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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, February 04, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
GMAO Seminar Series
Seasonal and Subseasonal Forecasting for Climate Services
Andrew Robertson, Columbia University
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Tuesday, February 04, 2025
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Engineering Colloquium
A Study of Building Performance in the World Trade Center Disaster
Jim Milke, Professor Emeritus and past chair of the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland
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Wednesday, February 05, 2025
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Climate & Radiation Laboratory Seminar
Moving towards UV optical property measurements within AERONET
Elena Lind, AERONET Project Co-Lead, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory
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