Tag: Climate

A collaboration between AOSC/ESSIC professor Sumant Nigam and AOSC associate research professor Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas was published in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Hydrometeorology last May.  The paper uses a simple hydrologic model driven by high-resolution precipitation of observations and forecasts to analyze precipitation and streamflow in the Mekong River Basin.  It assesses the true origin of the water, revealing that China’s influence on the Mekong is likely …

ESSIC assistant research scientist Augustin Vintzileos has developed a new experimental product that provides global excessive heat outlooks two and three weeks in advance. Although still a pilot program, the outlook system could eventually be a vital early warning tool for relief agencies who respond to critical weather emergencies and disasters. For example, relief agencies could begin planning for extended operation of cooling centers and the reinforcement of drinking water supplies …

ESSIC assistant research scientist Augustin Vintzileos recently visited the Tunisian Department of Agriculture for 10 days where he worked on climate applications. Vintzileos trained personnel and students at the Tunisian National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology on reforecasts and led a seminar on the global subseasonal excessive heat outlook system. He also developed new relationships with Tunisian climate professionals including members of the Tunisian Weather Service. The …

For Immediate Release
February 14, 2018
Contact: Teri West, twest@essic.umd.edu COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland Sea Grant awarded funding to two ESSIC researchers to work with Maryland communities to develop adaptation and community resilience indicators. ESSIC associate research professor Melissa Kenney and assistant research professor Michael Gerst will lead the two-year project aimed at helping local coastal communities to assess, plan and evaluate climate adaptation …