ESSIC/CISESS at the AMS Annual Meeting
February 1, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS had a large presence at the AMS Annual Meeting, held in mid-January in Denver and virtually.
Category: Highlights
ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Group Presented at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting
February 1, 2023
The ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Group presented five oral talks and four posters (two at the Student Conference) at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
Improving Hydrologic Forecast Systems for Food Insecurity Early Warning in Southern Africa
January 27, 2023
ESSIC Scientists Abheera Hazra and Kimberly Slinski are co-authors on a new paper in Journal of Hydrology that describes the improvements in seasonal hydrologic forecasts produced with the updated FEWS NET Land Data Assimilation System.
Warming and Aridity Accelerate Terminal Lake Desiccation in the Great Basin
January 27, 2023
Dorothy Hall is first author on a paper recently published in American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) open access journal Earth and Space Science about the increasing desiccation of lakes in the United State’s Great Basin.
[VIDEO] ESSIC Scientists Interviewed On Rising Global Temperatures
January 27, 2023
ESSIC Scientists Patricia Parker and Weston Anderson recently participated in the NASA Live Shots media campaign, which resulted in a series of media interviews about the NASA/NOAA global temperature update.
Jordan Borak Elected PTK Representative on UMD Senate
January 27, 2023
Congratulations to ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Jordan Borak, newly elected Professional-Track Faculty (PTK) representative for the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) on the UMD Senate!
Wei Named Associate Editor of JGR: Atmospheres
January 20, 2023
Jing Wei has been appointed an Associate Editor for the journal JGR: Atmospheres of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). As an Associate Editor, Wei will maintain and improve the quality of the journal, facilitate a timely review process, and assist the editor to solicit important and thought-provoking articles. JGR: Atmospheres (IF = 5.22) publishes original research articles that advance and improve the understanding of atmospheric properties and processes, including the interaction of the atmosphere with other components of the Earth system, as well as their roles in climate variability and change.
Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India
January 18, 2023
ESSIC/AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde is a co-author on a new article in Scientific Reports titled “Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India”.
Seasonal temperatures in West Antarctica during the Holocene
January 13, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS Scientist C. Max Stevens is co-author on a new paper in Nature that reveals summer and winter temperature changes through the last 11,000 years, a period known as the Holocene.
Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans
January 13, 2023
ESSIC/CISESS scientist Alexey Mishonov is co-author on a new paper in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences titled “Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans”.