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Issue II of the newsletter containing helpful tips regarding the information technology infrastructure at ESSIC.
– Verizon Port Blocking
– Matlab Training
– New Dell Tablet PC
– Complex Pagination in MS Word
– New ESSIC Multi-Function Color Copier
On November 14, the University of Maryland announced the creation of the Council on the Environment, and named Director of ESSIC, Antonio Busalacchi, as the council chair. In a memo sent by Provost Ann Wylie and Vice President for Research Patrick O’Shea to Deans, Directors and Department Chairs at the University of Maryland, they noted that, “The Council on the Environment will serve as an advisory group on research, education, outreach, and economic development related to the …
Researchers: Ralph Ferraro, Cecilia Hernandez, Nai-Yu Wang (with significant contributions from the 20+ members of the PMM LSWG)
One of our focus areas during the past year was to complete an emissivity intercomparison study under the auspices of the Land Surface Characterization Working Group (LSWG) which supports the activities of several algorithm teams. Accurate emissivity estimates are needed to advance the current state of precipitation retrievals over land.
Researchers: Ralph Ferraro, Chi Quinn, and Daniel Cecil
Previous work by Cecil (2009) and Cecil and Blankenship (2011) found a strong correlation between passive microwave measurements at 37 and 85 GHz and hail events over land; these studies used measurements from the TMI and AMSR-E sensors. They established climatologies of hail that appeared to agree well with round based data.
The physical basis is that microwave energy is scattered by ice particles, thus greatly reducing the measurement brightness temperature (TB); “Mie”
By: Michael Evans
Last summer, following the International Quaternary Association quadrennial meeting in Bern, Switzerland, I found myself a guest at a meeting of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) 2000-year (2K) Network. This group is charged with evaluating patterns and mechanisms of climate change, with foci on 8 terrestrial regions. Why, I asked, wasn’t the global ocean represented in the 2K network? Well, as it turned out, the PAGES Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) had asked the exact same question, and the
An Overview of the University of Maryland Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center, including the Center’s main research themes and briefs on the Chesapeake Bay Forecasting System (CBFS) and Climate Information: Responding to User Needs (CIRUN).
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Semiannual circular presented to interested scientists, managers and decision makers about significant Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites events, while also providing a glimpse into current research projects.
Researchers: Shuyan Liu and Xin-Zhong Liang
Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) parameterizations incorporated in CWRF (Climate extension of the Weather Research and Forecasting model) were first evaluated by comparing simulated PBL height diurnal cycles with observation at ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) SGP (Southern Great Plains) site. Among the seven evaluated PBL schemes, two (CAM, UW) are new in CWRF while the other 5 are original WRF schemes. MYJ, QNSE and UW determine the PBL heights based on turbulent kinetic energy (TKE)