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CISESS at EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2026

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The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) held its annual Meteorological Satellite Conference in Darmstadt, Germany during the week of 21 September 2026. The main theme of the conference this year was “40th Anniversary of EUMETSAT – Advancing Earth System Satellites for Europe and Beyond”. CISESS Scientists (in bold below) took part in many oral presentations, including the following:

 

  • Niels Bormann, Zaizhong Ma, David Duncan, Katie Lean, Emma Turner, Marijana Crepulja, Mohamed Dahoui, and Satya Kalluri: Evaluation of Microwave Sounding Observations from CubeSat Constellations: Tomorrow.io and NASA TROPICS Missions
  • Andrew Harris: Maximizing value of Sentinel-3 SLSTR dual-view data when combining JPSS observations into NOAA’s high-resolution global sea surface temperature analysis
  • Veljko Petkovic, Malarvizhi Arulraj, Huan Meng, Ralph Ferraro, and Satya Kalluri: Pre-launch algorithm development for MWI precipitation, TPW, and CLW retrievals
  • Mitch Goldberg, Dingdong Li, Said Mejia, Andrew Heidinger, Lihang Zhou, and Satya Kalluri: Multi-Layer perceptron neural network retrievals for next-generation microwave and infrared sounders: a comprehensive all-sky performance assessment
  • Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez, Peter Beierle, Eric Maddy, Kun Zhang, Wayne McCullough, Sherry Li, Denis Tremblay, and Satya Kalluri: Evaluation of MTG-IRS hyperspectral infrared observations using the NOAA CrIS and AI-derived geophysical information

This article was put together based on scientist input.

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Maureen Cribb

Maureen Cribb has been with ESSIC since 2001, first as a faculty specialist then as a senior faculty specialist, working in Prof. Zhanqing Li’s group. She is also a member of the CISESS Coordinator team. Maureen received a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Concordia University (Montréal, Canada) and a Diploma in Meteorology from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada). After a stint as a data analyst at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography near Halifax, she earned an M.Sc. in Atmospheric Science from Dalhousie, investigating the influence of the three-dimensional structure of clouds on the atmospheric absorption of solar radiation under the supervision of Prof. Qiang Fu. She lives, works, and plays in College Park, i.e., biking around on the hiker/biker trails, exploring the local food scene, and watching footie at sports restaurants in the area.

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