Tag: Hydrology and Land Surface Processes

The University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Board of Visitors selected Sujay Kaushal, an assistant professor for ESSIC and the university’s Department of Geology, as a recipient of its junior faculty award Tuesday. According to the Department of Geology, the award includes a plaque and $2,500 in prize money, which is donated by the board members that make the selection. Kaushal said that his work at ESSIC has focused on two major themes: effects …

Thursday, 26 July 2012

ESSIC Research Professor Dr. Hugo Berbery officially started as the director of CICS-MD on July 1 after serving as associate director of CICS-MD since July 1, 2011.

Berbery took the position previously held by ESSIC Deputy Director Dr. Phil Arkin. However, Akin remains the CICS executive director, a position that he held simultaneously with the CICS-MD director position.

“I am very grateful to Hugo for his excellent work as associate director of CICS-MD over the past year, and I have

Dr. Sujay Kaushal, assistant professor at ESSIC and the Department of Geology at the University of Maryland, was selected on June 26 as the winner of the International Recognition of Professional Excellence (IRPE) for this year. The IRPE Prize is awarded to an ecologist, 40 years or younger, who has published uniquely independent, original and/or challenging research representing an important scientific breakthrough, and/or who must work under particularly difficult conditions, according …

A study co-authored by Dr. Sujay Kaushal, assistant professor at ESSIC and the Department of Geology at the University of Maryland, and hydrologist Ken Belt proposes an expanded view on urban watersheds. The study, entitled “The urban watershed continuum: evolving spatial and temporal dimensions,” mainly considers a new part of urban ecosystems, infrastructure. With watersheds expanding and cities and urban environments changing over time, the study presents a new concept for the effects …

Publication – Environmental News Network
Date: May 28, 2012 Climate change doubt not due to ignorance of the science A new study by Yale revealed if Americans knew more basic science, and were more proficient in technical reasoning, a gap would still occur between public and scientific consensus. According to the article, “ … as members of the public become more science literate and numerate, the study found, individuals belonging to opposing cultural groups become even more divided on …

ESSIC Director Dr. Antonio Busalacchi gave a keynote lecture entitled “The Oceans Role in the Coupled Climate System: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future” at the University of Sao Paulo Conference About The Sea. The conference, which was held May 16-18, featured featured sessions on marine biodiversity, deep-sea exploration and the relationship between oceans and the climate. According to the USP website, the speakers were composed of scientists and graduate students from various …

204 – GMAO Core MERRA Research & Evaluation of Global Water Cycle in Reanalyses
Principal Investigator(s): J. Chen

The changes of observing system have significant impact on the temporal consistency of all reanalysis datasets. Especially when new observation types are introduced, the related discontinuities or jumps could be big obstacles for climate study.

MERRA is a global reanalysis dataset based on NASA GEOS5 data assimilation system. In 2011, we continued to investigate the impact of observing system changes on the MERRA dataset, especially the different characters of impact from individual observing system change events, namely the introduction of SSM/I in 1987 and NOAA15 ATOVS in 1998.

Researchers: Li-Chuan Chen, Kingtse Mo, and Ming-Ying Lee