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.
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Author: Cazzy Medley
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).
A Global Hindcast of Waves and Storm Surge
October 10, 2023
ESSIC scientist Ali Abdolali is a co-author on a new paper in Frontiers in Marine Science titled, “A global unstructured, coupled, high-resolution hindcast of waves and storm surge”.
Early Career Scientist Spotlight: Cheng Da
October 10, 2023
Post-doctoral associate Dr. Cheng Da was recently featured in a NASA Early Career Scientist Spotlight.
Abiotic and Biotic Factors Impacting Tundra Productivity in Alaska
October 10, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Qingyuan Zhang has published a paper entitled “Impacts of abiotic and biotic factors on tundra productivity near Utqiaġvik, Alaska” in Environmental Research Letters.
Can We Estimate the Uncertainty Level of Satellite Long-Term Precipitation Records?
September 27, 2023
Veljko Petković is first author on a new paper in Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology titled, “Can We Estimate the Uncertainty Level of Satellite Long-Term Precipitation Records?”.
