Visualizing Coastal Ocean Acidification
March 2, 2023
New tool shows the distribution of seven ocean acidification indicators in North American coastal waters
Author: Cazzy Medley
ESSIC Scientists to Address Climate Change, Predict Future COVID Variants, and Remediate Methane with Grand Challenges Grants
February 17, 2023
The University of Maryland today awarded $30 million to 50 projects through its Grand Challenges Grants Program, an institution-wide initiative to tackle major societal issues.
The College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) received 16 Grand Challenges grants, five of which include ESSIC scientists.
Atmospheric Sounding from the CubeSat TROPICS Mission
February 13, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS scientists John Xun Yang, Yong-Keun Lee, and Christopher Grassotti are co-authors on a new paper titled “Atmospheric humidity and temperature sounding from the CubeSat TROPICS mission: Early performance evaluation with MiRS” in Remote Sensing of Environment.
Freshman Terrence Pierce Selected as Honorable Mention at the AMS
February 10, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS student intern Terrence Pierce, a freshman at the University of Maryland, was recently selected as Honorable Mention at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) student oral competition held at the 2023 AMS annual meeting and the 11th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data.
Modeling and Estimation of Snow Depth Spatial Correlation Structure Over North America
February 2, 2023
Cezar Kongoli, ESSIC/CISESS associate research scientist, Tom Smith, ESSIC/CISESS visiting research scientist, have a new paper in Frontiers in Earth Science titled “Modeling and estimation of snow depth spatial correlation structure from observations over North America”.
Examining Climate Variability’s Impact on Simultaneous Breadbasket Yield Shocks
February 2, 2023
Weston Anderson, an Assistant Research Scientist at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, is lead author on a new study that investigates the frequency and trends of simultaneous yield shocks in global breadbaskets, regions that specialize in grain crops.
[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.
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.
