Alaska Satellite Facility's Open House to celebrate 20 years of service
The Geophysical Institute’s Alaska Satellite Facility will celebrate 20 years since the first downlink of images from an earth-observing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite by hosting an Open House. The public is invited to tour facilities used for the acquisition, storage, processing and distribution of data acquired from polar-orbiting satellites, and to learn why satellite-borne earth observation is critical for monitoring change.
Department of Geology and Geophysics names new co-chairs
The University of Alaska, Fairbanks Department of Geology and Geophysics has named Professor Anupma Prakash and Associate Professor Sarah Fowell co-chairs. Outside of the academic department, Fowell is also affiliated with the Alaska Quaternary Center. Prakash is affiliated with the Geophysical Institute’s Remote Sensing Group and the Alaska Satellite Facility.
Alaska Student Rocket Project Gets Off the Ground
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Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are collaborating with students from Toyama Prefectural University and Tokai University in Japan to prepare a rocket scheduled to launch from Poker Flat Research Range on March 4th.
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Open House to celebrate co-location of Alaska Satellite Facility User Services Office, Map Office and GeoData Center
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One of the best-kept secrets on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus is located in Room 204 of the Akasofu Building. There, the Alaska Satellite Facility’s User Services office, Map Office, and GeoData Center have merged to occupy one space.
UAF Alumna to Head Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar Facility
The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has appointed UAF alumna Nettie La Belle-Hamer as director of the Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Facility. La Belle-Hamer earned her Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in space physics at UAF in 1994 and 1988, respectively.
Scientists to Study Changes in Highest Clouds via Satellite
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Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will be teaming with those at ten other institutions to take part in the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission over the next six years. The mission, recently funded by NASA as part of the Small Explorer program, will study clouds at the edge of space to resolve why they form and why they have been increasing over the last 30 years.
Sharpton provides Mars lecture in Anchorage
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New information about the Martian terrain suggests the Red Planet's surface once had water. High levels of hematite, a mineral associated with liquid water on Earth, were discovered on Mars last year. This important find suggests the possibility of ancient lakebeds or seas on the planet's surface and increases the odds that Mars once harbored life.
New planetary geoscience professor bikes to Alaska
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People will go to great lengths in the name of science. One decided to hop on a bicycle and crisscross the continent for weeks. After accepting a position with the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Robbie Herrick, 39, set out on a 4,500-mile journey with nothing more than two bags and a bicycle.
