News - NASA Langley Research Center

From Chief Scientist to GLOBE Director to NASA consultant … Dr. Dixon Butler's connection to the GLOBE Program has, in many ways, come full circle. Read the profile of Dr. Dixon Butler in the Community Spotlight.  >>

The GLOBE Program is continually adding features and meaningful updates to the GLOBE website. Log on today to check out some of the newest features and functions now.  >>

Part of the GLOBE protocol trainings and facilities tour will take place at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. For entry into this facility, all GLOBE Annual Meeting participants —U.S. and international— are required to complete a NASA Visitor Information Form.  >>

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.  >>