{"id":1825,"date":"2023-05-25T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:26:46","slug":"vanderbilt-ees-professor-ralf-bennartz-to-lead-nasa-mission-to-study-ice-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/vanderbilt-ees-professor-ralf-bennartz-to-lead-nasa-mission-to-study-ice-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt EES Professor Ralf Bennartz to Lead NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vanderbilt has been chosen to lead a NASA satellite mission, supported by a grant of up to $37 million, aimed at better understanding Earth\u2019s high-altitude ice clouds.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/ralfbennartz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralf Bennartz<\/a>, Stevenson Chair and professor of earth and environmental sciences, will lead the mission, which will underscore Vanderbilt\u2019s cutting-edge contributions to comprehending our planet\u2019s climate. You can read more about this exciting news <a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2023\/05\/25\/vanderbilt-universitys-ralf-bennartz-to-lead-nasa-mission-to-study-ice-clouds\/\">here<\/a>. Congratulations Ralf!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1826\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/25101057\/Ralf-1-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/25101057\/Ralf-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/25101057\/Ralf-1-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/25101057\/Ralf-1.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1828 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/25101432\/Ralf-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanderbilt has been chosen to lead a NASA satellite mission, supported by a grant of up to $37 million, aimed at better understanding Earth\u2019s high-altitude ice clouds.\u00a0Ralf Bennartz, Stevenson Chair and professor of earth and environmental sciences, will lead the mission, which will underscore Vanderbilt\u2019s cutting-edge contributions to comprehending our planet\u2019s climate. You can read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":1826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,16],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/25101057\/Ralf-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/earth-environmental-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}