Web of Science has honored Dr. Zhanqing Li, Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and ESSIC of the University of Maryland, as a Highly Cited Researcher, an honor bestowed to fewer than 6,200, or about 0.1%, of the world’s researchers, in 21 research fields and across multiple fields.
AOSC's Sarah Benish leads a published Eos article on air pollution policy
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Groundbreaking Research on the Gulf Stream Led by AOSC Prof. Jacob Wenegrat Recently Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
AOSC Prof. Raghu Murtugudde co-authored a new study showing that snowfall is the controlling factor in glacier loss in the Himalayas.
AOSC Distinguished University Professor Eugenia Kalnay was awarded the 2019 Roger Revelle Medal at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2019 Honors Ceremony, held on Dec. 11, 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. The medal is for “outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.”
Seventh and eighth grade students at the Montgomery School in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, recently participated in a discussion on climate change with AOSC Professor Ross Salawitch.
TV’s Somara Theodore teaches AOSC's first broadcast meteorology class. Students led the effort to create this course. A couple of years ago, Monique Robinson '18 created UMD Weather Talks, a student organization of broadcast meteorologist hopefuls that posts reports on YouTube, and contacted Theodore to get advice. Last spring, they asked her about teaching at Maryland. By the fall semester, the course was a reality.
