ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Can Li was the recipient of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth Sciences Division (ESD) Exceptional Public Achievement Award for 2015….
ESSIC Research Associate Amy McNally participated in the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite calibration and validation field campaign in the Australian Yanco region. The campaign included ground soil moisture and vegetation sampling and aircraft active and passive L-band sensor measurements coincident with observatory passes over the region. The campaign was conducted from May 2 through May 22 and included scientists from Australia, Netherlands, Germany, France …
ESSIC Research Assistant Professor Kenney participated in a public Sigma Xi-hosted “Google Hangout” discussion this month which both acknowledged her recent selection as the organization's 2015 Young Investigator Award recipient and discussed her work with the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) climate indicators project….
A presentation by ESSIC Research Associate Michael Folmer was selected as winner of the Best Paper award for the 6th Annual NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds Workshop. Folmer's paper was entitled "Preparing for GOES-R at the Satellite Proving Ground for Marine, Precipitation, and Satellite Analysis." ….
ESSIC Professor Zhanqing Li has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany. Every year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards to internationally renowned academics from abroad in recognition of their entire academic record to date. Winners are academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and beyond and who are …
ESSIC Research Associate Alek Petty was invited to the 2015 New Generation Polar Researcher (NGPR) Leadership Symposium held May 2–9 on Catalina Island, California. The workshop was limited to scientists who completed their PhD between 1/1/2009 to 10/30/2014 who had polar research experience in any discipline. Petty was one of 37 scientists chosen to participate. Petty received his PhD in 2014 at the University College London (United Kingdom) and has been working with CICS-MD for …
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The U.S. government’s recent release of climate change measures designed to help governments, businesses and individuals make decisions around climate change marked a major milestone for University of Maryland scientist Melissa Kenney. Kenney was a leader in the four-year-long development of recommendations and prototype indicators that formed the basis of the 14 proof-of-concept climate change indicators selected and released by the U.S. Global Change …
AOSC graduate student Rebekah Esmaili placed first at the University of Maryland’s recent Graduate Research Interaction Day for her storm tracking research utilizing infrared satellite observations. Esmaili, who works under Dr. Yudong Tian, an ESSIC Associate Research Scientist located at NASA/GSFC, has been working with the researcher since summer 2012. Her work under Tian has included observing global storm data and using infrared satellites to observe remote areas more clearly. Through …
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released on May 6, 2015, a web-based prototype of a climate indicators system to track over time nationally relevant climate change and impact indicators. “We recommended to USGCRP the development, over time, of a system of physical, ecological and societal indicators that can help communicate and inform decisions about key aspects of climate changes, impacts, vulnerabilities and preparedness,” said Melissa Kenney, a …
Do you like loud jukebox music playing Latin American tunes? Do you like hostesses dressed like hookers? Do you like South American food? You might like Lesly's Grill then.
Located in part of the space vacated by the Calvert House Inn on Route 1 just south of the East-West Highway, Lesly's is giving El Comalito across the street a run for their money. It's a smaller space, but the same sort of menu … lots to choose from, quite tasty, and reasonably priced. Enjoyed the food …
