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Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

Date

Wednesday, June 2, 2021
9:00 am to 10:00 am

Host

  • ESOC

Audience

  • CIRES employees
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators

Type

  • Other

contact

Claire Waugh; waughc@colorado.edu

Location

2021-06-02
 
 
 
 
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CIRES Town Hall

CIRES Town Hall

Please join CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati for another CIRES Town Hall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, for both CU Boulder and NOAA-based employees.

 

Join by Zoom:

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/91652941861

Date

Tuesday, June 8, 2021
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Mountain

Link

Host

  • CIRES

Audience

  • CIRES employees

Type

  • Meeting

Resources

2021-06-08
 
Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

Date

Wednesday, June 9, 2021
9:00 am to 10:00 am

Host

  • ESOC

Audience

  • CIRES employees
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators

Type

  • Other

contact

Claire Waugh; waughc@colorado.edu

Location

2021-06-09
 
 
 
 
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Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

Date

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
9:00 am to 10:00 am

Host

  • ESOC

Audience

  • CIRES employees
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators

Type

  • Meeting

contact

Claire Waugh; waughc@colorado.edu

Location

2021-06-16
 
NSIDC Cryosphere Seminar

NSIDC Cryosphere Seminar

New and Novel Sea Ice Observations from the Spire Nanosatellite Constellation by Dr. Dallas Masters and Dr. Jessica Cartwright

This presentation will be to educate the NSIDC researchers on Spire's new L-band bistatic radar sea ice observations and classification/altimetry products that are available via the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program.

Spire is a space-based data and services provider that focuses on passive RF data collection from our operational constellation of over 110 CubeSats in low-Earth orbit. In addition to our CubeSat constellation, Spire owns and operates a dedicated global ground station network and a cloud-based mission operations and data processing/dissemination system. We currently provide all of our GNSS-based Earth observations (EO) data and products to NASA for weather and climate research under the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program (CSDAP). This data is available for free to US government departments and agencies for research use. Examples of our EO data that is included:

  • GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) profiles of atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity. We currently average about 10,000 globally-distributed RO profiles per day. NASA uses this data for atmospheric research and numerical weather prediction, and NOAA uses it for operational weather forecasting.
  • GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) measurements of soil moisture; sea ice height, extent, and characterization; and ocean surface height, roughness, and winds
  • Space weather data (ionospheric total electron content, electron density profiles, and scintillation indices)
  • Precise orbit determination (POD) data for thermospheric density and satellite drag estimates

Dallas Masters, Ph. D.- Director of Earth Observations/GNSS - Dr. Dallas Masters has been active in the field of remote sensing since helping to develop the FORTE satellite at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1995, later receiving a doctorate in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado in 2004 on soil moisture remote sensing with GNSS bistatic radar (GNSS-R). Dr. Masters joined Spire Global, Inc. in 2018, to lead the development of a GNSS-R mission, and he now directs Spire’s Earth observation (EO) program. His teams develop Spire’s EO satellite instruments and science processing systems for applications ranging from atmospheric profiling and ionospheric monitoring via radio occultation to GNSS-R soil moisture mapping.

Jessica Cartwright- Scientific Programmer, GNSS-R/ RO - Jessica Cartwright recently completed her doctorate at the National Oceanography Centre, UK, developing the use of reflected navigation signals for information over the cryosphere, in particular with regard to sea ice detection and classification, as well as glacial ice altimetry. Prior to joining Spire, Jess worked at ACE CRC, Tasmania applying scatterometry to characterisation of the sea ice zone. Jess is now focussing on the further development of GNSS-R data products from Spire's constellation of nanosatellites.

Date

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
MDT

Link

Host

  • NSIDC

Audience

  • CIRES employees
  • CIRES families
  • CU Boulder employees
  • General Public
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators

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  • Seminar
  • Open to Public

Resources

contact

Walt Meier
2021-06-16
 
Braiding your River: CIRES Career Development Series

Braiding your River: CIRES Career Development Series

Collaborative, Interdisciplinary, Team Science with John Crockett (Associate VP of Research Advancement, San Diego State University, The Center for Research, Excellence and Diversity in Team Science (CREDITS) co-PI). Additional info & registration details can be found here on the E&O website. 

 

This is the second presentation in a three-part monthly series, focused on developing diverse professional skills. Brought to you by CIRES E&O, the CIRES Mentoring Program, and CIRES HR (other dates and topics below).

 

  • May 13: Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers
  • July 15: Building a Meaningful Support Network

Date

Thursday, June 17, 2021
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

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  • Education & Outreach

Audience

  • CIRES employees

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  • Training

Resources

2021-06-17
 
 
 
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Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

Date

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
9:00 am to 10:00 am

Host

  • ESOC

Audience

  • CIRES employees
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators

Type

  • Other

contact

Claire Waugh; waughc@colorado.edu

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2021-06-23
 
 
 
 
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CO-LSEN Legislative Event

CO-LSEN Legislative Event

Join the Colorado Local Science Engagement Network (CO LSEN) and the Institute for Science and Policy (ISP),  in collaboration with CO-LABS, Western Water Assessment (WWA), the Colorado Climate Center, and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) in welcoming scientists and decision-makers throughout our state for three conversations focused on rural broadband in Colorado, climate-informed decision-making, and carbon markets as a policy tool. Each panel will consist of short presentations followed by a facilitated discussion. 

Register/Join here

 

Panels and Speakers

Technology: Rural Broadband

  • 11 am - 12 pm
  • Facilitator: Dan Powers—Executive Director, CO Labs
  • Teresa Ferguson—Director, Federal Broadband Engagement, Colorado Broadband Office
  • Andrew Thiessen—Senior Principal 5G/Next G

 

Climate and Environment: Climate Informed Decision-Making

  • 1 pm - 2 pm
  • Facilitator: Benét Duncan—Managing Director, Western Water Assessment
  • Russ Schumacher—Colorado State Climatologist
  • Kelly Mahoney—Research Scientist, NOAA
  • Sarah Jones—Director of Sustainability and Community Engagement
  • Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation 

 

Carbon Pricing and Markets: Carbon Taxes

  • 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
  • Facilitator: Pamitha Weerasinghe—Director of Government Relations, UCAR
  • Mark Hafstead—Director, Carbon Pricing Initiative, Resources for the Future
  • Patrick Cummins—Senior Policy Advisor, Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE)

Date

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Link

Audience

  • CIRES employees

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  • Meeting

Resources

2021-06-29
 
Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

Virtual ESOC Coffee Hour

ESOC virtual coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am on Wednesdays. We will be meeting remotely on Zoom. Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest.

Date

Wednesday, June 30, 2021
9:00 am to 10:00 am

Host

  • ESOC

Audience

  • CIRES employees
  • NOAA employees
  • Science collaborators

Type

  • Other

contact

Claire Waugh; waughc@colorado.edu

Location

2021-06-30