ESSIC/CISESS student intern Terrence Pierce, a freshman at the University of Maryland, was recently selected as Honorable Mention at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) student oral competition held at the 2023 AMS annual meeting and the 11th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data.
Cezar Kongoli, ESSIC/CISESS associate research scientist, Tom Smith, ESSIC/CISESS visiting research scientist, have a new paper in Frontiers in Earth Science titled “Modeling and estimation of snow depth spatial correlation structure from observations over North America”.
Daile Zhang helped the NSF-funded LEE field campaign in Oswego, NY this week. The LEE project aims to study the electrification mechanism of the lake effect snowstorms in the Great Lake area. This is the first time that scientists have conducted such an experiment. Daile helped launch the balloon and electric field mill in the field, testing and preparing for the electric field mill, and making connectors in the lab.
ESSIC/CISESS had a large presence at the AMS Annual Meeting, held in mid-January in Denver and virtually.
The ESSIC/CISESS Lightning Group presented five oral talks and four posters (two at the Student Conference) at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
ESSIC Scientists Abheera Hazra and Kimberly Slinski are co-authors on a new paper in Journal of Hydrology that describes the improvements in seasonal hydrologic forecasts produced with the updated FEWS NET Land Data Assimilation System.
Dorothy Hall is first author on a paper recently published in American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) open access journal Earth and Space Science about the increasing desiccation of lakes in the United State’s Great Basin.
ESSIC Scientists Patricia Parker and Weston Anderson recently participated in the NASA Live Shots media campaign, which resulted in a series of media interviews about the NASA/NOAA global temperature update.
Congratulations to ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Jordan Borak, newly elected Professional-Track Faculty (PTK) representative for the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) on the UMD Senate!
Jing Wei has been appointed an Associate Editor for the journal JGR: Atmospheres of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). As an Associate Editor, Wei will maintain and improve the quality of the journal, facilitate a timely review process, and assist the editor to solicit important and thought-provoking articles. JGR: Atmospheres (IF = 5.22) publishes original research articles that advance and improve the understanding of atmospheric properties and processes, including the interaction of the atmosphere with other components of the Earth system, as well as their roles in climate variability and change.
