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Summary: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER
(ESSIC)
Annual Report
For the period:
March 2, 2010 March 1, 2011
NASA Master Grant NNX07A184A
Antonio Busalacchi
Director
April 15, 2011
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................1
I. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................3
II. HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR'S RESEARCH...............................................................................7
III. NEW ESSIC EMPLOYEES ...............................................................................................................9
IV. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS--RESEARCH PROGRESS AND PLANS ............................13
Task 101: The Impact of using Lidar Network Data for a Summertime Cold Front Case Study: PI: S. Rabenhorst;
Sponsor: D. Whiteman.............................................................................................................................................. 13
Task 106: Investigations of Saharan Air Layer Dust Distributions and their Influence on the African Easterly Jet
and African Monsoon Hydrological Cycle; PI: Z. Li; Collaborator: E. Nowottnick; Sponsor: Peter Colarco ......... 15
Task 109: NASA Decision Support: Monitoring Air Quality Effects of Anthropogenic Emissions Reductions and
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