Year: 2023

[VIDEO] Zhang helps the Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Field Campaign

February 1, 2023

Daile Zhang helped the NSF-funded LEE field campaign in Oswego, NY this week. The LEE project aims to study the electrification mechanism of the lake effect snowstorms in the Great Lake area. This is the first time that scientists have conducted such an experiment. Daile helped launch the balloon and electric field mill in the field, testing and preparing for the electric field mill, and making connectors in the lab.

ESSIC/CISESS at the AMS Annual Meeting

February 1, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS had a large presence at the AMS Annual Meeting, held in mid-January in Denver and virtually.

Figure: Joseph Patton presenting his poster live and in person at AMS. He presented research on the relationship between lightning observations from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and the circuitous paths aircraft have to take to avoid turbulent thunderstorms. GLM observations, showing the unique spatial footprint of lightning flashes with rapid updates, play a critical role in enhancing the forecasts of operational aviation meteorologists who are in direct communication with Air Traffic Control and pilots during severe weather events.

ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Group Presented at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting

February 1, 2023

The ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Group presented five oral talks and four posters (two at the Student Conference) at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.

Improving Hydrologic Forecast Systems for Food Insecurity Early Warning in Southern Africa

January 27, 2023

ESSIC Scientists Abheera Hazra and Kimberly Slinski are co-authors on a new paper in Journal of Hydrology that describes the improvements in seasonal hydrologic forecasts produced with the updated FEWS NET Land Data Assimilation System.

Warming and Aridity Accelerate Terminal Lake Desiccation in the Great Basin

January 27, 2023

Dorothy Hall is first author on a paper recently published in American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) open access journal Earth and Space Science about the increasing desiccation of lakes in the United State’s Great Basin.

[VIDEO] ESSIC Scientists Interviewed On Rising Global Temperatures

January 27, 2023

ESSIC Scientists Patricia Parker and Weston Anderson recently participated in the NASA Live Shots media campaign, which resulted in a series of media interviews about the NASA/NOAA global temperature update.

Jordan Borak Elected PTK Representative on UMD Senate

January 27, 2023

Congratulations to ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Jordan Borak, newly elected Professional-Track Faculty (PTK) representative for the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) on the UMD Senate!

Wei Named Associate Editor of JGR: Atmospheres

January 20, 2023

Jing Wei has been appointed an Associate Editor for the journal JGR: Atmospheres of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). As an Associate Editor, Wei will maintain and improve the quality of the journal, facilitate a timely review process, and assist the editor to solicit important and thought-provoking articles. JGR: Atmospheres (IF = 5.22) publishes original research articles that advance and improve the understanding of atmospheric properties and processes, including the interaction of the atmosphere with other components of the Earth system, as well as their roles in climate variability and change.

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Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India

January 18, 2023

ESSIC/AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde is a co-author on a new article in Scientific Reports titled “Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India”.

Seasonal temperatures in West Antarctica during the Holocene

January 13, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS Scientist C. Max Stevens is co-author on a new paper in Nature that reveals summer and winter temperature changes through the last 11,000 years, a period known as the Holocene.

Year: 2023

[VIDEO] Zhang helps the Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Field Campaign

ESSIC/CISESS at the AMS Annual Meeting

ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Group Presented at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting

Improving Hydrologic Forecast Systems for Food Insecurity Early Warning in Southern Africa

Warming and Aridity Accelerate Terminal Lake Desiccation in the Great Basin

[VIDEO] ESSIC Scientists Interviewed On Rising Global Temperatures

Jordan Borak Elected PTK Representative on UMD Senate

Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India

Seasonal temperatures in West Antarctica during the Holocene

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