Author: Cazzy Medley

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Farrell and Thomas Discuss the Hidden Talents of ICESat-2

December 14, 2020

A new NASA Goddard feature highlights how the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite 2 (ICESat-2), originally intended to precisely measure the height of the ice sheets at Earth’s poles, of sea ice floes above the ocean waters, and of forest canopies, has gone beyond its original purposes to map the Earth’s surface. In the article, ESSIC/CISESS scientists Sinéad Farrell and Nathan Thomas are quoted discussing these unintended benefits.

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Laviola and You Are Guest Editors of a Special Issue of MDPI Remote Sensing

December 14, 2020

ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Scientist Yalei You and Sante Laviola, a researcher at The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC) in Bologna, Italy, are guest editors of a special issue of Remote Sensing titled “Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing for Severe Storms Detection”. Laviola has previously spent a year with ESSIC/CISESS as a visiting scientist.

Farrell and Duncan Demonstrate High Fidelity Sea Ice Surface Topography Mapping with ICESat-2

December 10, 2020

ESSIC/CISESS scientists Sinéad Farrell and Kyle Duncan have a new paper out in Geophysical Research Letters titled, “Mapping Sea Ice Surface Topography in High Fidelity With ICESat‐2”.

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Coral Reef Watch Contributes to New Allen Coral Atlas Feature

December 8, 2020

Members of the NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) program, including ESSIC/CISESS Faculty Specialist, Erick Geiger collaborated with Arizona State University (ASU) and Vulcan Inc. to contribute to

Coral Reef Watch Publishes on CoralTemp and the Daily Global 5km Satellite Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite

December 8, 2020

Several scientists from the NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) team published a paperout this week in a special issue of Remote Sensing titled “Advances in Retrieval, Operationalization, Monitoring and Application of Sea Surface Temperature”.

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Zamora Develops Technique to Identify Effects of Dust on Clouds

December 4, 2020

Lauren Zamora, ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist and a contractor in the Climate and Radiation Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, has a new article out in Journal of Climate titled, “Saharan dust aerosols change deep convective cloud prevalence, possibly by inhibiting marine new particle formation”.

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Chen Develops Flash Drought Prediction Tool

December 4, 2020

L. Gwen Chen, ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Engineer, is first author on a new paper in Atmosphere about flash drought prediction.

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Cho Develops Tool to Predict Areas Affected by Snowmelt-Driven Floods

December 4, 2020

ESSIC Post-doctoral Associate Eunsang Cho is first author on a paper in Water Resources Research titled “Extreme Value Snow Water Equivalent and Snowmelt for Infrastructure Design Over the Contiguous United States”.

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We are far from using earth system models for managing a public health crisis, says Murtugudde

December 4, 2020

ESSIC/AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde recently published an op-ed in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability titled “We are very far from using earth system models for managing a public health crisis”.

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William Lau Elected as AAAS Fellow

November 25, 2020

ESSIC Research Scientist William Lau has been newly elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a lifetime distinction that recognizes important contributions to STEM disciplines, including pioneering research, leadership, teaching and mentoring, fostering collaborations, and advancing public understanding of science.

Author: Cazzy Medley

Farrell and Thomas Discuss the Hidden Talents of ICESat-2

Laviola and You Are Guest Editors of a Special Issue of MDPI Remote Sensing

Farrell and Duncan Demonstrate High Fidelity Sea Ice Surface Topography Mapping with ICESat-2

Coral Reef Watch Contributes to New Allen Coral Atlas Feature

Coral Reef Watch Publishes on CoralTemp and the Daily Global 5km Satellite Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite

Zamora Develops Technique to Identify Effects of Dust on Clouds

Chen Develops Flash Drought Prediction Tool

Cho Develops Tool to Predict Areas Affected by Snowmelt-Driven Floods

We are far from using earth system models for managing a public health crisis, says Murtugudde

William Lau Elected as AAAS Fellow

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