Learn more about the GeoData Center and Map Office by tuning into KIAK-FM and KFBX on Wednesday, April 18 when Alaska Satellite Facility Science Consultant Rebecca Sanches will be an on-air guest.
The radio shows will air:
ASF News & Notes available: Summer 2012, Volume 8:2
The Summer edition of the Alaska Satellite Facility newsletter -- ASF News & Notes -- can now be viewed here.
This edition includes articles titled, "Greenland Ice Mapping Project" and "Dr. Ian Joughin receives 2012 Louis Agassiz Medal."
GI offers public tours: Wednesdays through Aug. 22, 2012
Visit the world-renowned Geophysical Institute, where scientists study everything from the center of Earth to the sun. Learn about the Alaska Satellite Facility's work with remote sensing data and polar-orbitting satellites and the Alaska Volcano Observatory's unique monitoring system for all volcanoes in the North Pacific. Visitors are welcome to tour both ASF and AVO with guides on Wednesdays, June 6 through August 22 at 2:30 p.m. Meet in the Elvey Building lobby.
Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more. There will be no tours on Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Surplus maps available from GeoData Center Map Office
A surplus of miscellaneous maps are available for FREE in the GeoData Center Map Office on West Ridge. Drop in, check out the selection of free items, while perusing the office's collection of USGS maps, trail guides and more.
For details about the Map Office and what's available there click here.
Image courtesy of ASF.
Franz Meyer of the Remote Sensing research group and Jeremy Nicoll of the Alaska Satellite Facility are recognized for collaborative paper
The Geophysical Institute is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Franz Meyer has been selected to receive the Best Paper Award of the 9th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, 2012. The EUSAR award includes an honorarium of 500 euros.
"Views of the Circumpolar North": First Friday even on West Ridge
Joins friends and colleagues at a First Friday event in the Geophysical Institute's GeoData Center Map Office on Friday, April 6. The event, titled "Views of the Circumpolar North," will run from 5 to 7 p.m. and is free to the public.
"Views of the Circumpolar North" will feature local artist and teacher Mary Maisch's quilt titled, "The World is Simply a Very Big Ice-House: Stories of the Circumpolar North." Additionally, quilts by Martha Wiedmaier and Alaska Satellite Facility Director Nettie LaBelle-Hamer will be on display, with aurora photography by Bud Kuenzil.
Nettie La Belle-Hamer
Positions Held:
- (7/2001-Present) Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (9/2002-Present) Director, Alaska Satellite Facility, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (3/2000-9/2002) Science Center Manager, Alaska Satellite Facility, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (5/2000-3/2002) RAMP Project Manager, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (2/1998- 3/2000) RGPS Scientist, Steve Myers & Associates Corp.
- (1/1995-2/1998) ECS Scientist, Steve Myers & Associates Corp.
- (6/1994-12/1994) User Services Specialist, Alaska Satellite Facility, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (8/1987-6/1994) Research Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (8/1986-6/1987) Teaching Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Selected Publications:
- Nettie La Belle-Hamer, Jeremy Nicoll, Don Atwood, Scott Arko, ASF: Facing the Challenges for 15 Years and Counting,” fall meeting, American Geophysical Union, 2006.
- Scott True, Bill Collins, Ronald Birk, Nettie La Belle-Hamer, Walter Meier, Ronald Weaver, Multidisciplinary Global Modeling: The Really Big Picture, American Geophysical Union 2005.
- La Belle-Hamer, A., R. Gens, Issues and Challenges for Standardizing Level Zero Format for SAR Data, IEEE 2003 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, July 2003.
- Jezek, K.C., F. Carsey, J. Crawford, J. Curlander, B. Holt, V. Kaupp, K. Lord, N. La Belle‑Hamer, A. Mahmood, P. Ondrus, and C. Wales, Snapshots of Antarctica From RADARSAT‑1, Proceedings Paper submitted to International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Meeting, July 1998.
- Khalsa, S.J.S., S. Amer, H. Dirskeneli, N. La Belle-Hamer, A.K. Sharma, and G. Shirtliffe, An ECS Data Provider’s Guide to Metadata, White Paper, 1996.
Dr. Wolfgang-Martin Boerner to speak Thursday, November 10
GI Seminar: Full-Polarimetric SAR and its applications in Agriculture, Forestry and the Detection of Natural Hazards.
Speaker: Dr. Wolfgang-Martin Boerner
Date: Thursday, November 10
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Elvey Auditorium
Dr. Boerner is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
