Author: Cazzy Medley

The interns and mentors who presented in-person for the 2024 CISESS Intern Presentations (underage interns are censored)

ESSIC Celebrates Summer Interns

September 4, 2024

On August 20-23, ESSIC hosted 52 interns both in-person and remotely for the Summer Intern Presentations. The interns, composed of both high school and undergraduate

Martin Perrine is Robert H. Goddard Honor Award Winner

August 26, 2024

ESSIC scientist Martin Perrine has been awarded the Robert H. Goddard Honor Award for Science in recognition of his exceptional engineering elevating science missions at

ESSIC on State of the Climate in 2023

August 26, 2024

This week, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) released its annual State of the Climate report in 2023. Compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information,

Caption: Scientific crew on board of the Research Vessel (R/V) Point Sur. From left to right: Jonathan Gallegos (SciGlob), Ryan Stauffer (NASA Goddard), Anne Thompson (NASA Goddard Emeritus/UMBC), Niko Fedkin (NASA Goddard/NPP), Nikolay Balashov (UMD ESSIC/NASA Goddard), Martin Cadirola (EcoTronics), and Joshua Richards (UMBC).

Measuring Greenhouse Gasses at Sea

August 12, 2024

Caption: Scientific crew on board of the Research Vessel (R/V) Point Sur. From left to right: Jonathan Gallegos (SciGlob), Ryan Stauffer (NASA Goddard), Anne Thompson

Left to right: Chris Kidd, Kwo Sen-Kuo, Lisa Milani, Veljko Petkovic, Malarvizhi Arulraj, and Huan Meng

ESSIC Attends International Precipitation Working Group

August 12, 2024

Left to right: Chris Kidd, Kwo Sen-Kuo, Lisa Milani, Veljko Petkovic, Malarvizhi Arulraj, and Huan Meng Last month, several ESSIC scientists traveled to Tokyo, Japan

Jaehwa Lee is Robert H. Goddard Honor Award Winner

August 8, 2024

ESSIC scientist Jaehwa Lee has been awarded the Robert H. Goddard Award for Science in recognition of his significant contributions to aerosol research, specifically, his

Figure. Example of a mapped data product: seasonal means of dissolved inorganic carbon [CT(RFR-LME)] in the Northern Hemisphere (a) winter (December-January-February), (b) spring (March-April-May), (c) summer (June-July-August), and (d) fall (September-October-November) over the period 1998–2022 within each U.S. LME.

Introducing a New Set of Ocean Acidification Indicators

August 8, 2024

(Click to enlarge) Comparisons between pCO2 from selected moored buoy observations, RFR-LME and RFR-LME-NM maps, and other mapped surface products. (a) Mapped long-term mean pCO2(RFR-LME)

Figure. Example of a map of one of the OA indicators, namely, the aragonite saturation state at a depth of 50 m on the North American ocean margins. Recent research shows that calcifying organisms require values of Ωarag much greater than 1.0 to optimally produce shells or skeletons.

Helping to Understand Ocean Acidification in Coastal Waters

August 7, 2024

Figure. Example of a map of one of the OA indicators, namely, the aragonite saturation state at a depth of 50 m on the North

Figure. Example of (left panel) radar outage frequency and (right panel) radar outage cost estimates for the year 2023.

Radar Outage Costs and the Value of Alternate Datasets

August 2, 2024

Figure. Example of (left panel) radar outage frequency and (right panel) radar outage cost estimates for the year 2023. Weather radars are crucial tools for

Summer Interns Attend a Mini-Workshop and Midsummer Party