Patrick Meyers (ESSIC/CICS) recently created a local post-storm animation of lightning flash density, as measured by the DC Lightning Array Mapper (DCLMA). The animation was requested by the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang—following severe weather on July 1–and was presented in both an online article and via the Post’s social media …
ESSIC Faculty Research Assistant Patrick Meyers recently created a local post-storm animation of lightning flash density, as measured by the DC Lightning Array Mapper (DCLMA). The animation was picked-up and posted across several social media outlets, including the Facebook pages of the Washington/Baltimore National Weather Service Forecast Office and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R Series (GOES-R) project office. The Washington Post's Capital …
Several ESSIC researchers participated at the 7th annual International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) workshop on Precipitation Measurements in Tsukuba, Japan. Among those in attendance included, Senior Research Scientists Robert Adler, Associate Research Scientists Yudong Tian and Christopher Kidd, Research Associate Patrick Meyers, and Visiting Associate Research Scientist Ralph Ferarro. …
From the National Wildlife Federation to the Natural Resources Defense Council, environmental organizations agree climate change has caused an upsurge in flooding in the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report this summer analyzing nuisance flooding — named for the infrastructure headaches it causes, such as road closures and building damage — in 45 NOAA water level gauge areas across the country. The report found flooding had increased in …
ESSIC Research Associate Patrick Meyers was among a group of researchers who shared climate expertise and information with congressional committees and staffers this past May, as part of the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Weather, Water, and Climate Day (WWCD). The event, which was one of many Congressional Visit Days or CVDs held by AMS throughout the year, aims to foster relationships between researchers and policy makers, where information and understandings can be openly …
ESSIC Faculty Research Assistant Patrick Meyers was selected as a recipient of a UMD Division of Information Technology (DIT) grant for visualization hardware. The DIT call for proposals was designed to help UMCP achieve national leadership status in the use of visualization for data exploration and results presentation. Meyer’s award totaled $6K and will be used in part to fund two workstations that will replicate visualization and display technologies employed by the National Weather Service …
Researcher: Robert Adler, Guojun Gu and Yudong Tian Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $150,000 in additional funding bringing the total amount to $846,360 Grant study: “Uncertainties in Global and Regional Precipitation Using the GPCP and TMPA Data Sets”…
By: Patrick C. Meyers
Infrared imagery of Super Typhoon Haiyan shows stunning symmetry (link: CIMSS Satellite Blog). Haiyan is categorized as an annular tropical cyclone, given its “donut” shape. Despite the uniform appearance from infrared imagery, observations from passive microwave sensors paint a more asymmetrical picture (inset). Microwave sensors, such as the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2), are able to see through the upper cloud deck and identify regions of precipitation based
Researcher: Robert Adler, Guojun Gu and Yudong Tian Grant Sponsor: NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Amount: $169,308 in additional funding bringing the total award amount to $696,360 Grant Study: “Uncertainties in Global and Regional Precipitation Using the GPCP and TMPA Data Sets.” Researcher: Philip Arkin and Tony Busalacchi Grant Sponsor: NOAA Amount: $1,310,213 in additional funding, bringing the total award to $37,369,108 Grant Study: “Cooperative Institute for Climate and …
Imagery created by Patrick Meyers (CICS-MD)
Preparations for the next generation geostationary satellites (GOES-R series) began several years ago. Many new products have been developed and demonstrated to prepare users to take full advantage of the GOES-R observations as soon as the data begins flowing. Two of these demonstration projects provided coincident observations over the Mid-Atlantic region during a severe weather event on 13 June 2013. These experiments provided a glimpse into …
