Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone levels
November 20, 2023
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano changed the chemistry, dynamics of Earth’s stratosphere
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Author: Cazzy Medley
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.
Chesapeake Bay has ‘favorable’ summer, finds ESSIC-supported NOAA report
November 9, 2023
The Virginian-Pilot featured a news article on November 5 highlighting a NOAA report containing an operational satellite data product from ESSIC/CISESS Senior Faculty Specialist Ron Vogel. The report, Synthesis of Environmental Impacts on Key Fishery Resources in the Chesapeake Bay, is released seasonally by the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office and is used by regional fishery managers to help guide management decisions.
Humans Are Disrupting Natural ‘Salt Cycle’ on a Global Scale, New Study Shows
November 1, 2023
The influx of salt in streams and rivers is an ‘existential threat,’ according to a research team led by a UMD geologist.
Lightning Team Outreach Event at the 8th Spooky Science Expo
October 27, 2023
The ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Team – Guangyang Fang, Joseph Patton, Daile Zhang, and two students Damian Joseph Figueroa and Ashmita Pyne – went to celebrate the 8th Spooky Science Expo in Alexandria, VA. This was the first time CISESS/ESSIC scientists participated in this event.
ESSIC Scientists Earn NASA HBG Peer Awards
October 27, 2023
NASA recently announced the selections for the 2023 Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Geophysics (HBG) Annual Peer Awards. Several ESSIC scientists were awarded for scientific achievement and scientific/technical support. The ceremony commemorating these awards was held on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 2:00pm.
Evaluating Lightning Observations from Space
October 10, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS Scientists Daile Zhang, Scott Rudlosky (NOAA), and colleagues published a study that uses the well-documented Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Lightning Imaging Sensors (LIS) performance to determine if the International Space Station (ISS) LIS performs well enough to bridge the gap between TRMM LIS and the new generation of Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLMs).
