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Friday, May 2, 2025

CISESS Shines at Maryland Day

On 26 April, the University of Maryland in College Park welcomed the public to its springtime open house. CISESS succeeded in introducing some of the cool research conducted by its scientists, delighting the public along the way.

Friday, April 25, 2025

Evaluation of Satellite Data for Oyster Aquaculture Modeling

This study, coauthored by CISESS Scientist Ron Vogel, found that satellite data products and water quality data collected routinely by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources can replace on-site measurements taken at oyster farms as input to an oyster harvest model.

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Fires and Hurricanes

Apr 22, 2025 10:43 AM

Combined Use of Satellite Observations and the RIM for Assessing Recovery from Natural Disasters

The Resilience Inference Measurement (RIM) model was developed to quantify resilience to natural disasters like fires and hurricanes. In this paper, CISESS Scientists Wenhui Wang, Yan Bai, Xi Shao, Sirish Uprety and Hong-Lie Qiu introduce an approach that integrates observations from several satellite platforms so that a recovery assessment can be made more quickly.

CISESS Interns at Hackathon

Apr 17, 2025 11:45 AM

CISESS Students Win Awards at Georgia Tech’s ImmerseGT XR Hackathon

CISESS Interns Damian Figueroa and Samuel Wiggins took home awards for their creative work at the Georgia Tech’s ImmerseGT XR Hackathon, XR stands for Extended Reality, which encompasses immersive technologies including Virtual Reality. Damian and Samuel are excited to bring their new ideas and skills back to the CISESS Virtual Proving Ground & Training Center (VPGTC), where they contribute to the development of XR-based geoscience educational games.

Participant's Study of Chl-a

Apr 14, 2025 02:19 PM

How to Monitor Coastal Water Quality from Satellites

At the beginning of April, CISESS Scientist Ron Vogel taught a week-long class for water quality management professionals entitled “Viewing and Analyzing Ocean/Coastal Events and Water Quality Using Satellites”. The class aimed to expand the use of oceanographic satellite data for monitoring conditions in coastal areas, such as toxic algal blooms and water clarity that affect human health, the aquaculture industry, tourism, and recreation.

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