ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was quoted in the India Climate Dialogue. In the article entitled, “Indian Ocean warming: a curious case,” Murtugudde casts doubt on the premise that El Niños are playing a significant role in the warming of the Indian Ocean. To read the article in its entirety, please see the following url….
ESSIC researchers Alexey Mishinov, Jim Reagan, and Matthew Biddle are co-authors of the newly released 2013 World Ocean Atlas, produced by the NOAA/NESDIS National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The annual Atlas is used to provide initial and boundary conditions for modeling studies, as well as baselines for climate studies. This version features higher resolution spatial scales and vertical resolution….
ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Scientist Ralph Ferraro–along with his team members–were recognized at the 2014 NOAA Administrator's and Technology Transfer Awards Ceremony. Their work was cited "For greatly increasing the usefulness of state-of-the-art NOAA polar satellite information by the TV broadcaster community." The Awards were presented by NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan. This award recognizes NOAA's scientific and technical employees for achievements that …
ESSIC Research Professor and CICS-MD Director Hugo Berbery was the Keynote Speaker at the Ninth International Congress of the Spanish Association of Climatology. (9º Congreso Internacional AEC en Almería ) held in, Almeria, Spain, on 28-30 October 2014. His talk was entitled “Land cover change effects on South American regional climate.”…
ESSIC Visiting Assistant Research Scientist Scott Rudlosky recently participated in a Capitol Hill briefing organized by the American Meteorology Society Policy Program. The theme of program was “Lightning: Economic and Public Safety Implications.”…
A recent shift in Maryland’s political landscape could alter the environmental policies that govern the health of one of the nation’s most important ecosystems. When Governor-elect Larry Hogan (R) enters Annapolis in 2015, he presumably brings with him new strategies for combating the environmental issues now affecting the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, with a watershed that encompasses six states and the District of Colombia. The question of …
ESSIC and partner scientists gathered with sponsors from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in mid-November, as they exchanged ideas at the 3rd Annual Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites Maryland (CICS-MD) Science Meeting. Throughout the two-day event, scientists filled ESSIC’s conference room to present their latest findings, hoping to both enlighten their peers and pave the way for future collaborations. The annual meeting originated three years ago by …
In a bid to return to his research and student mentoring roots, newly appointed ESSIC Senior Research Scientist Dr. William K.M. Lau, recently stepped away from a 34 year career at NASA to spread his knowledge to the next generation of young scientists.
With more than three decades of experience at NASA, Lau felt he’d reached his peak as the Deputy Director for Atmospheres–a component of NASA Goddard’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate–and was eager to reconnect with his
ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Kelly Brunt recently convened a two-day workshop–funded by the NSF and NASA–to bring together scientists to assess current polar research instrumentation and identify a means of communicating the nature and value of this instrumentation to the broader research community. The workshop entitled, “Instrumentation for Polar Glaciology and Geophysics Research (IPGGR),” was held 9–10 October 2014, in Baltimore, Maryland. Roughly 50 IPGGR workshop participants …
ESSIC Director Professor Antonio Busalacchi, was a featured speaker at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) annual meeting. The event also marked and celebrated the organization’s 50th anniversary. Busalacchi’s talk entitled, “Impact of Climate Change on Global Viticulture: An Example of Climate Services,” highlights the projected evolution of the world’s major wine growing regions due to climate change and how information of this kind can be utilized to create a burgeoning climate …
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