Author: Cazzy Medley

“Unseen Heroes” Awards for the S-NPP CDP Reset Recovery Team

December 19, 2022

On December 6, the NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program Office announced that the “Unseen Heroes” award would go to the Central Data Processor (CDP) Reset Recovery Team. It was given “in recognition of efforts to restore the Suomi-National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite instruments after a central data processor reset.” This was a major effort in collaboration between the JPSS SDR teams and OSPO to recover the SNPP satellite after the instrument entered “Sun-pointing mode,” leading all of the onboard JPSS instruments to go offline and require restarting and revalidation. The CISESS and Consortium Scientist awardees were:

Figure: a-c) Station maps of cp profiles during XIXIMI 4–6 cruises; d-f) vertical sections of cp (m􀀀 1) at stations between red lines in a-c) along 24◦N in 2015–2017; g-i) maps of bottom cp in 2015–2017. Arrows and red lines in g-i indicate the line of stations used for sections shown in d-f. Bold vertical lines in the sections (d-f) indicate the location of profiles. The outer edge of light blue shading on the station maps (a-c) denotes 1000 m depth.

Mishonov Studies Nepheloid Layers in the Gulf of Mexico

November 30, 2022

Alexey Mishonov, ESSIC/CISESS Associate Research Scientist and NOAA Affiliate, has a new article in Marine Geology about the nepheloid layers in the deep Gulf of Mexico.

The Orroral Valley Fire viewed from Tuggeranong on the evening of 28 January

Australian Wildfires Depleted the Ozone Layer in a Variety of Ways, According to New Article

November 28, 2022

A UMD alum and professor co-authored a paper about the reduction in the thickness of Earth’s protective ozone layer that followed the Australian wildfires.

The maps above show simulated storm tracks and wind speeds of nine Arctic cyclones. The left image represents simulated storm tracks as they hit the Arctic in the past decade. The right image shows how the cyclones are projected to respond to climate change by the end of the century. Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens, using data from Parker, C.L. et al.

Arctic Cyclones to Intensify as Climate Warms

November 21, 2022

In findings published on Nov. 9, a team of NASA scientists led by ESSIC research scientist Chelsea Parker project spring Arctic cyclones will intensify by the end of this century because of sea ice loss and rapidly warming temperatures. Those conditions will lead to stronger storms that carry warmer air and more moisture into the Arctic.

At the student section of ChaserCon (left to right): CISESS Scientist Guangyang Fang, Undergraduate Research Assistants Samantha Smith, Alex Friedman and Domenic Brooks, Graduate Student Alvin Cheung, and Scientist Daile Zhang.

ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Team at 2022 Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon

November 16, 2022

The ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Team members Guangyang Fang and Daile Zhang recently attended the 2022 Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon, a conference for meteorologists at National Weather Service, broadcast meteorologists, emergency managers, storm chasers and other professional and amateur meteorologists across the great Mid-Atlantic area to network and discuss local severe storms and promote ideas to raise public awareness of severe weather and emergency management. Accompanying them were Undergraduate Research Assistants Alex Friedman, Domenic Brooks, and Samantha Smith as well as an AOSC grad student Alvin Cheung.

ESSIC Scientists Earn NOAA Awards

November 16, 2022

Last week, NOAA Administrators announced the recipients of the 2022 Bronze Medal, Distinguished Career, Administrator’s Awards, and Recognition Awards for 50 Years of Service. Among the awardees were several ESSIC scientists.

Observed GPCP precipitation trend (mm day-1 per decade) during (a) 1979-2014 and (b) 1979-2020. (c) AMIP6 and (d) CMIP6 historical full forcing simulated precipitation trend (mm day-1 per decade) during 1979-2014.

Observed Variability and Trends in Global Precipitation During the Satellite Era

November 16, 2022

ESSIC/CISESS scientists Guojun Gu and Robert Adler have a new article in Climate Dynamics that examines changes in global precipitation during the satellite (post-1979) era using the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) V2.3 monthly precipitation analysis. They compared GPCP data with results from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6) and the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP5) with the goal of improving current understanding of the effects of major physical mechanisms on precipitation change. They also aimed to assess the skills of current climate models and discover some clues for diagnosing possible limitations in observed precipitation.

Isaac Moradi smiles for the camera, wearing a red gridded button-up and a red tie

Isaac Moradi Joins UMD Research Council

November 16, 2022

ESSIC /CISESS Research Scientist Isaac Moradi was recently elected as a member of the University of Maryland Research Council. The Research Council is task force deployed by the University Senate that provides guidance to the UMD Vice President for research on matters such as:

The University of Maryland ranked No. 57 overall, No. 28 among U.S. institutions and No. 12 among U.S. public institutions in U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2022-23 Best Global Universities, which focuses on the global research and reputation of 2,000 top schools. Photo by John T. Consoli

UMD Advances in U.S. News’ Ranking of Top Global Universities

November 16, 2022

The University of Maryland ranked No. 12 among U.S. public institutions and No. 57 among top universities from nearly 100 countries in U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2022-23 Best Global Universities.

A view of the Mekong River at Luang Prabang in Laos. (late August 2009)

Cooperation among hydropower producers could hold the answer to reviving the mighty Mekong

October 31, 2022

The Mekong’s floodplains are a global biodiversity hotspot sustaining one of the world’s largest inland fisheries. However, two decades of hydropower developments have altered the river discharge and impacted the water available to the floodplains. In particular, the flood pulse — the principal driving force of healthy floodplains — is getting shorter and weaker.

Author: Cazzy Medley

“Unseen Heroes” Awards for the S-NPP CDP Reset Recovery Team

Mishonov Studies Nepheloid Layers in the Gulf of Mexico

Australian Wildfires Depleted the Ozone Layer in a Variety of Ways, According to New Article

Arctic Cyclones to Intensify as Climate Warms

ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Team at 2022 Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon

ESSIC Scientists Earn NOAA Awards

Observed Variability and Trends in Global Precipitation During the Satellite Era

Isaac Moradi Joins UMD Research Council

UMD Advances in U.S. News’ Ranking of Top Global Universities

Cooperation among hydropower producers could hold the answer to reviving the mighty Mekong

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