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Yin Writes on Improvements in Global Forecasts of Near-Surface Variables

September 12, 2019

ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Scientist Jifu Yin (STAR/SMCD) is the first author of a new article in the Journal of Hydrology called “Improvements in the Forecasts of Near-Surface Variables in the Global Forecast System (GFS) via Assimilating ASCAT Soil Moisture Retrievals.” With the development of the coupled system of NCEP- Global Forecast System (GFS) and NASA – Land Information System (LIS), the authors investigated the impact of assimilating the ASCAT soil moisture dataproducts on …

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Local Eats: LaTao

September 3, 2019

If you’re into “all you can eat” hot pot, LaTao is the place to be. And a very pretty-looking place it is, awash in red (and smelling tasty as you walk in). Located at the street level of “The Enclave at 8700”, it’s the latest restaurant to find a home in College Park. All I can is, finally, a place that serves a deliciously spicy “mapo tofu”. They’re still waiting for their liquor license and are arranging for delivery/catering services, …

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Murtugudde Discusses Improving Forecasts of Extreme Rainfall Events

August 23, 2019

ESSIC/AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde recently published an article in the Hindu Business Line titled “How forecast of extreme rainfall events can be improved”. The article discusses quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF), a weather forecasting method that combines model forecasts of large-scale features with known past values of temperature, humidity, and winds at different pressure levels from the surface to the upper atmosphere.  QPF is very economical compared to running very …

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Arkin Interviewed for Documentary on Climate Data

August 23, 2019

ESSIC Deputy Director and Senior Research Scientist Phil Arkin was recently interviewed for a documentary on climate change data by Cemil Alyanak, a local cinematographer. The documentary, working title “Climate Data: Fact or Fabrication”, argues that climate data is fact.  In the film, he will attempt to expose how certain media and denier advocates are the ones actually fudging or selectively presenting data.  As of now, the film has no specific release date. Arkin conducts research …

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Farquhar Named AGU Fellow

August 23, 2019

Professor James Farquhar of the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Geology and the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). AGU Fellows are recognized for their scientific eminence in the Earth and space sciences. Farquhar joins several ESSIC scientists who have received this honor, including Drs. Zhanqing Li and Dorothy Hall. The newest of UMD’s AGU Fellows, Farquhar’s research focuses on sulfur isotope …

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Vintzileos Monitors Heat Events and Health on New Website

August 20, 2019

This has been a summer of record-breaking heat waves, both in the United States and across the world.  Last month, several European countries that usually enjoy temperate summer conditions have hit all-time heat records, with temperatures reaching up to 108.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat waves can be incredibly dangerous, especially for vulnerable populations like children and the elderly.  All over the world, health officials are urging people to stay home and hydrated to protect their…

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First Results Emerge from ICESat-2, Satellite Measuring Earth’s Ice Elevation

August 15, 2019

More than a trillion new measurements of the Earth’s surface height are now available to the public as the first results of ICESat-2, a mission devoted to measuring the changing height of Earth’s ice. Launched last September, the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 carries the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), an instrument that sends 10,000 laser pulses a second to Earth’s surface.  It measures the height of ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, and vegetation by …

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Brown Published in Ecological Forecasting Initiative Blog

August 15, 2019

ESSIC/CISESS Visiting Research Scientist Christopher Brown recently wrote a blog entitled “Making Ecological Forecasts Operational: Some Lessons Learned By NOAA” for the Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) website as a member of the EFI Knowledge Transfer and Partners Working Group. The contents are a consolidation of ‘lessons learned’ from a 2014 unpublished study conducted by NOAA’s Ecological Forecasting Roadmap.  The study compared ecological forecasting projects that had …

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Gassó Speaks to the News on Siberian Wildfires

August 15, 2019

Associate Research Scientist Santiago Gassó was recently featured in two articles detailing the dangerous wildfires spreading across the Arctic Circle by Australia’s ABC World News and NASA Earth Observatory. While wildfires are common in Alaska, these fires were across Siberia where fires of this severity are unexpected.  The articles’ authors discovered Gassó on Twitter, where he was commenting on “smoke lids” created by the fire that billowed over 4.5 million square metres of …

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Wild Releases Infrastructure Planning Software to Public

July 30, 2019

ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Professor Thomas Wild recently released software to the public that has been used by river basin stakeholders in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam for infrastructure planning in the Mekong River Basin. The software, SedSim, is an open-source model for simulating water and sediment flows as well as hydropower production in networks of reservoirs and river channels. The software enables water resources systems analysts and planners to explore alternative system …

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