[SGVLUG] OT: JPL lecture at PCC on Friday @ 7: Adventures From the Field - (Down and Dirty) Stories of Pursuing JPL Science from the Ground up to Space

[Lan Dang]

Hi all

A bit off-topic, but I thought some of our members would appreciate it.

JPL has a monthly lecture series called the von Karman lectures, which are done at JPL on Thursday  and at PCC's Vosloh Forum on Fridays.  The lectures start at 7pm.


I really enjoyed this month's von Karman lecture by a scientist who does a lot of field work, particularly with spectrometers.  He told a lot of great stories of going out to remote locations like Railroad Valley and taking measurements on the ground and in the air and how it helps with the remote sensing missions in space.  And he had a lovely assistant helping him with some physics demos involving integrating spheres and spectrometers.

I think he did a really good job of making the science accessible.  I understand remote sensing and spectral signatures so much better than I used to. 


Go check it out if you're free on Friday.  Or keep checking the following link to see when the video will be available.


http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.php?year=2015&month=3

Adventures From the Field - (Down and Dirty) Stories of Pursuing JPL Science from the Ground up to Space

March 26 & 27

JPL regularly sends research teams to the most important planet in the Solar System - our Earth. Join Remote Sensing Calibration Specialist Mark Helmlinger (a.k.a. Hellwinger) as he shares pictures and stories about the research efforts he has been a part of. From calibrating satellites to using the desert as an analog for Mars; on foot, from towers, carts, cycles, cars, and airplanes, Hellwinger has been honored to help out in some fairly obscure corners of the Earth. The purpose of particular field campaigns and what that means to Planetary and Earth Science will be discussed. There will also be a demonstration of some of the science behind Remote Sensing.

Speaker:
Mark Helmlinger - Remote Sensing Calibration, Characterization, and Validation Specialist, Imaging Spectroscopy Group, JPL


Lan