Tag: Outreach

NASA/NOAA Tech Will Aid Marine Oil Spill Response

December 20, 2021

As part of the NASA grant, UMD, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NOAA, United States Coast Guard, Watermapping Ltd., Maryland Department of Agriculture, Environment Canada, and Marine Spill Response Corporation participated in an experiment to compare oil thickness measurements (both in situ and remotely) in the hopes of validating an oil thickness product. By finding the thickest oil layers, researchers can identify key zones to bring in remediation equipment and clean up the most harmful oil in the environment. ESSIC Senior Faculty Specialist Frank Monaldo is involved in this field work and is featured in a video that highlights this work.

Santiago Gasso poses in front of a blurred landscape

Gasso Participates in Remote Sensing International Workshop

December 7, 2021

On December 1 -3, two members of code 613 participated in an international workshop hosted by the European agency Eumesat and the SOLAS project: “Remote Sensing for Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions Studies and Applications Workshop”. The meeting had an assortment of presentations and discussion panels as well as demonstration of the web and cloud interfaces available for data discovery. Santiago Gassó (ESSIC) participated as one the science organizing committee members, as a panelist and convener.

Gassó Gives Keynote Talk at Dust Symposium

November 22, 2021

ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Santiago Gassó was a keynote speaker at the international Blowing South: Southern Hemisphere Dust Symposium held November 8-10, 2021 and organized virtually from Chile. The talk was given during the Present-day: Dynamics session and it was entitled “Southern South America dust activity in relation to long range transport to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean”. No recording was taken of the talk, but slides are available upon request.

A photo of a speaker presenting at ChaserCon

ESSIC Scientists Attend 2021 Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon

November 16, 2021

ESSIC/CISESS lightning team scientists Joseph Patton and Daile Zhang attended the 2021 Mid-Atlantic ChaserCon, held at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, VA on November 6th.

Salawitch, Farquhar Work with Campus Activists to Save Guilford Woods

November 16, 2021

A ~15 acre wooded area at the southern edge of the University of Maryland campus has inspired a campus-wide discussion on affordable graduate housing and the public health benefits of urban forests.

Isaac Moradi smiles for the camera, wearing a red gridded button-up and a red tie

Moradi Speaks to Howard County Interns

October 27, 2021

ESSIC Research Scientist Isaac Moradi presented a talk on October 19, 2021 as part of the Howard County High Schools G/T Intern/Mentor program on the Earth and Space Science fundamentals.

Sutton-Grier Explains Coastal Ecosystem Services in Seminar

January 6, 2021

ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Professor Ariana Sutton-Grier recently gave a lecture for the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science seminar series on how science can better inform climate mitigation and adaptation as well as ecosystem restoration and protection.

Santiago Gasso, wearing a blue sweater, smiles at the camera

Gassó Presents to High School Seniors

October 22, 2020

ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Santiago Gassó recently gave an online presentation to AP Environmental Science students at the Blair High School in Montgomery County. The

A graphic abstract of Data Visualization and Analysis with ERDDAP

Vogel Presents on Using Oceanographic Satellite Data in K-12

February 17, 2020

Ron Vogel, ESSIC / CISESS Senior Faculty Specialist, gave a lecture at the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education Annual Conference, a conference for K-12 environmental science teachers to explore using oceanographic satellite data in K-12 classrooms. This area has traditionally seen satellite data as too complex for teaching about the environment.

Prof. Ross Salawitch stands in front of an engaged classroom

Salawitch Talks Climate Change at Pennsylvania Elementary/Middle School

January 27, 2020

ESSIC Scientist Ross Salawitch recently visited Montgomery School in Chester Springs to speak to seventh and eighth grade students about climate change.