Author: Travis Swaim

Assistant Research Scientist Sarah Ringerud has a paper that will be printed in this month’s edition of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.  Written alongside colleagues from Colorado State University, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Advanced Satellite Products Branch, and NASA, the paper discusses improvements to the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GLM) constellation precipitation products via improved modeling of ice particles. Early versions of passive microwave products from GPM …

ESSIC Visiting Senior Research Scientist Marc Lee Imhoff, who currently Chairs the Sigma Xi’s Distinguished Lecturer Program, recently presided over the selection of the next Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer Cohort for 2020-2022. This honor, which is presented to outstanding individuals at the leading edge of science, provides an opportunity for fellow Sigma Xi members, students, and the public at large to engage experts in their area of expertise. As a researcher, Imhoff …

Victor R. Peguero, ESSIC’s former Director of Administration and Finance, passed away on May, 30, 2019 at his home in Bel Air, Maryland following a long illness. Peguero was appointed Director of Business and Finance for ESSIC in May 2017.  He immediately struck everyone with his wit, thoughtfulness and calm demeanor. At meetings and social events alike, Pegero lit up the room with his large smile, lively sense of humor and gregarious nature. Prior to joining ESSIC, Peguero was Assistant …

A new paper co-authored by ESSIC Director / AOSC Chair Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm has been highlighted in the Featured Research section in PLOS’s “Crops, Food Security & Food Systems” channel.  The paper, titled “The Paris pledges and the energy-water-land nexus in Latin America: Exploring implications of greenhouse gas emission reductions,” discusses the 2015 Paris pledges made by nations worldwide to avert the threat of climate change. The pledges, …

Last week, ESSIC/CICS Associate Research Scientist Sinéad Farrell presented at the European Space Agency’s 2019 Living Planet Symposium in Milan, Italy. The international event, going by #LPS19 on social media, was focused on celebrating the contributions that Earth observations bring to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional landscape and creating new opportunities. Tuesday afternoon, Farrell presented the very first …