Tag: Satellite Calibration and Validation

CICS-MD Researchers Honored

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recognized several ESSIC-CICSMD affilated researchers this month, through it’s NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Awards program. The awards highlighted researchers based on outstanding performances in areas such as published works, leadership and teamwork. Noteworthy local recipients included Drs. Yong Chen and Likun Wang, both assistant research scientists at UMD ESSIC, as well as visiting associate research scientists Dr. Huan Meng and Ralph Ferraro, both …

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State of Maryland Officials Briefed on UMD Climate Research Capabilities

Monday, 7 April 2014

On April 1, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the University of Maryland (UMD) welcomed the Honorable Nancy Kopp, Treasurer of the State of Maryland, and Deputy State Treasurer, Susanne Brogan, for a briefing on environmental and climate research programs at the University of Maryland Research Park (M-Square).

UMD President Wallace Loh, UMD Provost MaryAnn Rankin, PNNL Associate Laboratory Director Douglas Ray, and UMD CMNS Dean Jayanth Banavar were among the attendees who

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Multi-Scale Observations Preceding the Moore, OK Tornado

With contributions from Patrick Meyers (CICS-MD/ESSIC)
Extreme weather events such as the recent Oklahoma tornados consistently remind weather and climate scientists of the importance of their work.  Fortunately, the United States has a dense network of observing systems coupled with a dedicated group of researchers and forecasters who use these systems to better understand, predict, and analyze these dangerous natural forces.  Collaborations between physical and social scientists have …

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Former Z.Li-advised Doctorate Student Niu, Recognized at AMS

Former AOSC doctorate student Feng Niu – advised by AOSC/ESSIC professor Zhanging Li – was recognized at the Chinese-American Oceanic & Atmospheric Association (COAA) 2013 AMS Reception as winner of the 2012 COAA Chinese Doctorate Student Thesis Award. Niu, (PhD, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland-College Park) was award the $500.00 first-place prize for his dissertation entitled, “Investigating Aerosol Effects on Clouds, Precipitation and Regional …

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AOSC Ph.D. graduate translates AOSC Professor Kalnay’s book

Seung-Jae Lee, AOSC Ph.D. graduate advised by CICS-MD Director Dr. E. Hugo Berbery, translated AOSC Professor Eugenia Kalnay’s book “Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability.“ The book, published in 2003 by Cambridge University Press, was translated into Korean with an expected publication date of July 2012. Fellow AOSC Ph.D. graduates Drs. Ji-Sun Kang and Hye-Lim Yoo participated in the translation project….

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140 and 141

140 and 141 – Earth Model-Human Model
Principal Investigator(s): E. Kalnay

Human population and consumption has grown significantly over the past few decades. The Earth’s natural resources were assumed to be practically infinite for the whole length of the history, but we are now realizing that they may be scarce. This has rung a bell for the policy makers, scientists, economists, and all other conscious individuals. Economic growth has reached an “uneconomic growth” phase. To cope with such issues, new fields of study like “ecological economics” are born. Several research groups around the globe have developed (mathematical) models to predict the future of human population and nature. Such models have helped scholars to understand and investigate possible scenarios for the future of life on our planet more thoroughly.

The most complete versions of such models incorporate population, climate, energy, and agriculture as main variables. However, some of these variables, like population, are taken as exogenous variables and therefore, the coupling between the variables is uni-directional. This means that, for example, increased population can affect climate by creating more pollution, but the climate change does not feed back on the population.

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New yoga group meets at ESSIC

Don’t be surprised if you see a group of people walking in to a third floor wing at ESSIC with rolled up mats and donning exercise clothes.  They’re the ESSIC Tuesday yoga group, led by Hui Xu and a tape recording that talks them through their poses. Employees at the NOAA World Weather Building in Camp Springs, MD have been running a similar class for nine years, and will move in to a new M Square building later this summer. Even though the move means classes in a neighboring building …

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230 – Joint Aerosol-Monsoon Experiment
Principal Investigator(s): C. Li

Atmospheric aerosols, through interaction with clouds and alteration of the radiation, may influence the Asian Monsoon system, a critical component in the water cycle for this most populated continent of the world. Climate modeling studies of the aerosol-cloud-water cycle require detailed information about aerosol distribution and properties, which are highly variable and necessitate intense field deployments.

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Kalnay Invited to lecture in India

Eugenia Kalnay has been invited to give the Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Lectures of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, July 5-8, Mumbai, India. The Centre, founded in 2007, was conceived to contribute to the growth of excellence in the basic sciences through its programs, interactions and cross-fertilization between disciplines….

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