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Isaac Moradi, wearing rimless glasses and a red shirt and tie, smiles at the camera.

Moradi Convenes and Chairs Three AGU Sessions

ESSIC/CISESS Associate Research Scientist Isaac Moradi is convening and chairing three sessions at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, occurring virtually this year due to COVID-19. The sessions are “Data Assimilation, Reanalysis, and Observing System Simulation Experiments I”, “Data Assimilation, Reanalysis, and Observing System Simulation Experiments II Posters”, and “Calibration and Validation of Satellite Earth Observation Systems I Posters”.

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A scenic view of the ocean and the beach.

Farrell and Thomas Discuss the Hidden Talents of ICESat-2

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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The cover of the special issue of Remote Sensing.

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

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.

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A cloud of dust obscures a beautiful orange sunset.

Zamora Develops Technique to Identify Effects of Dust on Clouds

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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