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NOAA CESSRST Hosts its First Virtual Technical Meeting Amidst the COVID-19 Lockdown

Posted on May 6, 2020 ​The Fourth Annual CESSRST Internal Technical Meeting was held virtually on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Andrea Gomez Successfully Defends Thesis to Become First NOAA CESSRST Fellow to Complete PhD

Posted on April 9, 2020 Andrea Gomez successfully defended her doctoral thesis Wednesday, April 1, to become the first NOAA CESSRST Fellow to earn her PhD and, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first candidate to present her defense remotely. Dr. Gomez is a Cohort I NOAA EPP funded graduate fellow of the Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technology (CESSRST). She is based at The City College of New York, and she will receive her degree from the Graduate Center, CUNY, in Earth & Environmental Science. NOAA CESSRST is a NOAA EPP/MSI funded program under award NA16SEC4810008.

Andrea Gomez ready to present her thesis defense remotely because The City College of New York and other CUNY campuses were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. She is the first NOAA CESSRST Fellow to complete the PhD.

Joshua Hrisko Takes 1st Place for Oral Presentation in AMS Urban Environment Symposium

Posted on March 12, 2020 NOAA CESSRST Fellow Joshua Hrisko won first place for best oral presentation in the 15th annual Symposium on the Urban Environment at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 16. His topic was “Quantifying the Heat Stored in Urban Environments Using Remote Sensing Technology.” The Manhattan resident is a 4th-year PhD candidate at City College of New York majoring in mechanical engineering.

Maria Tzortziou Named to GLIMR Satellite Science Team

Posted on March 2, 2020 NOAA CESSRST faculty member Maria Tzortziou, Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Science at City College of New York, has been appointed a member of the Science Team for NASA's new satellite mission GLIMR (Geosynchronous Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Instrument).

NOAA CESSRST Scholar Ronald Adomako Wins Honorable Mention in Student Competition at AMS

Posted on February 25, 2020 Center scholar Ronald Adomako was awarded honorable mention for his oral presentation at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

NOAA CESSRST Hosts Bronx & Harlem Rivers Urban Water Federal Partnership to Talk Collaboration

Posted on February 10, 2020 Representatives of the Bronx & Harlem Rivers Urban Water Federal Partnership (UWFP) met with NOAA CESSRST faculty, administrators and students February 6 at City College of New York. The meeting was held to enable the organizations to learn about one another’s capabilities and to explore potential opportunities to work together.

NOAA CESSRST Researcher Dr. Indrani Pal Leads California Water Data Challenge Team

Posted on December 19, 2019 A multinational team of data scientists led by Dr. Indrani Pal, NOAA-CREST research assistant professor at The City College of New York, is participating in the 2020 California Water Data Challenge. The program, held each fall, showcases innovative ways that data can be used to address issues affecting water resources in the United States’ most populous state. From more than 50 submissions, only a dozen teams get invited to present their projects.

SPOTLIGHT: David Melecio-Vázquez

Posted on November 4, 2019 David Melecio-Vázquez, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering and NOAA-EPP CESSRST Fellow, researches High-Resolution Weather Forecasting for Urban Areas. His project utilizes observations from remote sensing instruments to evaluate forecasts generated from using high resolution (1 km) model outputs. The...

SPOTLIGHT: Jahnelle Howe

Posted on October 28, 2019 Patience, Determination and Ambition are the main skills that Jahnelle Howe, a NOAA-CESSRST Fellow and graduate student in City College’s M.S. program in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. maintains to be successful in life. Jahnelle’s journey as a NOAA-CESSRST Fellow began...

Jahnelle Howe at the helm of the "Okeanos Explorer"