During the week of June 6-10, Dr. Sara Graves represented GHRC at three international meetings in which GHRC was highlighted. The Future Earth Secretariat Meeting was to discuss the data components of the new ICSU international science program with CODATA and World Data System executive offices.

During the week of June 6-10, Dr. Sara Graves represented ITSC at three international meetings in which GHRC was highlighted. The Future Earth Secretariat Meeting was to discuss the data components of the new ICSU international science program with CODATA and World Data System executive offices.

ITSC Director Dr. Sara Graves was an invited participant at the NSF GeoData 2014 meeting in Boulder on June 17-19. She made a presentation and was a panel member in the “Social, Financial and Political Issues of Connecting GeoData In and Between Governmental Agencies” session.

Dr. Matt He, Dr. Amy Lin and Helen Conover represented UAH ITSC at the NASA Group Achievement Award Ceremony for the Arctic Collaborative Environment (ACE) project. The ITSC team also included Todd Berendes, Will Ellett, Ajinkya Kulkarni, Manil Maskey, Michael McEniry, Dr. Rahul Ramachandran (now geoinformatics specialist for NASA MSFC), Kathryn Regner, Steve Tanner (now IceBridge systems engineer at NSIDC DAAC) Jason Toone, graduate student Rohan Bakare and ITSC Director Dr. Sara Graves.

GHRC published the GPM Ground Validation Advanced Microwave Radiometer Rain Identification (ADMIRARI) GCPEx dataset which measures brightness temperatures at three frequencies (10.7, 21.0 and 36.5 GHz) and at two polarized planes (H & V). The ADMIRARI is a scanning radiometer like its auxiliary active instruments, i.e., Micro rain radar and cloud lidar which provide reflectivity profiles and cloud base altitude at the same scanning angle as the radiometer.

GHRC has published the GPM Ground Validation CARE Satellite Overpass Images GCPEx dataset provides satellite overpass images for the Environment Canada’s Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) site in Ontario, Canada, as part of the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment, January and February, 2012. The satellites tracks include the DMSP satellites numbers 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19. A list of starting overpass times per satellite and day is included.

GHRC Engineer Kathryn Regner (UAH/ITSC) attended the GES DISC User Working Group meeting on May 6-7 at NASA GSFC. She presented GHRC Products and Services to the group and had valuable interactions with ESDIS and DAAC personnel as well as with UWG members.

ITSC student assistant Kaylin Bugbee completed work on her senior capstone project using the GHRC’s Sediment Analysis Network for Decision Support datasets. The senior capstone project is an undergraduate research project conducted over two semesters during the senior year, required by the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Earth System Science department. Kaylin’s project was "Spatial Analysis of Sediment Persistence: How Tropical Cyclone Events Affect Sedimentation in the Gulf of Mexico."

GHRC student assistant Kaylin Bugbee completed work on her senior capstone project using the GHRC’s Sediment Analysis Network for Decision Support (SANDS) datasets. The senior capstone project is an undergraduate research project conducted over two semesters during the senior year, required by the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Earth System Science department. Kaylin’s project was "Spatial Analysis of Sediment Persistence: How Tropical Cyclone Events Affect Sedimentation in the Gulf of Mexico."