[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

[Braddock Gaskill]

The video for the von Karman lecture Adventures From the Field is online
now.

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

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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