Tag: Precipitation

ESSIC scientists publish article on snowfall rates

May 1, 2018

ESSIC visiting research scientists Ralph Ferraro and Huan Meng, post-doctoral associate Jun Dong, faculty specialist Michael Folmer, associate research scientist Cezar Kongoli, and assistant research scientist Nai-Yu Wang have an article in Eos, which is published by the American Geophysical Union. The article, “Snowfall Rates from Satellite Data Help Weather Forecasters,” describes how NOAA satellite data is used to generate maps that provide information on snowfall rates …

Adler, Ferraro, Gu and Wang to publish in Atmospheres

April 20, 2018

ESSIC scientists Robert Adler, Guojun Gu, Jian-Jian Wang and visiting associate research scientist Ralph Ferraro are co-authors of a new article in press at the journal Atmospheres. It describes the upgraded monthly precipitation analysis provided by the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) and highlights some of the changes seen in 2017 global precipitation based on the new version. Comparing seasonal precipitation from 2016 to 2017, the GPCP data shows that there was …

Rep. Sarbanes visits ESSIC

March 29, 2018

A delegation led by Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and University of Maryland President Wallace Loh toured the new Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites Proving Grounds Training Center (PGTC) Visualization Lab on March 13. Sarbanes spoke with a small group of ESSIC scientists about the Center’s research and the ongoing threat of climate change. ESSIC interim director Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm gave a brief presentation explaining the breadth and …

ESSIC scientists to publish article on snowfall detection algorithm

March 22, 2018

ESSIC associate research scientist Cezar Kongoli, visiting research scientist Huan Meng, post-doctoral associate Jun Dong and visiting associate research scientist Ralph Ferraro have a new article accepted for publication in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. The authors document a new satellite algorithm for snowfall detection. The scientists found that the key variables for snowfall detection were cloud thickness, relative humidity and vertical velocity….

Adler Group releases analysis of 2017 precipitation

March 22, 2018

ESSIC research scientist Robert Adler was the lead author of a recently released analysis of 2017 global precipitation. Adler’s group, who works with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) to produce a monthly Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) precipitation product, found the following 2017 trends:

La Niña effects continue into 2017 for global totals and pattern
Positive global mean precipitation trend becoming evident

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Global Precipitation—2017 Anomalies, La Nina, Trends

February 5, 2018

By: Robert Adler

Written by: Robert Adler, Guojun Gu, and Jian-Jian Wang

ESSIC scientists are involved in monitoring and analyzing precipitation across the entire globe, including using both satellite and conventional surface measurements to provide an integrated monthly analysis as part of an international effort called the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP). This effort is important to understand the climatology and variations of precipitation both regionally and globally

ESSIC researchers present at American Meteorological Society conference

January 24, 2018

ESSIC was a visible participant at the 98^th annual American Meteorological Society’s conference in early January in Austin, Texas. Center researchers and visiting ESSIC scientists participated in the following activities at the meeting: Talks:

Melissa Kenney – Identifying Users, Diagnosing Understandability Challenges, and Developing Prototype Solutions for NOAA Climate Prediction Center's Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks
Ralph Ferraro – In-Orbit

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Ferraro presents at NASA event in San Diego

October 23, 2017

ESSIC visiting associate research scientist Ralph Ferraro attended a recent NASA Precipitation Measurements Mission (PMM) Science Team Meeting held in San Diego. Ferraro delivered an invited presentation titled "An Update on NOAA Operational Precipitation Products and NOAA’s Contributions to the PMM Science Team." Ferraro also presented a poster created by ESSIC Faculty Specialist Patrick Meyers titled "NOAA Evaluation of GPROF for AMSR2 …

CICS readies for data from new GOES-R satellite

December 7, 2016

In late November 2016, a new satellite–that many are calling the most significant step forward in modern weather forecasting history—achieved a geostationary orbit. Launched on November 19 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R Series (GOES-R) is destined to revamp NASA’s current line-up of geostationary satellites. ESSIC Post-Doctoral associate Michael Peterson was at the launch. He described the scene to be …

ESSIC Scientists Contribute to BAMS Article on GPM

October 17, 2016

ESSIC research scientist Robert Adler, assistant research scientist Amy McNally and assistant research scientist Huan Wu contributed to a recently published article in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. The article focuses on how end users, including farmers and decision-makers, use date from the Global Precipitation Movement (GPM). Understanding precipitation is crucial for weather prediction, disaster modeling, agricultural monitoring, and public health research. …