2013 NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
09.25.2013 GEOS-5 simulates Chelyabinsk meteor effects
GEOS-5 has simulated the circumpolar mid-stratosphere dust belt arising from the Chelyabinsk meteor's aerosol plume. The study was published in Geophysical Review Letters (GRL), which chose an image from the simulation for its front cover.
See the NASA press release.
09.09.2013 GEOS-5 simulation featured in National Geographic
A GEOS-5 simulation of Hurricane Sandy was featured in a National Geographic article on rising seas. More information on this simulation is available on our Tracking Hurricanes with GEOS-5 research highlight.
06.19.2013 GMAO Contributes to Sea Ice Outlook
Since the GEOS-5 seasonal forecasts are global with an initialized sea-ice distribution, the GMAO has begun to contribute to the Sea Ice Outlook for September Sea Ice extent organized by SEARCH and ARCUS. The consensus is for an increasing downward trend of September sea ice extent, well below the 1979-2007 September mean. Read more.
06.17.2013 Upgrade to GEOS-5 Observation Impact Monitoring
The GEOS-5 Observation Impact Monitoring System has been upgraded to include the effects of moist physical processes. The upgrade provides more accurate estimates of observation impact in GEOS-5, especially for moist-sensitive observations from AIRS, MHS, TMI, and some wind observations. View Observation Impacts.
02.08.2013 GEOS-5 aerosol simulation in Science World
An article in a recent edition of Science World, a Classroom Magazine for Secondary Schools, describes GMAO's GEOS-5 aerosol transport simulation. View article.
01.16.2013 Arctic Boreal Zone Workshop report available
The report from the NASA workshop on Earth System Modeling and Field Experiments in the Arctic Boreal Zone is now available with other materials from the workshop held at Goddard, May 22-24, 2012. View Report.
