ESSIC assistant research scientist Jifu Yin has a new article published in the May issue of IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters about incorporating data from the Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) satellite into the NCEP Global Forecast System. The researchers evaluated bias-correction methods and found that they improved precipitation forecasts.
![Satellite seasonal temperature difference maps indicate how the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its organisms may respond to the temperature changes. Here, the maps show warmer than average water temperatures from January through March 2020, cooler than average from April through June, near average July through September, and slightly warmer than average October through December. The long-term baseline is from the years 2008-2019.]](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rv-chesapeake2-150x150.jpg)
