Author: Cazzy Medley

ESSIC Hosts Python Workshop

May 23, 2023

Earlier this month, Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) held a virtual workshop on Python hosted by Rebekah Esmaili from Science and Technology Corp (STC).

Caption: Season-averaged soil moisture (m3/m3) for GLDAS, CCI and SMOPS over the 2015- 2018 period with left and right columns for cold (January-April) and warm season (May- September), respectively.

Assimilation of Blended Satellite Soil Moisture Data Products to Further Improve Noah-MP Model Skills

May 8, 2023

Jifu Yin, Ralph Ferraro, and Jicheng Liu are authors on a new paper in Journal of Hydrology
titled “Assimilation of Blended Satellite Soil Moisture Data Products to Further Improve Noah-
MP Model Skills”.

Zhanqing Li. Image credit: John T. Consoli/Faye Levine/University of Maryland. Effects by Nuwan Paditha (Click image to download hi-res version)

Zhanqing Li Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

May 5, 2023

Distinguished University Professor (DUP) Zhanqing Li has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award, a prestigious honor bestowed by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to support Dr. Li’s month-long visit of the Universite de Lille in Lille, France, where he will be collaborating on studies concerning air pollution and interactions with global climate changes by means of remote sensing and AI techniques.

ESSIC Celebrates Maryland Day 2023

May 3, 2023

On Saturday, April 29, ESSIC faculty and staff gathered to celebrate Maryland Day, the University of Maryland’s largest community outreach event! This was the 25th year that the university held the event, and the 23rd time that ESSIC has participated.

Correlation between coincident snowfall rate observations from CPR and from each sensor over ocean from March 2014 to July 2019. (b) As in (a), but over land.

For Ocean Snow Detection and Intensity, Conical Scanning Beat Cross-Track Radiometers

May 3, 2023

Satellite observations provide the only means for snowfall detection and snowfall intensity estimation on a global scale.

Rising to a Grand Challenge: Climate-Related Disasters, Farming Crises

April 27, 2023

A multidisciplinary group of researchers focused on Earth system science and global change is preparing to leverage the latest scientific tools and discoveries in their fields to meet the existential threats of climate change in Maryland head-on.

English: small stream running though a small town park

A New Approach to Estimating the Benefits of Urban Streams

April 24, 2023

An interdisciplinary team of researchers including ESSIC Scientist Michael Gerst has developed a suite of tools to estimate the total economic value of improving water quality in urban streams.