ESSIC at AGU 2024
January 3, 2025
Many ESSIC scientists participated in AGU 2025, the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union held from December 9-13 in Washington D.C. Since the
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ESSIC Celebrates 2024 Peer Awards
December 18, 2024
On December 17, the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center had its annual holiday party. As per tradition, three annual peer awards were presented to honor
ESSIC at Maryland Day 2024
May 5, 2024
On Saturday, April 27, ESSIC faculty and staff gathered to celebrate Maryland Day, the University of Maryland’s largest community outreach event! This was the 26th year that the university held the event, and the 24th time that ESSIC has participated.
ESSIC Hosts Annual UMD-NOAA Mini-Conference
March 13, 2024
The National Weather and Climate Prediction Center (NCWCP) and UMD’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) held a three-day mini-conference from February 27 to 29, a hybrid event held both at the ESSIC and online. The conference brought together ESSIC, CISESS, and NOAA scientists to share their presentations and posters from the recent AGU and AMS conferences. Peter Beierle was the conference organizer for UMD.
University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor Ellen Williams Retires
January 8, 2024
Ellen D. Williams, a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland and director of the university’s Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), retired on December 30, 2023, after 42 years at the university. Following her official retirement, Williams is now a research professor of physics and executive director of ESSIC’s Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS).
ESSIC Celebrates 2023 Peer Awards
December 20, 2023
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 Chelsea Parker, Assistant Research Scientist, and Brenda Torney, Payroll Coordinator.
Enhancement of NOAA Snowfall Product Through Machine Learning
September 5, 2023
This event has passed. See the seminar recording here: Dr. Yongzhen Fan Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center University of Maryland Monday November 22, 2021, 2
Do Models Generate Realistic Simulations?
September 5, 2023
This event has passed. View the seminar recording here: Prof. Timothy Delsole Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, & Center for Ocean-Land-Atmospheric Sciences George
A Computational Model for Transient Evolving Subglacial Hydrology
September 5, 2023
This event has passed. View the seminar recording here: Prof. Harihar Rajaram Deputy Chair, Environmental Health and Engineering Johns Hopkins University Tuesday February 22, 2022,
ESSIC Hosts Python Workshop
May 23, 2023
Earlier this month, Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) held a virtual workshop on Python hosted by Rebekah Esmaili from Science and Technology Corp (STC).
