Author: Cazzy Medley

Zhang Presents Her New Book at the CTR Wilson Meeting

December 13, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS scientist Daile Zhang and her coauthor Ron Holle virtually presented their new
book–Flashes of Brilliance: The Science and Wonder of Arizona Lightning –at the CTR Wilson
meeting on November 16, 2023. They discussed the motivation of writing the book and
introduced the content of each chapter. The audiences were interested in creating
undergraduate level courses and materials based on the book.

California wildfire burns near a residential area at night (Adobe Stock)

Air Quality Deterioration from Western Wildfires Outpaces Human-Driven Improvement, Threatens Human Health

December 5, 2023

UMD researchers analyzed changes in the mortality burden attributed to wildfire pollution over the last two decades.

Reporting and Sharing Data for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research

November 27, 2023

ESSIC/NOAA Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS) Scientist Liqing Jiang led a chapter of the Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research, a

ESSIC Featured in Fifth National Climate Assessment

November 27, 2023

ESSIC Assistant Research Scientist Justin Pflug is an author attributed on the Fifth National Climate Assessment, the U.S. Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. The congressionally-mandated effort provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States. Pflug is attributed on two chapters, “Water” and “Compound Events”.

Eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in the South Pacific on 14 January 2022, one day prior to the larger eruption plume that would significantly impact stratospheric composition. (Tonga Geological Services, Adapted from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0)

Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone levels

November 20, 2023

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano changed the chemistry, dynamics of Earth’s stratosphere

Global surface ocean pH on total scale in 2020. Modified from Jiang et al. (2023).

Acidification of the Global Surface Ocean: What We Have Learned from Observations

November 20, 2023

Global surface ocean pH on total scale in 2020. Modified from Jiang et al. (2023). ESSIC Scientist Liqing Jiang is a co-author on a new

Updated High-Resolution Northern North Pacific Regional Climatology Released

November 17, 2023

On November 7th, ESSIC/CISESS Scientist Alexey Mishonov and the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) released the Northern North Pacific regional climatology, version 2. This is a collection of high-resolution quality-controlled temperature and salinity fields retrieved from the latest World Ocean Database (WOD23) on standard depth levels from the sea surface to 5,200 m depth covering the period from 1955 to 2022.

Figure: Precipitation system observed at 0725 UTC 11 Aug 2020, over the U.S. Midwest. MRMS surface precipitation product (observations) on the left and U-Net output on the right.

Optimal Summertime Precipitation Data from GEO and LEO Observations

November 17, 2023

ESSIC/CISESS Scientists Veljko Petković, Malarvizhi Arulraj, and CISESS Summer Intern Vesta Gorooh (UCI PhD student) have a new article in the November issue of the Journal of Hydrometeorology. The article describes the use of machine learning techniques to improve the retrieval of surface precipitation from passive meteorological sensors aboard geosynchronous Earth-orbiting (GEO) and low Earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites.

Early Career Scientist Spotlight: Joseph Finlon

November 17, 2023

Visiting Assistant Research Scientist Dr. Joseph Finlon was recently featured in a NASA Early Career Scientist Spotlight.

Summer 2023 water temperature anomaly map for Chesapeake Bay shows a 1 degree C decrease in temperature compared to a 2007-2022 baseline, indicating favorable conditions for several key fish species, according to the seasonal fishery impacts report released by the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office and containing data generated by UMD/ESSIC/CISESS.

Chesapeake Bay has ‘favorable’ summer, finds ESSIC-supported NOAA report

November 9, 2023

The Virginian-Pilot featured a news article on November 5 highlighting a NOAA report containing an operational satellite data product from ESSIC/CISESS Senior Faculty Specialist Ron Vogel. The report, Synthesis of Environmental Impacts on Key Fishery Resources in the Chesapeake Bay, is released seasonally by the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office and is used by regional fishery managers to help guide management decisions.

Author: Cazzy Medley

Zhang Presents Her New Book at the CTR Wilson Meeting

Air Quality Deterioration from Western Wildfires Outpaces Human-Driven Improvement, Threatens Human Health

Reporting and Sharing Data for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research

ESSIC Featured in Fifth National Climate Assessment

Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone levels

Acidification of the Global Surface Ocean: What We Have Learned from Observations

Updated High-Resolution Northern North Pacific Regional Climatology Released

Optimal Summertime Precipitation Data from GEO and LEO Observations

Early Career Scientist Spotlight: Joseph Finlon

Chesapeake Bay has ‘favorable’ summer, finds ESSIC-supported NOAA report

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