It is with great pleasure that we officially announce the newly appointed Executive Board for the 2025-2026 year. Please join us in congratulating the following individuals on their leadership roles:

President: Jeslyn Loyo

Vice- President: Sewar Mohammad

Secretary: Benedict Kumi

Treasurer: Million Amanuel 

Public Relations Officer: Oluwanifemi Faluyi

Events Coordinator: Christian Taylor

We look forward to seeing what’s in store for the next academic year, we know they’ll do a great job. Congratulations once again to the new Executive Board!

Each year, the Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis Program presents some of the year’s top discoveries, and for the year 2024, the selection features research from several GESTAR II scientists, along with related publications.

Radiative effects of aerosols (AC)

Associated Publication: Yuan, T., Song, H., Oreopoulos, L. et al. (2024). Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming, Commun. Earth Environ., 5, 281 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01442-3     

Impacts of New Satellite Instruments on Weather Prediction (WAD)

Associated Publication: McGrath-Spangler, E. L., N. C. Privé, B. M. Karpowicz, I. Moradi, and A. K. Heidinger, 2024: Using OSSEs to evaluate GXS impact in the context of international coordination. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 41, 261-278, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0141.1.

Nitrate photolysis and the photochemistry of tropospheric ozone (AC)

Associated Publication: Shah, V., C. A. Keller, K. E. Knowland, A. Christiansen, L. Hu, H. Wang, X. Lu, B. Alexander, and D. J. Jacob (2024). Particulate nitrate photolysis as a possible driver of rising tropospheric ozone. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107980. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107980

Multidecadal land reanalysis over High Mountain Asia showcases a pioneering multivariate land data assimilation system (WEC)

Associated Publication: Maina, F.Z., Xue, Y., Kumar, S.V. et al. Development of a multidecadal land reanalysis over High Mountain Asia. Sci Data 11, 827 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03643-z 

Insights into the Causes and Predictability of Atmospheric Rivers (CVC)

Associated Publication: Schubert, S., Y. Chang, A. M. DeAngelis, Y.-K. Lim, N. P. Thomas, R. D. Koster, M. G. Bosilovich, A. M. Molod, A. Collow, and A. Dezfuli, 2024. Insights into the Causes and Predictability of the 2022/23 California Flooding. Journal of Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0696.1

Check out these and other top discoveries of 2024!

UMBC's Office of Sponsored Programs has started enforcing their proposal deadlines, which may result in *late* Proposals being declined.   

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