GSSP 2006 Alumni Final Reports

GSSP Students based at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD

Comparisons of Carbon Monoxide Measurements using Aircraft and Model Data
Student: Partha Sarathi Bhattacharjee
Mentor: Dr. Joanna Joiner, Laboratory for Atmospheres

Barotropic Instability of the African Easterly Jet and its potential for development
Student: Marangelly Fuentes
Mentor: Dr. Oreste Reale, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center (GEST)

Use of ICESat altimeter data for ocean monitoring: An Evaluation
Student: Oscar Garcia
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Jacob, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center (GEST)

Improved Calibration of Electric Field Instrumentation
Filter and Amplifier Characterization
Student: Mauricio Garrido
Mentor: Dr. Robert Pfaff, Laboratory for Solar & Space Physics

Simulation of terrestrial water storage dynamics in Illinois using the Community Land Model augmented with a model of an unconfined aquifer
Student: Lindsey E. Gulden
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Rodell, Hydrological Sciences Branch

Improving simulations of the convective boundary layer in and around Oklahoma City using the coupled WRF-LIS system
Student: Kodi L. Nemunaitis
Mentor: Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard, Hydrological Sciences Branch

Estimating carbonaceous aerosol emissions from forest fires in North American boreal forests in July 2004
Student: Mariya (Shcherbyna) Petrenko
Mentor: Dr. Mian Chin, Laboratory for Atmospheres

Investigating Gravity Wave Effects on Cirrus Clouds using a One Dimensional Cirrus Cloud
Student: Tamara Singleton
Mentor: Dr. David O'C Starr, Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch

GSSP Students based at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, NY

Climate change scenarios for the New York City Watershed
Student: Andreea Ira
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA GISS

The effect of solar cycle modulation on the Northern hemisphere sea level pressure variability
Student: Ambarish V. Karmalkar
Mentor: Dr. Drew D. Shindell, NASA GISS and Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York

Investigating Climate Forcings Recorded in Tropical Ice Cores
Student: Natalie Kehrwald
Mentor: Dr. Gavin Schmidt, NASA GISS

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