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ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Hongbin Yu was an invited speaker at a NOAA-sponsored Symposium on “Airborne Dust, Climate Change, and Human Health” in Miami, Florida, May 19-21, 2015. His presentation was entitled “Characterization of the temporal-spatial variability of trans-Atlantic dust transport based on CALIPSO lidar measurements”.  The conference theme addressed how climate change might affect future dust transport in the Greater Caribbean Region and …

ESSIC Director Professor Antonio Busalacchi spent two days on Capitol Hill this month discussing a new bill to improve seasonal weather forecasts.   Busalacchi visited with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren among others as part of the talks.  Busalacchi also appeared on Fox Baltimore Television affiliate Fox45 in a segment on the effects of the west coast drought on California’s wine industry and how Maryland vineyards and prices might be impacted as a result….

ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Can Li  was the recipient of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth Sciences Division (ESD) Exceptional Public Achievement Award for 2015….

ESSIC Research Associate Amy McNally participated in the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite calibration and validation field campaign in the Australian Yanco region.     The campaign included ground soil moisture and vegetation sampling and aircraft active and passive L-band sensor measurements coincident with observatory passes over the region.  The campaign was conducted from May 2 through May 22 and included scientists from Australia, Netherlands, Germany, France …

ESSIC Research Assistant Professor Kenney participated in a public Sigma Xi-hosted “Google Hangout” discussion this month which both acknowledged her recent selection as the organization's 2015 Young Investigator Award recipient and discussed her work with the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) climate indicators project….

A presentation by ESSIC Research Associate Michael Folmer  was selected as winner of the Best Paper award for the 6th Annual NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds Workshop.  Folmer's paper was entitled  "Preparing for GOES-R at the Satellite Proving Ground for Marine, Precipitation, and Satellite Analysis." ….

ESSIC Professor Zhanqing Li has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.  Every year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards to internationally renowned academics from abroad in recognition of their entire academic record to date.  Winners are academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and beyond and who are …

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The U.S. government’s recent release of climate change measures designed to help governments, businesses and individuals make decisions around climate change marked a major milestone for University of Maryland scientist Melissa Kenney. Kenney was a leader in the four-year-long development of recommendations and prototype indicators that formed the basis of the 14 proof-of-concept climate change indicators selected and released by the U.S. Global Change …

AOSC graduate student Rebekah Esmaili placed first at the University of Maryland’s recent Graduate Research Interaction Day for her storm tracking research utilizing infrared satellite observations. Esmaili, who works under Dr. Yudong Tian, an ESSIC Associate Research Scientist located at NASA/GSFC, has been working with the researcher since summer 2012.  Her work under Tian has included observing global storm data and using infrared satellites to observe remote areas more clearly. Through …