Category: Highlights

Wei Named Associate Editor of JGR: Atmospheres

January 20, 2023

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.

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Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India

January 18, 2023

ESSIC/AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde is a co-author on a new article in Scientific Reports titled “Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India”.

Seasonal temperatures in West Antarctica during the Holocene

January 13, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS Scientist C. Max Stevens is co-author on a new paper in Nature that reveals summer and winter temperature changes through the last 11,000 years, a period known as the Holocene.

Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans

January 13, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS scientist Alexey Mishonov is co-author on a new paper in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences titled “Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans”.

Evaluation of Snowfall Retrieval Performance of GPM Constellation Radiometers Relative to Spaceborne Radars

January 4, 2023

Several current and former ESSIC/CISESS scientists are co-authors on a new paper in Journal of Hydrometeorology titled “Evaluation of Snowfall Retrieval Performance of GPM Constellation Radiometers Relative to Spaceborne Radars”. Former ESSIC scientist Yalei You was first author on the paper. Current ESSIC/CISESS scientists on the paper are Veljko Petkovic, Lisa Milani, John Yang, and Guojun Gu.

Effects of the Pandemic on Observing the Global Ocean

January 4, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS scientists Li-Qing Jiang, Alexander Kozyr, and Alexey Mishonov are co-authors on a new paper in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society titled “Effects of the Pandemic on Observing the Global Ocean”.

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ESSIC Hosts Daniel Rosenfeld at Affinity Group Meeting

December 19, 2022

The annual meeting of the ESSIC Aerosol/Cloud Physics/Radiation Affinity Group was held on November 16. It was led by Dr. Zhanqing Li, the group chair.

Figure 1: ATMS observed vs. CRTM simulated Tbs for Hurricane Irma, Sept 07, 2017 at 18 UTC, using ERA5 as input and different CRTM lookup tables. The simulations were conducted using all cloud water content variables provided in ERA5 and default CRTM/DDA-ARTS habits. The first row in top panel shows ATMS observations and the next two rows show simulations.

Enhancing the CRTM to Improve the Assimilation of Microwave Observations

December 19, 2022

ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Isaac Moradi has a new article from his JPSS PGRR project coming out in the December 27th issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Progress on the Snowfall Rate Product and its New Website

December 19, 2022

The Snowfall Rate (SFR) team at STAR and ESSIC/CISESS, including Huan Meng, Yongzhen Fan, and Jun Dong, has made some notable progress recently that significantly enhances the product and its accessibility to users.

The University of Maryland ranked No. 57 overall, No. 28 among U.S. institutions and No. 12 among U.S. public institutions in U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2022-23 Best Global Universities, which focuses on the global research and reputation of 2,000 top schools. Photo by John T. Consoli

NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists

December 19, 2022

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Employee Awards Ceremony was held on December 6th.

Category: Highlights

Soil–vegetation moisture capacitor maintains dry season vegetation productivity over India

Seasonal temperatures in West Antarctica during the Holocene

Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans

Evaluation of Snowfall Retrieval Performance of GPM Constellation Radiometers Relative to Spaceborne Radars

Effects of the Pandemic on Observing the Global Ocean

Enhancing the CRTM to Improve the Assimilation of Microwave Observations

Progress on the Snowfall Rate Product and its New Website

NCEI Employee Awards for CISESS Scientists

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