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Observing and understanding the Earth

Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Posted: January 20, 2009
Talk given: May 21, 2008

Illinois researcher and NCSA fellow Praveen Kumar discusses the challenges of understanding the complex Earth system—its weather, climate, oceans, atmosphere, water, land, natural resources, ecosystems, and natural and human-induced hazards—and how he is collaborating with NCSA to develop tools to aid and enhance that critical understanding.

Running time: 54:19
Full-length Quicktime .mov (~390 MB)


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