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Jing Wei pictured with his advisor, Zhanqing Li

Jing Wei is 2022 AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section James R. Holton Award Recipient

September 7, 2022

Jing Wei was announced as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Section James R. Holton Award recipient. The James R. Holton Award is awarded usually to one young scientist across all disciplines of atmospheric sciences to acknowledge their outstanding scientific research and accomplishments at an early stage of career within three years of receiving Ph.D. Wei is the youngest winner of this award since its establishment in 2004 with a little over one year after Ph.D.

Ernesto Hugo Berbery Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

August 26, 2022

ESSIC Research Professor & CISESS Deputy Director Ernesto Hugo Berbery has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award, a prestigious honor bestowed by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Figure: Snapshot of (Left panel) Dr. Zhang’s lightning observation video; (Right panel) Dr. Arulraj’s research results presented at the 2022 NOAA CoRP Science Symposium.

ESSIC/CISESS Scientists Attended the 2022 NOAA CoRP Science Symposium

August 5, 2022

CISESS sponsored two early career scientists, Drs. Malar Arulraj and Daile Zhang, to attend the 2022 Cooperative Research Program (CoRP) Science Symposium, which was held in person on July 25th to 27th at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) of Colorado State University located in Fort Collins, CO.

ESSIC Research Associate Named Editor of Earth System Science Data

June 29, 2022

ESSIC Postdoctoral Associate Jing Wei has been appointed as a new topical Editor (Atmosphere) for the journal Earth System Science Data (ESSD) of the European Geophysical Union.

ESSIC Researchers Ranked Among 2022 Top Environmental Scientists by Research.com

May 16, 2022

In the newly released 2022 Top Scientist rankings by Research.com, 18 University of Maryland researchers ranked among the Top 1,000 Environmental Sciences researchers in the United States, and seven ranked among the Top 1,000 worldwide. Of those 18 UMD scientists, 6 are ESSIC scientists.

ESSIC/CISESS at AMS Conferences

February 9, 2022

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting was held virtually this year from January 23 to 27. Simultaneously, AMS held a number of specialized conferences and symposiums, focusing on topics including hydrology, climate variability and change, and atmospheric chemistry. ESSIC/CISESS scientists contributed a large number of talks and posters at the event. Talks included:

Announcing the 2021-22 Annual ESSIC Snow Prediction Pool

November 3, 2021

With Halloween behind us, wintery temps are fast approaching College Park! This year, we are resurrecting the historic ESSIC Annual Snow Prediction Pool. This is your opportunity to show off your weather prediction skills to your colleagues and earn bragging rights for the entire 2021-22 snow season.

ESSIC Holds 1st AI/ML Workshop: On the Pathway to a Digital Earth

October 28, 2021

Last month, researchers from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the University of Maryland (UMD) Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) gathered to explore the challenges and opportunities in applying machine learning and artificial intelligence in Earth systems science.

Ralph Ferraro wears a light blue plaid button-up, smiling in front of a blurred campus background

Ralph Ferraro Named ESSIC Associate Director

August 4, 2021

Ralph Ferraro, previously the Chief of the NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Satellite Climate Studies Branch (SCSB) and ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Scientist, has been named the Associate Director of Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) starting August 1, 2021.

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Announcing ESSIC’s 1st AI/ML Workshop: On the Pathway to a Digital Earth

July 12, 2021

To embrace the rapidly evolving field of AI/ML, ESSIC launches the ESSIC AI Forum and a one-day workshop: “On the Pathway to a Digital Earth”.