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Associate research scientist Chris Kidd lectured in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, last month, during a training session for the International Precipitation Working Group. At the groups sixth international workshop, Kidd’s seminar was part of the “New and Emerging Technologies, Sensors, and Datasets for Precipitation” training course which ran from Oct. 15 to Oct. 19. Kidd also chaired a discussion session titled “Validation, Verification, and Uncertainty,” and another discussion dealing with …

University of Maryland professor Antonio Busalacchi, Director of ESSIC and Chair of ConE, traveled to Hamburg, Germany in late September to deliver a keynote address at a joint conference between two European research organizations. His presentation on “North Atlantic Climate Variability” was seen by a crowd of scientists from EU-Thor and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (translation: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF for short) Scientists from both …

Researcher: Wilfred Schroeder Grant-Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $157,192 Grant-Study: “Development and Application of Spatially Refined Remote Sensing Active Fire Data Sets in Support of Fire Monitoring, Management, and Planning””…

A study conducted at the University of Maryland, College Park shows that a rise in sea levels within the next century could cause severe damage to city and federal property in Washington, D.C.

The research was conducted by the Clark School of Engineering Center for Technology and Systems Management, and was led by Professor Bilal Ayyub, Haralamb Braileanu, and Naeem Qureshi.

Initially published in the fall of last year, the findings are now particularly important after the so-called

ESSIC-AOSC professor Raghu Murtugudde was quoted in a Washington Post feature-article on October 29th, during the height of Hurricane Sandy.  The story illustrates the growing trend from media and experts alike to both describe and personalize severe storms and extreme weather events, with cliches and neologisms.  The author further suggests that use of the sometimes light-hearted and flippant terminology may in fact be  a “control assertion” response to situations where as people, we …

What: Flu Shot Clinic (administered by Farragut Medical) Where: 5825 University Research Ct. – Main Lobby Time: 11:30 am -1:30 pm Additional Info: Shots will be administered on a first come first serve basis.  There is a fee of $30 payable by cash, check or credit card….

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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.

A new study published in the November issue of Nature Climate Change suggests that solar geoengineering can be tailored to reduce inequality or to manage specific risks like the loss of Arctic sea ice. Solar geoengineering, the goal of which is to offset the global warming caused by greenhouse gases, involves reflecting sunlight back into space. By increasing the concentrations of aerosols in the stratosphere or by creating low-altitude marine clouds, the as-yet hypothetical solar …