
Record High Temperatures in the Ocean in 2024
Figure. Regionally observed upper-2000-m change from 1958 through 2024 relative to a 1981–2010 baseline using Institute of Atmospheric Physics/Chinese Academy of Sciences data. Of the

Figure. Regionally observed upper-2000-m change from 1958 through 2024 relative to a 1981–2010 baseline using Institute of Atmospheric Physics/Chinese Academy of Sciences data. Of the

ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Yongzhen Fan used the NOAA/NESDIS Snowfall Rate (SFR) product to give a timely update on Winter Storm Blair, the new year’s significant and

Many ESSIC scientists participated in AGU 2025, the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union held from December 9-13 in Washington D.C. Since the

The second edition of the textbook Earth System Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The book was led

ESSIC scientists involved with the NASA TROPICS CubeSat mission recently built an algorithm for hydrometers retrieval. In a paper in Remote Sensing of Environment, John

ESSIC/CISESS scientists Yan Zhou, Chris Grassotti, Yong-Keun Lee, and John Xun Yang are co-authors on a new paper in Scientific Reports titled “Trends of temperature
![Figure 3. Monthly TPW anomaly time series shown in red for ERA5 and blue for MiRS SNPP, 2012-2021. The straight lines are the linear regression fits. [a] is for global, [b] for Tropics, and [c] for mid-latitude regions, respectively.](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/grassotti-zhou.png)
Figure 3. Monthly TPW anomaly time series shown in red for ERA5 and blue for MiRS SNPP, 2012-2021. The straight lines are the linear regression

Figure 1: Dr. Guangyang Fang, Samuel Wiggins, Damian Figueroa, Yijin Guo (Dr. Wenjuan Zhang’s daughter), and Dr. Wenjuan Zhang. Credit: Guangyang Fang On October 19,

ESSIC Director Ralph Ferraro, ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Lisa Milani, and CMNS Dean Amitabh Varshney at the event. Credit: Mark Sherwood Early this month, the

Figure: Satellite-based temperature indicators for 84 estuaries across the United States are available from the NOAA CoastWatch Data Portal. Displayed is monthly mean sea surface