News - NASA Langley Research Center

Thanks to those who have already completed the 2012 GLOBE Program Partner/Country Coordinator survey. For those who have not yet done so, complete your survey by 24 May. Gathering this information is critical to document your involvement with GLOBE in 2012.  >>

NASA's DISCOVER-AQ airborne campaign will be flying over the Houston area this September 2013, collecting data on air quality. In collaboration with this mission NASA Langley will be hosting a Train-the-Trainer for Texas GLOBE Partners. These Partners will in-turn, provide a local GLOBE workshop to teachers in Texas. The GLOBE Partnership at NASA Langley is looking to collaborate with GLOBE Partners in Texas to provide teacher training surrounding NASA's DISCOVER-AQ Mission. DISCOVER-AQ, a NASA Earth Venture program funded mission, stands for Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality. DISCOVER-AQ is taking a closer look at the air quality near the surface of the Earth, helping us better understand the ingredients that make up the air we breathe. The mission will be collecting data in Houston, Texas this September. Learn more about the campaign at http://discover-aq.larc.nasa.gov/. NASA's Langley Research Center would like to collaborate with local Partners to provide GLOBE teacher workshops and help inform the community about the upcoming airborne campaigns. If your Partnership is interested in this collaboration, please contact: Jessica Taylor, NASA Langley jessica.e.taylor@nasa.gov  >>

GLOBE welcomes a new partnership with the Spark Program, an education and engagement group associated with University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado USA.  >>

If you want to continue to receive publications and email messages from the GLOBE Program Office (GPO) be on the lookout for an email, coming soon, that will allow you to do just that.  >>

Dr. Jill Karsten is the current Program Director for Education and Diversity in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Washington D.C. and a friend of The GLOBE Program for more than 10 years.  >>

It's Earth Day and also GLOBE's 18th Birthday! Read all about it in the special Earth Day Edition of the GLOBE News Brief.  >>

Every week, the GLOBE Program Office (GPO) technology team and our technology partners Raytheon Web Services make refinements to improve the functionality of the GLOBE website in order to make your online experience more enjoyable. In the coming weeks, be on the lookout for several new features and trainings.  >>

The semi-annual systems shutdown for GLOBE Data Center maintenance is scheduled for Saturday, 20 April 2013. This will involve temporarily shutting down the GLOBE website as well as the training site.  >>

The GLOBE Surface Temperature Train-the-Trainer workshop will be held on Friday, April 12, 2013 at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. Trainers, Partners, and Teachers certified in Surf Temp are invited to attend a FREE Surface Temperature training by Master Trainer & Lead Scientist for this protocol, Dr. Kevin Czajkowski. Training will run from 9am - 2pm. Please be prepared to submit information for a visitor security badge, and plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early to pick up badge. Participants should bring a laptop. Participants should bring cash for lunch, or pack a lunch. Dr. Czajkowski leads a Surface Temperature field campaign every December to investigate issues related to how surface temperature changes with cloud cover, how land cover affects surface temperature, and how surface temperature observations can help interpret satellite imagery. Surface temperature is an important measurement related to Earth's radiation budget. Learn more at: http://satellitesk12.org/ Register at: http://www.globe.gov/news-events/globe-events/workshops  >>

On April 12 and 13 educators from across Virginia and North Carolina participated in GLOBE Surface Temperature workshops. Twenty-four educators participated in workshops with GLOBE Master Trainer Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, from the University of Toledo. The workshops were organized by the GLOBE Partnership at NASA Langley Research Center and sponsored by CALIPSO. Teachers and Trainers received hands-on training in using Infrared Thermometers to identify surface temperature. Participants collected and compared surface temperature readings from various surfaces, such as asphalt, grass, gravel, and water. The workshops challenged participants to identify a scientific question that their students could investigate using the GLOBE Surface Temperature protocol.  >>