ESSIC Director, Professor Antonio Busalacchi will be featured in the fall 2013 edition of the University of Maryland Faculty and Staff magazine, Between the Columns. The article highlights Busalacchi’s recent wine and climate related research. …
As a hydrologist and water resources engineer who has experience working within academia, international development agencies and the private sector, CICS Executive Director and Professor Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, who began July 1, has developed an ability to view science with both a business and societal perspective.
Miralles-Wilhelm believes research needs to intersect with societal needs in order to find practical application of science, rather than approaching it just from a purely
The NOAA building at M-Square is now home to a café, a convenient spot for employees to enjoy lunch during the week. Open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the NOAA Café offers a variety of choices. Breakfast is offered in the mornings and for lunch there is a selection of sandwiches and salads along with a daily lunch special. The café is vegetarian friendly as it offers a variety of veggie burgers and sandwiches with your choice of toppings. There is also a selection of classic …
Researcher: Robert Adler, Guojun Gu and Yudong Tian Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $169,308 in additional funding bringing the total award amount to $696,360 Grant Study: “Uncertainties in Global and Regional Precipitation Using the GPCP and TMPA Data Sets.” Researcher: Philip Arkin and Tony Busalacchi Grant Sponsor: NOAA Amount: $1,310,213 in additional funding, bringing the total award to $37,369,108 Grant Study: “Cooperative Institute for Climate and …
Ragu Murtugudde was an invited speaker at CSIR-CMMACS on May 17 and 20 speaking on ‘Dynamic-Thermodynamic Coupling and Ecosystem-Biogeochemical Response’ and ‘Do we understand ENSO?’ He also talked about ‘Do we understand ENSO’ at IISC, Bangalore on May 22, at CESS, Kerala on May 27,and at IITM-Pune on May 30. He gave a public lecture on ‘Climate Change Needs an Elephant Whisperer’ in Kerala on May 28….
Xiujun (Wendy) Wang was elected President of the Biogeosciences section of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) at the Annual Meeting, 24-28 June, Brisbane, Australia. Established in 2006, AOGS promotes geophysical science for the benefit of humanity in Asia and Oceania….
ESSIC and NOAA scientists addressed an audience of local media and broadcast meteorologists to discuss how new scientific developments can be applied to severe weather forecasting. ESSIC Director and ConE Chair, Professor Antonio Busalacchi, began the discussion by explaining issues of aging U.S. weather satellites. Based on current predictions, the U.S. stands to retain only a fraction of its current weather-related satellites by the next decade. A decline in observational satellites could …
Zhanqing Li was an invited speaker at the 12th East Asian Climate (EAC) Workshop – East Asian Climate: New Perspectives and Challenges, July 1-3, Busan, Korea. In May, Li gave invited talks at the Meeting of Americas, Cancun, Mexico, on “Variable influences of aerosols on cloud, precipitation and radiation budgets” and “The impact of aerosols on the climate and its changes in China.”…
Jingfeng Huang’s seminar presentation at NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, “S-NPP VIIRS Aerosol Products: Algorithm, Validation, Data Use and Future Work,” was awarded ‘The Best Presentation of the AEROCENTER 2012-2013 Seminar Season’. For more information….
An unassuming-looking rod on a rooftop in Beltsville, Md., connected with wires to specialized computer equipment in the building below, is helping scientists pinpoint the location of lightning as it flashes during a thunderstorm. Working in tandem with nine other identical devices installed throughout the Washington, D.C., area, these sensors promise to help usher in a new era of severe weather prediction. Called the Washington D.C. Lightning Mapping Array (DC LMA), the devices detect, in …
