Meeting Link : Register here
Abstract:
Julio Ceniceros, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Texas at El Paso, successfully completed a year-long internship at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, CO, as part of his fellowship with the NOAA Office of Education (OED) under the Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI). During this internship, Julio significantly bolstered the lab’s research capabilities by developing Python script-based tools to process weather balloon sounding datasets and ocean vertical profile datasets, crucial for studying air-sea fluxes—a central research focus of the lab. This experience not only enriched his research skills but also facilitated his professional growth through hands-on development activities. He contributed novel figures and preliminary findings to his host research lab, showcasing the collaborative synergy between academia and the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory and emphasizing the significance of such partnerships in advancing atmospheric and oceanic sciences.

CSCs Education Seminar Series: Finding and Applying for NOAA Mission Jobs
2023-10-11 12:30 - 14:00
CSCs Education Seminar Series: Finding and Applying for NOAA Mission Jobs
Date: October 11, 2023

Climate Seminar Series: Ocean and Climate Change
2023-10-12 12:00 - 13:00
Event: NOAA EPP/MSI CSC Climate Change Seminar Series
Title: Ocean and Climate Change
Presenter: Gabby Kitch and Rik Wanninkhof, NOAA Research (Hosted by FAMU)
Date: October 12, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-1:00 PM
Register: Click here to register
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details to join the event
About the Seminar Series.
Join NOAA’s EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers for this lecture series featuring scientists from NOAA Fisheries and NOAA Research. These monthly seminars will be hosted by the lead institution, virtually or hybrid throughout the 2023-2024 academic year. For more information, please visit, https://research.noaa.gov/noaa-csc/

Seminar Series: Opportunities and Challenges in the Evolving Energy Landscape
2023-10-17 12:30 - 13:30 | City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, 10031
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Title: Navigating the Long Tail of the Grid’s Edge: Opportunities and Challenges in the Evolving Energy Landscape
Presenter: Yael Parag, Professor, Vice Dean & Head of the Energy Program Reichman University (IDC) Herzliya
Date/Time: 12:30– 1:30 pm, Tue, Oct. 17, 2023
Location: Civil Engineering Department, Room 105, Steinman Hall
Zoom: https://ccny.zoom.us/j/85839128635?pwd=[REDACTED]
Abstract
The energy sector is undergoing a transformative shift, akin to the “long tail” concept in business, as decentralization, digitalization, and liberalization redefine electricity systems and markets. This evolution brings forth diverse technologies, new players, and innovative business models, shaping a new energy landscape at the “edge of the grid.” The proliferation of small-scale renewables, smart technologies, and electric vehicles epitomizes the
long tail effect. While this trend holds promise for reducing emissions, enhancing resilience, and fostering social equity, it also poses challenges such as load and grid defection, as well as regulatory adaptations. The lecture will portray the various transformations that occur at the grid’s edge and explore the challenges and opportunities these changes pose for policymakers and stakeholders.
Biography:
Yael Parag is a professor of energy and climate policy. She is the Vice Dean and Head of the Energy Program of the School of Sustainability at Reichman University, Israel. She holds a BSc in biology and an MA and PhD in social sciences (all from Tel Aviv University). Between 2005 and
2011, she was a senior researcher in the Energy Group at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI).
Her research is at the forefront of addressing critical energy challenges, with a primary focus on future and decarbonized electricity systems, energy security, and innovation at the grid’s edge. She studies prosumer markets, peer-to-peer energy trading, microgrids, electricity islands, community
energy, demand flexibility, EV charging management, consumer behavior, and consumer engagement with smart and innovative energy technologies.
In addition, Prof. Parag is studying radical carbon mitigation policies, such as personal carbon trading, while also developing the “middle-out” perspective to analyze the roles of intermediary actors in promoting the energy transition.
Prof. Parag won prestigious and competitive research grants, and her work has been published in leading academic journals. She serves as an editorial board member of the journals “Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews” and “Energy Research and Social Science”

Special Event - Latino In Tech
2023-10-17 17:30 - 19:30 | 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, United States
The office of Manhattan Borough President, Mark Levine, invites you to “Latino in Tech”
Come celebrate and network with Latinos making strides and opening doors in the tech Sector!. It is a great opportunity to recognize their work and network with other professionals in the field , fostering collaborations and visibility for our community
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Time: 5:30pm
Location: 92 Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128

NOAA Seminar Series: Design of a Low SWaP Dual-Band Radiometer for UAS Remote Sensing Applications
2023-10-24 13:00 - 13:30
Title: Design of a Low SWaP Dual-Band Radiometer for UAS Remote Sensing Applications
Speaker: Maria Novoa Garcia, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at UPRM
Date: Ocotber 24, 20223
Time: 1:00 PM ET
Venue: Virtual
Meeting Link : meet.google.com/spo-vxqc-nmb
Phone Number
(‪US‬)‪+1 219-321-0478‬
PIN: ‪651 945 406#‬
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Abstract:
Design of a Low SWaP Dual-Band Radiometer for UAS Remote Sensing Applications Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) is crucial in oceanographic, coastal, atmospheric, and other applications. Knowing this variable well allows the scientific community to understand and monitor the behavior of both the ocean and the atmosphere. This way, the government and other stakeholders can make better decisions to protect life and property based on analysis and conclusions by NOAA scientists. During my NOAA Experiential Research and Training Opportunities (NERTO), our research focused on studying further which variables significantly impact the measurement of sea surface salinity from passive microwave radiometers. These variables are the Sea Surface Temperature, Earth Incidence Angle, Wind Speed, and Direction. We concentrated on the sensitivity of the retrieved SSS to each variable mentioned by calculating the brightness temperature (TB). The calculations are from the study of Meissner et al. and the theses of Wah and Mera. A function was designed on MATLAB and showed that brightness temperature is more sensitive to Sea Surface Temperature and Wind Speed. The highest error in SSS is 1.0183 PSU, meaning that this parameter impacts most the brightness temperature and the retrieved sea surface salinity. I will also discuss furthers steps of this research which will implement this function in the analysis of retrieving SSS for the new novel airborne sensor..

NOAA Seminar Series: Inter-comparison and Validation of Remote Sensing Satellite based Soil Moisture.
2023-10-24 13:30 - 14:00
Title: Inter-comparison and Validation of Remote Sensing Satellite based Soil Moisture.
Speaker: Stephanie Marquez, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at UTEP
Date: Ocotber 24, 20223
Time: 1:30 PM ET
Venue: Virtual
Meeting Link : meet.google.com/spo-vxqc-nmb
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(‪US‬)‪+1 219-321-0478‬
PIN: ‪651 945 406#‬
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Inter-comparison and Validation of Remote Sensing Satellite based Soil Moisture.: This study explores the potential of using a random forest, gradient boosting and support vector machine model to predict soil moisture levels by incorporating both meteorological and biogeophysical data. The study utilized meteorological data such as temperature, albedo, and precipitation, and biogeophysical data including soil type, land cover, slope, elevation, and normalized differenced vegetation index (NDVI) from remote sensing sources. Additionally, in-situ soil moisture measurements from a Campbell Scientific Hydrosense II-12 sensor were incorporated as input parameters to train and test the model. The dataset was collected from a soil moisture sensor network installed in Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico during the summer of 2022. The results indicate that the gradient boosting model accurately predicts soil moisture levels, with an NSE score of 0.62, demonstrating the importance of combining remote sensing data with ground-based observations. This study showcases the potential of machine learning algorithms, particularly random forest models, to accurately predict future soil moisture levels, which could enhance the accuracy of satellite data and weather predictions.

CSCs Education Seminar Series: Preparing a Federal Resume
2023-10-26 12:30 - 14:00
CSCs Education Seminar Series: Preparing a Federal Resume
Date October 26, 2023

Professional Development Series: Introduction and Research Applications of the NOAA Voices Oral History Archives
2023-10-30 14:00 - 15:30
CCME-II Professional Development Series (Fall 2023)
Title: Introduction and Research Applications of the NOAA Voices Oral History Archive
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Pinto da Silva, Social Scientist, NOAA Fisheries
Date: October 30, 2023
Time: 2pm
Zoom Link: https://famu.zoom.us/j/91331844557

CSCs Education Seminar Series: Interviewing Skills for Federal Jobs
2023-11-02 12:30 - 14:00
CSCs Education Seminar Series: Interviewing Skills for Federal Jobs
Date November 2 & 16, 2023

Climate Seminar Series: Impacts of Climate Change on Earth Systems
2023-11-09 12:00 - 13:00
Climate Change (Nov 9) Seminar – Flyer
Climate Series 2023 – Flyer
Event: NOAA EPP/MSI CSC Climate Change Seminar Series
Title: Impacts of Climate Change on Earth Systems
Presenter: NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL)
The seminar will feature scientists from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL), who will speak on the Impacts of Climate Change on Earth Systems.
Presentations include:

Climate Change and the Hydrologic Cycle – Ram Ramaswamy (GFDL Director)
Air Pollution and Climate Change Connections – Vaishali Naik
Atlantic Hurricanes and Climate Change – Tom Knutson
Regional Patterns and Drivers of Seal Level Rise – Jacob Steinberg

Date: November 9, 2023
Time: 12:15pm-1:45 PM
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details to join the event
About the Seminar Series.
Join NOAA’s EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers for this lecture series featuring scientists from NOAA Fisheries and NOAA Research. These monthly seminars will be hosted by the lead institution, virtually or hybrid throughout the 2023-2024 academic year. For more information, please visit, https://research.noaa.gov/noaa-csc/

Professional Development Series: Fundamentals to Perform a Climate Vulnerability Assessment
2023-11-16 14:00 - 15:30
CCME-II Professional Development Series (Fall 2023)
Title: Fundamentals to Perform a Climate Vulnerability Assessment
Speaker: Dr. Zachary Cannizo, Marine Biologist & Climate Coordinator, NOAA Office of Marine Sancturies
Date: November 16, 2023
Time: 2pm
Zoom Link: https://famu.zoom.us/j/91331844557

Climate Seminar Series: Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change
2023-12-07 12:00 - 13:00
Event: NOAA EPP/MSI CSC Climate Change Seminar Series
Title: Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change
Presenter: Frank Marks, (Hosted by Howard University)
Date: December 7, 2023
Time: 12:00pm-1:00 PM
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details to join the event
About the Seminar Series.
Join NOAA’s EPP/MSI Cooperative Science Centers for this lecture series featuring scientists from NOAA Fisheries and NOAA Research. These monthly seminars will be hosted by the lead institution, virtually or hybrid throughout the 2023-2024 academic year. For more information, please visit, https://research.noaa.gov/noaa-csc/

American Geophysical Union Fall 2023 Meeting
2023-12-11 09:30 - 2023-12-15 17:00
AGU Fall 2023 Meeting
Date December 11-15, 2023
San Francisco, CA
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