{"id":29848,"date":"2015-02-19T10:15:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T18:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=29848"},"modified":"2015-02-19T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T01:17:15","slug":"visiting-engineer-speaks-on-climate-science-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2015\/02\/19\/visiting-engineer-speaks-on-climate-science-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting engineer speaks on climate science today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The university community is invited to hear from guest lecturer David Walker, an electrical engineer, this afternoon (<strong>Friday<\/strong>) in <strong>EHS 125<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Walker will present &#8220;Data Recording with Microwave Remote-Sensing Measurements: The Foundation of Climate Science&#8221; from <strong>3 to 4 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary of his presentation:<\/p>\n<p>Microwave remote-sensing radiometers have been used by weather forecasters and climate scientists since the 1960s, with satellite-based climate data records from the early 1970s. Present-day weather forecasting is highly dependent on microwave data.<\/p>\n<p>Climate science depends on having accurate, reliable data records spanning decades in order to retrieve the very small signals needed to identify and quantify trends. Pinning these data records to the SI (International system, or fundamental physical standards) is essential for ensuring continuity in these data records.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, Walker describe what the National Institute of Standards and Technology is doing in the area of standards and metrology to bring SI traceability to microwave remote sensing instruments.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact <strong>John Natzke<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:jnatzke@georgefox.edu\">jnatzke@georgefox.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The university community is invited to hear from guest lecturer David Walker, an electrical engineer, this afternoon (Friday) in EHS 125. Walker will present &#8220;Data Recording with Microwave Remote-Sensing Measurements: The Foundation of Climate Science&#8221; from 3 to 4 p.m.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is a summary of his presentation: Microwave remote-sensing radiometers have been used by weather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newberg-employee","category-newberg-student"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Visiting engineer speaks on climate science today - The Daily Bruin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visiting engineer speaks on climate science today - The Daily Bruin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The university community is invited to hear from guest lecturer David Walker, an electrical engineer, this afternoon (Friday) in EHS 125. 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