Tag: Precipitation

Petković is Primary Convener for AGU Fall Meeting Session

July 2, 2021

Veljko Petkovic, ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Scientist, is a primary convener for the AGU Fall Meeting 2021 session on Machine Learning applications on precipitation processes. This session, titled “Precipitation Through the Eyes of Machine Learning and Advanced Statistics: Remote Sensing, Uncertainties and Variability” will highlight contributions on precipitation-related AI/ML studies seeking physical implications, model interpretations, visualizations, remote sensing applications and uncertainty analyses that can identify novel elements in understanding of precipitation processes.

Figure 1. Maps of (a) elevation across the CONUS, (b) spatial distributions of GAGES-II sites matching with selecting criteria, (c) the Köppen’s climate type and (d) MRVBF class of final selected 1,548 river basins.

Assessment of Precipitation Error Propagation in Discharge Simulations over the Contiguous United States

June 23, 2021

ESSIC Visiting Assistant Research Scientist Huan Wu has a new paper in Journal of Hydrometeorology titled “Assessment of Precipitation Error Propagation in Discharge Simulations over the Contiguous United States” alongside Naijun Zhou from UMD’s Department of Geographical Sciences.

Vast stretches of greenery mark the banks of Kunene River

Convection Parametrization and Multi-Nesting Dependence of a Heavy Rainfall Event over Namibia

May 26, 2021

ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Toshihisa Matsui is a co-author on a new international paper in Climate titled “Convection Parametrization and Multi-Nesting Dependence of a Heavy Rainfall Event over Namibia with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model”. In the study, Matsui and international co-authors investigate the effects of using multi-nests and a convection scheme, numerical weather prediction models, on the simulation of a heavy rainfall event over the north-western region of Kunene, Namibia.

Sarah Ringerud smiles in front of a dark backdrop, wearing a striped t-shirt

Ringerud, You Win IEEE Paper Award with New Study on An Active–Passive Microwave Land Surface Database

May 6, 2021

A paper co-authored by ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Scientists Sarah Ringerud and Yalei You was selected as the winner of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2020 Transactions Prize Paper Award. The paper, titled “An Active–Passive Microwave Land Surface Database From GPM”, is also by coauthors S. Joseph Munchak and Ludovic Brucker from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and international researchers Iris de Gelis and Catherine Prigent.

Figure. Snowfall products and report for the snowstorm on March 15, 2021 around 4:30 UTC, (a) satellite-radar merged snowfall rate (mSFR); (b) MRMS radar instantaneous snowfall rate; (c) SNODAS hourly snowfall analysis; (d) mPING crowdsourcing weather report.

Satellites Fill in Radar Gaps in Snowstorm

March 25, 2021

Some western and central states experienced a strong winter storm on March 13-15. The experimental satellite-radar merged snowfall rate product (mSFR) previously covered in ESSIC News demonstrated how satellites could fill in radar gaps in regions with limited or no radar coverage.

An Operational Satellite Snowfall Rate Product at NOAA

February 26, 2021

A group of NOAA scientists, including several from ESSIC/CISESS, are producing a satellite snowfall rate product operationally at near real-time using measurements from passive microwave radiometers aboard ten satellites.

A snowy McKeldin Library with a sign that looks like a face mask that says "Terrapin Strong"

ESSIC Recognizes Distinguished Faculty and Staff

December 21, 2020

As a now traditional part of the ESSIC end-of-year Holiday Party, two annual peer awards were presented to honor the year’s Best Paper and the Employee of the Year. This year, Director Ellen Williams presented these awards to Toshi Matsui, Associate Research Scientist, as well as Donna Gray, Coordinator, and Luther Clark, IT Coordinator.

The cover of the special issue of Remote Sensing

Laviola and You Are Guest Editors of a Special Issue of MDPI Remote Sensing

December 14, 2020

ESSIC/CISESS Assistant Research Scientist Yalei You and Sante Laviola, a researcher at The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC) in Bologna, Italy, are guest editors of a special issue of Remote Sensing titled “Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing for Severe Storms Detection”. Laviola has previously spent a year with ESSIC/CISESS as a visiting scientist.

ESSIC/CISESS at the AMS Annual Meeting

February 3, 2020

The American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting was held last week, January 12 to 16, in Boston. There were significant contributions by ESSIC/CISESS scientists, documented here.

Meyers, Robinson Credited with Most Cited Paper in Journal in Past 4 Years

January 22, 2020

A paper co-written by Viviana Maggioni from George Mason University as well as ESSIC/CISESS Senior Faculty Specialist Patrick Meyers and past ESSIC/CISESS intern Monique Robinson is the Journal of Hydrometeorology’s most cited paper published in the past 4 years.