Author: Cazzy Medley

Figure 1. MiRS NOAA-20/ATMS retrieved TPW (descending and ascending orbits) on 24 October 2021 over the eastern Pacific and West Coast region. The atmospheric river is clearly seen. Locations of the four vertical cross-sections shown in Figure 2 are indicated by the dashed lines.

NOAA’s MiRs Captures Category 5 Rainfall Event in California

November 3, 2021

On October 24, a powerful Category 5 (the maximum possible) atmospheric river (AR) occurred over the northern and central parts of California. The storm system featured record breaking precipitation, leading to flooding and mudslides in some locations, along with dangerous winds exceeding 70 miles per hour at higher elevations. San Francisco recorded its fourth highest single-day rainfall amount of over 4 inches. Satellite passive microwave measurements are one of the observational tools that allow depiction of these extreme events, since microwaves are less affected by clouds and precipitation.

Milestone Report on Coral Reef Health Released Worldwide

November 3, 2021

ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Jacqueline De La Cour was a contributor and reviewer of The Sixth Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020 Report, released by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) on October 5th. This sixth edition is the first since 2008 and the first based on the quantitative analysis of a global dataset, compiled from more than 300 contributors and comprising almost 2 million observations from more than 12,000 sites in 73 countries.

Using NASA’s Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product to Map US CO2 Emissions

October 29, 2021

ESSIC scientist Zhuosen Wang is a co-author of a chapter in Urban Remote Sensing titled, “US Cities in the Dark: Mapping Man-Made Carbon Dioxide Emissions Over the Contiguous US Using NASA’s Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product”.

ESSIC Holds 1st AI/ML Workshop: On the Pathway to a Digital Earth

October 28, 2021

Last month, researchers from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the University of Maryland (UMD) Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) gathered to explore the challenges and opportunities in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence in Earth systems science.

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

Moradi Speaks to Howard County Interns

October 27, 2021

ESSIC Research Scientist Isaac Moradi presented a talk on October 19, 2021 as part of the Howard County High Schools G/T Intern/Mentor program on the Earth and Space Science fundamentals.

Infrastructure Investment Must Incorporate Nature’s Lessons in a Rapidly Changing World

October 27, 2021

ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier has a new paper out in OneEarth about the importance of nature in climate resilient infrastructure. On this paper, Sutton-Grier worked with researchers from Texas A&M University, US Army Corps of Engineers, University of Georgia, Duke University, and more.

Consortium Launches New Online Water Data Platform to Transform Water Management in the Western United States as Droughts Intensify

October 21, 2021

(SACRAMENTO, CA — October 21, 2021) OpenET, a new online platform that uses satellites to estimate water consumed by crops and other plants, launched today, making critical data for water management widely available in 17 western states for the first time amid record drought.

A farmer carries forage for his mule in southwestern Ethiopia. Farther north in the country, starvation spread this year in the face of civil war. Credit: Jacquelyn Turner, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

To Understand Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, Consider Both Climate and Conflict

October 18, 2021

ESSIC scientist Weston Anderson is lead-author on a new paper that suggests that African food insecurity is being driven by an uptick in violent conflict. In the study published in Nature Food, Anderson worked with researchers from Columbia University, New York University, and Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.

Moradi Speaks on Tropical Cyclones at International Conference

October 18, 2021

Isaac Moradi (ESSIC/GMAO) presented a talk entitled “Assimilation of microwave radiances over the rainbands of tropical cyclones” in the WCRP-WWRP Joint Symposium on Data Assimilation and Reanalysis.

The Arctic “ozone hole” in March 2020. (NASA)

Salawitch Talks Ozone Hole in the Washington Post

October 18, 2021

Research conducted by ESSIC/AOSC scientist Ross J. Salawitch is featured in a new Washington Post article on the North Pole ozone hole that formed last year.

Author: Cazzy Medley

NOAA’s MiRs Captures Category 5 Rainfall Event in California

Milestone Report on Coral Reef Health Released Worldwide

Using NASA’s Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product to Map US CO2 Emissions

ESSIC Holds 1st AI/ML Workshop: On the Pathway to a Digital Earth

Moradi Speaks to Howard County Interns

Infrastructure Investment Must Incorporate Nature’s Lessons in a Rapidly Changing World

Consortium Launches New Online Water Data Platform to Transform Water Management in the Western United States as Droughts Intensify

To Understand Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, Consider Both Climate and Conflict

Moradi Speaks on Tropical Cyclones at International Conference

Salawitch Talks Ozone Hole in the Washington Post

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