Tag: Hydrology and Land Surface Processes

ESSIC assistant research scientist Jifu Yin has a new article published in the May issue of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters about incorporating data from the Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) satellite into the NCEP Global Forecast System. The researchers evaluated bias-correction methods and found that they improved precipitation forecasts….

ESSIC assistant research scientists Jicheng Liu and Jifu Yin have a new article in Water Resources Research that describes the progress made in developing a “Blended Drought Index.” The new Blended Drought Index showed the best performances of several other indices as compared to official drought records. One of the events used for the analysis was the 2011 drought in the U.S. Southwest….

ESSIC faculty specialist Hiroko Beaudoing is a co-author of a newly published NASA-led satellite study that reveals significant changes to freshwater resources across the planet. The researchers discovered that wet areas are accumulating more water while dry areas are doing the opposite. The study utilizes 14 years of research data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), as well as other satellite observations, irrigation maps and published reports on human activity.  …

ESSIC / GEOL associate professor Sujay Kaushal co-authored an article in The Conversation titled “US rivers are becoming saltier – and it’s not just from treating roads in winter.” Kaushal is a member of a group that researches freshwater salinization. The article walks through what the group has discovered over the course of more than 15 years and provides suggestions for addressing salt pollution….