ESSIC research associate Professor, Maria Tzortziou, participated in a recent Gulf of Mexico region oceanographic and air-quality field campaign. The event was a preparatory effort in advance of future NASA satellite missions. Tzortzio led activities related to dynamics of atmospheric trace gases and ocean biogeochemical cycles at the land-ocean interface….
Inspiration comes from the strangest of places. About a year ago, I was talking with my good friend Agustín at a party -yes, this is the kind of conversation I get distracted with when I socialize! He was telling me he “was not yet convinced” about the impact of humans on climate change. “I think it’s all natural”, he said repeatedly while we sipped a little wine. This is the same guy that just a few years back was saying he was “not convinced” that climate change was real. Yes, I know what
ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Charon Birkett was awarded a new research grant under the NASA Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Program Division. Birkett also received the renewal of an existing Research and Applications grant, under the NASA Water Resources/Drought Program Division. At the center of the studies is the instrument’s ability to monitor the changing surface water levels in the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs, for water resources and climate change …
ESSIC Research Associate Professor, Maria Tzortziou was an invited speaker at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University/Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. Tzortziou discussed the applications of remote sensing measurements from currently available satellite sensors, as well as planned future NASA missions to study atmosphere-land-ocean interactions and biogeochemical exchanges, in highly vulnerable coastal ecosystems….
After weeks of hot summer weather, the early days of fall historically promise a cool breeze and a decrease in temperature. Most U.S. regions however, will experience one if not several brief resurgences of either summer-like or above average temperatures, following the September Equinox. The word “Indian Summer” is often loosely applied to any generic period of warmer temperatures during the months of autumn, but often outside of the true or intended historical definition of the term. ESSIC …
On a day that saw the resumption of post-shutdown operations at the neighboring National Weather Service Center for Weather and Climate Predication, the UMD Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) fittingly welcomed NBC Washington D.C. television affiliate meteorologists, Doug Kammerer and Amelia Segal to a special event seminar at the University of Maryland Research Park. Kammerer and Segal, who had last visited UMD ESSIC in July of 2013 to participate in a joint UMD-NOAA severe …
ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde, spoke at a seminar focused on marine life flow at the Inter-University Institute for Marine Sciences (IUI) in Eilat, Israel. A main goal of the seminar was to bring together students and researchers from around the world to analyze to better understand how marine life flow acts as a key component to marine ecosystems….
Guten Tag! On Friday, October 7th, ESSIC faculty and staff will again find themselves transported to a “virtual Munich.” In the spirit of the famous 16-day Bavarian autumnal festival, the Center will host its 5th-annual Oktoberfest-themed TGIF, featuring soft-pretzels, bratwurst, and a special “beverage” in the Märzen style of the season. (Note: As always, food and drink are generally consumed quickly: Provisions have been made to accommodate a larger volume of revelers, but prompt …
Manisha Ganeshan, an AOSC PhD student advised by ESSIC / AOSC Professor Dr. Raghu Murugudde, recently defended her thesis entitled, “The role of negative buoyancy and urbanization in warm season precipitation processes over the US.” Ganeshan plans on perforning her post-doctoral work at the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)….
On the first day of October 2013, the U.S. federal government suspended a large percentage of its operations for the first time in 17 years. Many individuals and agencies have been impacted by the shutdown, including those working in scientific research. Current reports suggest that as much as 55 percent of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) workforce have been sent home without pay. Although some operational weather forecasters will continue to work, much of the long term …