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Murtugudde Comments on Carbon Emissions Caused by India Groundwater Over-Extraction

November 20, 2018

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde provided comments for a recent article posted on the Tech Explorist web site titled, “Double whammy of groundwater in India- Decrease in reserve and increasing carbon emissions.” The article discusses new findings that groundwater extraction in India is responsible for 2-7% of the country’s annual estimated carbon dioxide emissions. Murtugudde noted that every human activity has multiple impacts and can have unintended consequences. He also …

Sutton-Grier Co-authors Study Revealing Natural Solutions to Global Warming

November 16, 2018

A recent study in Science Advances led by The Nature Conservancy and 21 institutional partners, determined that restoring lands and coastal wetlands could have a much bigger role in reducing global climate change than previously thought. ESSIC associate research professor Ariana Sutton-Grier is a co-author. The report noted that by adjusting 21 natural management practices to increase carbon storage and avoid greenhouse emissions, nature’s contribution could equal 21% of the nation’s …

ESSIC Presents at Annual Symposium for Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics

November 15, 2018

November 14th marked The Fifteenth Annual Symposium of the Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics, an event intended to enhance the quality and international visibility of UMD’s fluid dynamics research and educational programs. ESSIC Research Professor and CICS-MD Director Hugo Berbery was a co-presenter of two presentations with his advised AOSC Graduate Assistants Eli Dennis and Katherine Lukens. Lukens-Berbery presented, “Winter Storm Tracks and Related Weather in the NCEP Climate Forecast …

Yang and Yang Published on Atmospheric Water Profiles

November 15, 2018

ESSIC / CICS-MD Associate Research Scientist Hu Wang and ESSIC / CICS-MD post-doctoral associate John Yang recently published an article in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing titled “Radiometry Calibration With High-Resolution Profiles of GPM: Application to ATMS 183-GHz Water Vapor Channels and Comparison Against Reanalysis Profiles”. The study compares atmospheric water vapor profiles between satellite and reanalysis using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) …

Li and Su Published on Chinese Severe Air Pollution Episodes

November 15, 2018

ESSIC / CICS-MD Professor Zhanqing Li and Graduate Assistant II Tianning Su recently published a paper in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics titled “Relationships between the planetary boundary layer height and surface pollutants derived from lidar observations over China: regional pattern and influencing factors”. This paper discusses the frequency of severe air pollution episodes in China, analyzing the relationship between planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) and surface pollutants. …

Zou Published on Modified Striping Noise Mitigation in TRMM Microwave Imager

November 15, 2018

ESSIC / CICS-MD Research Professor Xiaolei Zou was recently published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing for her article “Striping Noise Mitigation for Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager Observations”. The paper concerns the conical-scanning Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI), a passive microwave sensor that monitors global precipitation from the TRMM satellite. The TMI has nine channels, all of which include a clear …

Patrick Meyers Wins GOES-R Outstanding Communications Award

November 9, 2018

This week, ESSIC / CICS-MD Senior Faculty Specialist Patrick Meyers was awarded the GOES-R Series Program Award for Outstanding Communication. Recognized for his visualizations of Geostationary Lightning Mapper imagery, Meyers created the animations to support the NESDIS and GOES-R program as well as to draw new viewers to NESDIS social media. In September, one of Meyers’ animations of Hurricane Florence made it to President Trump’s Twitter feed, garnering 2.05 million views, 12k …

Salawitch Quoted in AP News On Earth’s Healing Ozone Layer

November 9, 2018

A recent AP News press release featured ESSIC Professor Ross Salawitch for his recent United Nations report, “Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018”. The report states that Earth’s ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants. AP News details the history of the infamous “ozone hole”, asking Salawitch how this healing will affect climate change. Salawitch reports that the ozone hole has actually shielded Antarctica from some of the …

Zamora Published on Arctic Ocean Combustion Aerosol Cloud Microphysical Effects

November 9, 2018

ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Lauren Zamora recently published a paper titled “A satellite-based estimate of combustion aerosol cloud microphysical effects over the Arctic Ocean” in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The paper discusses the effects of cloud fraction (CF) and cloud phase (CP), two poorly understood processes that drive cloud properties, on Arctic climate predictions. The authors use 10 million satellite observations to quantify large-scale microphysical effects of …

ESSIC / CICS-MD Scientists Present at Satellite Soil Moisture Workshop

November 8, 2018

On October 25th, four scientists presented at the 5th Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Li Fang (STAR/SMCD/EMB) gave a talk on “Validation of Downscaled SMAP Soil Moisture Data Products” co-authored by CICS-MD Scientists Jifu Yin, Jicheng Liu, and Mitch Schull as well as CICS Consortium Scientist Tarendra Lakhankar (CREST).

Nai-Yu Wang (NESDIS/OSGS/SED/SEB) gave a presentation on “Evaluating Precipitation

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Category: Archive

Murtugudde Comments on Carbon Emissions Caused by India Groundwater Over-Extraction

Sutton-Grier Co-authors Study Revealing Natural Solutions to Global Warming

ESSIC Presents at Annual Symposium for Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics

Yang and Yang Published on Atmospheric Water Profiles

Li and Su Published on Chinese Severe Air Pollution Episodes

Zou Published on Modified Striping Noise Mitigation in TRMM Microwave Imager

Patrick Meyers Wins GOES-R Outstanding Communications Award

Salawitch Quoted in AP News On Earth’s Healing Ozone Layer

Zamora Published on Arctic Ocean Combustion Aerosol Cloud Microphysical Effects

ESSIC / CICS-MD Scientists Present at Satellite Soil Moisture Workshop

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