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Satellite Ocean Color for Reef Turbidity

April 26, 2021

ESSIC/CISESS scientists Erick Geiger, Gang Liu, and Jacqueline De La Cour at NOAA Coral Reef Watch have a new article on satellite ocean color data published in the 13 April 2021 issue of Frontiers in Marine Science. The goal of their study was to determine how best to fill satellite data gaps from cloud cover and quality control exclusions in shallow water. They tested a combination of six spatial (horizontal scale below) and seven temporal scales (vertical scale below) for aggregating data from the VIIRS instrument at several coral reef locations in Maui, Hawai‘i and Puerto Rico and compared these with in situ measurements of water turbidity.

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Stephanie Uz's headshot.

Schollaert Uz Wins Arthur S. Flemming Award

April 21, 2021

Dr. Stephanie Schollaert Uz, a former ESSIC employee, is a recipient of the prestigious Arthur S. Flemming Award, an honor that celebrates stellar employees with three to 15 years of federal government service. Schollaert Uz is one of the three recipients recognized for performing outstanding service in the field of applied science and engineering.

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Figure. Snowfall products and report for the snowstorm on March 15, 2021 around 4:30 UTC, (a) satellite-radar merged snowfall rate (mSFR); (b) MRMS radar instantaneous snowfall rate; (c) SNODAS hourly snowfall analysis; (d) mPING crowdsourcing weather report.

Satellites Fill in Radar Gaps in Snowstorm

March 25, 2021

Some western and central states experienced a strong winter storm on March 13-15. The experimental satellite-radar merged snowfall rate product (mSFR) previously covered in ESSIC News demonstrated how satellites could fill in radar gaps in regions with limited or no radar coverage.

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