First Official Public Release of the System for Analysis of Wind Collocations (SAWC)
December 15, 2023
The data and tools one needs for wind observation research all in one place.
Author: Cazzy Medley
Zhang Presents Her New Book at the CTR Wilson Meeting
December 13, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS scientist Daile Zhang and her coauthor Ron Holle virtually presented their new
book–Flashes of Brilliance: The Science and Wonder of Arizona Lightning –at the CTR Wilson
meeting on November 16, 2023. They discussed the motivation of writing the book and
introduced the content of each chapter. The audiences were interested in creating
undergraduate level courses and materials based on the book.
Air Quality Deterioration from Western Wildfires Outpaces Human-Driven Improvement, Threatens Human Health
December 5, 2023
UMD researchers analyzed changes in the mortality burden attributed to wildfire pollution over the last two decades.
Reporting and Sharing Data for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research
November 27, 2023
ESSIC/NOAA Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS) Scientist Liqing Jiang led a chapter of the Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research, a
ESSIC Featured in Fifth National Climate Assessment
November 27, 2023
ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Justin Pflug is an author attributed on the Fifth National Climate Assessment, the U.S. Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. The congressionally-mandated effort provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States. Pflug is attributed on two chapters, “Water” and “Compound Events”.
Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone levels
November 20, 2023
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano changed the chemistry, dynamics of Earth’s stratosphere
Acidification of the Global Surface Ocean: What We Have Learned from Observations
November 20, 2023
Global surface ocean pH on total scale in 2020. Modified from Jiang et al. (2023). ESSIC Scientist Liqing Jiang is a co-author on a new
Updated High-Resolution Northern North Pacific Regional Climatology Released
November 17, 2023
On November 7th, ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Alexey Mishonov and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) released the Northern North Pacific regional climatology, version 2. This is a collection of high-resolution quality-controlled temperature and salinity fields retrieved from the latest World Ocean Database (WOD23) on standard depth levels from the sea surface to 5,200 m depth covering the period from 1955 to 2022.
Optimal Summertime Precipitation Data from GEO and LEO Observations
November 17, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS Scientists Veljko Petković, Malarvizhi Arulraj, and CISESS Summer Intern Vesta Gorooh (UCI PhD student) have a new article in the November issue of the Journal of Hydrometeorology. The article describes the use of machine learning techniques to improve the retrieval of surface precipitation from passive meteorological sensors aboard geosynchronous Earth-orbiting (GEO) and low Earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites.
Early Career Scientist Spotlight: Joseph Finlon
November 17, 2023
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist Dr. Joseph Finlon was recently featured in a NASA Early Career Scientist Spotlight.
