NASA Scientist uses Lake Tahoe as a measurement of the earth's temperature

Dr. Simon Hook from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be in Lake Tahoe on November 13 to discuss his work at the lake and around the Earth using satellite measurements of the surface temperature.

Dr. Hook utilizes Lake Tahoe as a validation site for earth observation satellites that measure surface temperature and recently used satellite surface temperature measurements made over the last 30 years to study large lakes as climate change indicators. He is currently building an instrument that will be deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017 and produce the highest resolution surface temperature maps available from Space to study vegetation health.

Hook will also discuss the new ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) mission.

UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center has invited the community to join them for Dr. Hook's talk at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences.

The program will begin at 6 pm (happy hour begins at 5:30 pm) at the center located at 291 Country Club Drive in Incline Village on the campus of Sierra Nevada College. For more information or directions call 775-881-7566, or visit their website.