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Month: May 2022

A visualization of Living Breakwaters in New York Harbor, one of the case studies in this paper.

Refining Coastline Management with Three Case Studies

May 4, 2022

ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier has a new paper out alongside co-authors from UMD and other international organizations. In the study, titled “Innovations in Coastline Management With Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF): Lessons Learned From Three Case Studies”, researchers discuss three case studies on innovative coastal resilience projects in the US that use natural and nature-based features: 1) Living Breakwaters in New York Harbor; 2) the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study; and 3) the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project in San Francisco Bay.

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Santiago Gasso poses in front of a blurred landscape.

Gassó Talks Earth Science In Spanish Interviews

May 3, 2022

On the occasion of Earth Day, ESSIC Scientist Santiago Gassó was interviewed by several international and domestic media outlets for Spanish audiences. The interviews consisted of brief live and recorded video segments meant to highlight NASA’s commitment to Earth science observations since its inception.

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Figure1: Differences in SCAN observations‐based ubRMSE during 1 April 2015-30 August 2021 time period: (a) SMOPScdr minus SMAP, (b) SMOPScdr minus SMOS, (c) SMOPScdr minus AMSR-2, (d) SMOPScdr minus ASCATA. Patterns for ASCATA and ASCATB are very similar. Sites in blue color highlight better performance.

A New NOAA Blended Soil Moisture Product that Does Not Rely on Model Climatology

May 3, 2022

ESSIC/CISESS Scientists Jifu Yin, Jicheng Liu and Ralph Ferraro published a new article last month that discussed their work with NOAA’s Soil Moisture Operational Product System (SMOPS). SMOPS is developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide the real time blended soil moisture (SM) for Numeric Weather Prediction and National Water Model applications.

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