VIDEO: Are Cyclones More Frequent & Intense Now?
June 9, 2021
ESSIC/AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde is featured in a new interview in OneIndia about the frequency and intensity of cyclones, particularly over the Indian Ocean.
Author: Cazzy Medley
Remote Sensing of Night-time Light
June 9, 2021
ESSIC/CISESS Scientists Xi Shao, Sirish Uprety and Wen-hui Wang are contributors to a new book, Remote Sensing of Night-time Light, to be released on August 10th. Their chapter is on the assessment of straylight correction performance for the JPSS Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) day/night band using Dome-C and Greenland under lunar illumination. This book captures key methodological issues associated with pre-processing night-time light data, documents state of the art analysis methods, and explores a wide range of applications.
Drought Characteristics in Argentina
June 2, 2021
CISESS Deputy Director E. Hugo Berbery has a new article published on May 17th in the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences titled “Characteristics of droughts in Argentina’s Core Crop Region”.
Wang, Yu, Yoo, Qian, Shao Win SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2020 Best Papers Award
June 2, 2021
ESSIC/CISESS Scientists Zhipeng Wang, Fangfang Yu, Hyelim Yoo, Haifeng Qian and Xi Shao have been honored with a SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2020 Best Papers Award for their article, “On-orbit calibration and characterization of GOES-17 ABI IR bands under dynamic thermal conditions”.
Atmospheric Blocking Drives Recent Albedo Change Across the Western Greenland Ice Sheet Percolation Zone
May 26, 2021
ESSIC Post-doctoral Associate Thomas Overly is a co-author on a new paper in Geophysical Research Letters titled, “Atmospheric Blocking Drives Recent Albedo Change Across the Western Greenland Ice Sheet Percolation Zone”. Overly is among co-authors from Dartmouth College, Boise State University, Colby College, and University of New Hampshire.
Convection Parametrization and Multi-Nesting Dependence of a Heavy Rainfall Event over Namibia
May 26, 2021
ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Toshihisa Matsui is a co-author on a new international paper in Climate titled “Convection Parametrization and Multi-Nesting Dependence of a Heavy Rainfall Event over Namibia with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model”. In the study, Matsui and international co-authors investigate the effects of using multi-nests and a convection scheme, numerical weather prediction models, on the simulation of a heavy rainfall event over the north-western region of Kunene, Namibia.
Coral Reef Watch’s Daily Global 5km Satellite Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Monitoring Products Contribute to New Allen Coral Atlas Bleaching Layer
May 26, 2021
NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)’s operational daily global 5km satellite coral bleaching heat stress products are being used by Arizona State University (ASU) and its partners to create a new Bleaching layer (currently in beta status) in the Allen Coral Atlas. The Bleaching layer, which is updated every two weeks, detects variations in coral reef brightness using high-resolution Planet Dove satellite visible-band imagery and an advanced algorithm, to indicate whether reefs are experiencing heat stress, such as that from marine heatwaves, and bleaching.
Zhang Studies Soil, Nutrient, and Carbon Losses From Grassland-to-Cropland Conversion
May 13, 2021
ESSIC Visiting Research Scientist Xuesong Zhang is lead author on a recent study that simulated the environmental impacts from the conversion of grassland to corn and soybeans for 12 US Midwestern states using the EPIC (Environmental Policy Integrated Climate) model. The paper’s co-authors include Tyler J Lark, Christopher M Clark, Yongping Yuan, and Stephen D LeDuc.
Coastal Ocean Data Analysis Product in North America
May 13, 2021
ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Liqing Jiang led the development of a new data set called the Coastal Ocean Data Analysis Product in North America (CODAP-NA). It is an internally consistent data product for discrete inorganic carbon, oxygen, and nutrients on the U.S. North American ocean margins. CODAP-NA is one of the first major coastal ocean acidification (OA) data products. Its coverage includes all ocean margins of the conterminous United States, as well as part of Alaska. It will help the U.S. prepare OA mitigation and adaptation strategies. This collaborative effort is also a showcase example of NCEI/CISESS taking a leading role in a major synthesis effort involving NOAA labs (AOML and PMEL) and academic institutions (University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, University of Delaware, University of Miami, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, and Georgetown University). Earth System Science Data accepted an article on CODAP-NA on May 2. CISESS Scientist Alex Kozyr is a co-author.
Chesapeake Bay Office Commends Ron Vogel
May 13, 2021
ESSIC/CISESS Senior Faculty Specialist Ron Vogel, Operations Manager for the East Coast Node, was recently recognized and highly praised for his contributions to the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office to identify satellite derived products that support habitat and fisheries management applications.
