Several ESSIC scientists contributed to the newly released multi-volume series “Comprehensive Remote Sensing.” Ralph Ferraro, a visiting associate research scientist, served as both an author and editor for volume four on the water cycle. In addition, assistant research scientists Yuling Liu and Peng Yu contributed to the fifth volume on the earth’s energy budget….
ESSIC staff presented at the annual Meteorological Satellite Conference hosted by EUMETSAT in Rome in early October. Research Professor & CICS-MD Director Hugo Berbery gave a presentation titled “Consistency Analysis of the Water Cycle from Recently-Derived Satellite Products.” Other ESSIC scientists presented on NOAA scientific results, including Xiaolei Zou, Narges Shahroudi, Lin Lin, Andrew Harris, Bin Zhang, Manik Bali and Likun Wang….
“Traffic and weather, together on the hour!” blasts your local radio station, while your smartphone knows the weather halfway across the world. A network of satellites whizzing around Earth collecting mountains of data makes such constant and wide-ranging access to accurate weather forecasts possible. Just one satellite, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R that launched in 2016, …
As a now traditional part of the ESSIC end-of-year Holiday Party itinerary, two annual peer awards are presented for the year's best published research paper, as well as the staff employee of the year. At this year's December 8th event, ESSIC Interim Director Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm recognized two Center employees. ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Jingfeng Huang was recognized as the "best paper" award recipient for his first author article …
Four individuals from the ESSIC-administered Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-Maryland (CICS-MD) were recognized in June 2016 by the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), the science arm of the NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS). The annually presented “STAR Awards” are provided in recognition of both individuals and teams who have demonstrated novel approaches in the development and application of problem solving techniques, …
Dean Jayanth Banavar of the University of Maryland’s (UMD) College of Computer, Mathematics and Natural Sciences (CMNS) announced yesterday that Professor Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm has been named Interim Director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC).
Miralles-Wilhelm, a hydrologist and Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at UMD has served as ESSIC Acting Director since January 2016, when former director Antonio Busalacchi began sabbatical leave.
Dean Jayanth Banavar of the University of Maryland’s (UMD) College of Computer, Mathematics and Natural Sciences (CMNS) announced today that Professor Antonio Busalacchi has accepted the role of President of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), effective August 1, 2016.
Busalacchi, who has served as Director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) since his arrival from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in
Antonio Busalacchi, professor of atmospheric and ocean science at the University of Maryland and director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Busalacchi was recognized for his contributions to our “understanding of tropical oceans in coupled climate systems via remotely sensed observations and for international leadership of climate prediction/projection research.”
“I am very
CICS-MD Scientists Xi Shao (Astronomy), Bin Zhang (ESSIC), and Yan Bai (Astronomy) were named NESDIS Outstanding Science and Research Employees of the Year for STAR’s Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division (SMCD). They shared the award with CICS-MD NOAA Sponsors Changyong Cao, Wenhui Wang, and Shihyan Lee for their work on the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band….
ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Yong Chen, was recognized with the best proceeding paper award during the 20th International TOVS Study Conferences. His paper entitled,"CrIS Full Resolution Processing and Validation System for JPSS," was co-authored by Yong Han , Denis Tremblay , Likun Wang , Xin Jin, and Fuzhong Weng. The conferences were held at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin from 28 October to 3 November 2015. …
