Tag: Oceanography

Last year the most profound bloom of toxic algae in 100 years took over Lake Erie, which is bounded by both Canada and the U.S.  This year, the blooms proved less prevalent, but the overbearing green organisms still worry those who rely on this important water supply. According to EcoWatch, Lake Erie is a water source for about 11 million people. During a scare in 2014, algae closed the drinking water treatment plant in Toledo, Ohio for a period of time due to a high level of algal …

ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde was a co-author on a recently published study in Geophysical Research Letters, which analyzed the impact of eastern equatorial Pacific sea surface cooling on Galápagos Penguin populations.   The study’s lead-author, Dr. Kris Karnauskas, was formerly advised by ESSIC Director Professor Antonino Busalacchi, while a PhD student at UMD’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOSC).  ESSIC/CICS-MD visiting …

A study led by ESSIC’s Huan Wu and Bob Adler was recognized by the journal Water Resources Research (WRR) for its 2014 Editor’s Choice Award.   The paper entitled, “Real-time global flood estimation using satellite-based precipitation and a coupled land surface and routing model,” describes and validates the group’s Global Flood Monitoring System (GFMS). Water Resour. Res., 50, 2693–2717, doi:10.1002/2013WR014710….

ESSIC Assistant Research Engineer Liqing Jiang participated in a two-day meeting in Monaco organized by the Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC).  The meeting explored the creation of a joint portal for access to global ocean acidification data, within the framework of the emerging Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON)….

ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Scientist Christopher Brown received a 2014 Group Peer Recognition “Rafting” Award from NOAA’s Ocean Service (NOS). This award recognizes coordination among NOS offices, providing NOS employees the opportunity to express their appreciation to another NOS or NOAA colleague who has helped them in some unique way….

ESSIC Sr. Research Scientist Phil Arkin was acknowledged in a press release from San Diego State University for his contribution to the Weather History Time Machine, a new software program that will allow more researchers to access climate change models. The software is a collaboration between Arkin, San Diego State University Prof. Samuel Shen and NOAA climatologist Thomas M. Smith. The project funded by the National Science Foundation looks at the past and incorporates this historical data to …

The NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) held its first Applications Workshop on November 12-13th, 2013 at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Maryland.  The goal of the two-day event was to broaden the discussion on a range of current and future applications of satellite data to science and societal applications and provide feedback to the TRMM and GPM teams. ESSIC Senior Research Scientist Bob …