Atm Sci Awarded $257K to Validate Satellite Cloud & Radiation Retrievals

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John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761
June 4, 2008

NASA Awards UND Atmospheric Science $257K
to Validate the NASA Satellite Cloud and Radiation Retrievals

(Grand Forks, North Dakota): Drs. Xiquan Dong and Baike Xi, Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota (UND), have received a new award from NASA to validate NASA satellite data. The satellite is used to measure cloud properties and the transfer of solar and terrestrial radiation through the atmosphere. Drs. Dong and Xi will be using ground-based observations to retrieve cloud properties for comparison to the satellite data. This is a two-year award with a total of $257K from March 2008 to March 2010.

About Atmospheric Sciences: In addition to the Ph.D. program, the Department of Atmospheric Sciences offers a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science, and an undergraduate minor program in Atmospheric Sciences. Research areas of interest include atmospheric chemistry, surface transportation meteorology, radar meteorology, climate analysis, cloud physics, radiation, ground- and satellite-based remote sensing, aviation meteorology, hydrometeorology, mesoscale meteorology, data assimilation, numerical weather prediction, and weather modification. The Atmospheric Sciences department has played a major role in research for a number of Federal and state agencies, including the DOE, NASA, NDARB, FHWA, USDA, and DOD.

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