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Research Highlights

These slides are for recent articles, announcements, meetings, and important outside links.

Indispensable Microwave Data

CISESS scientists Chris Grassotti and Yong-Keun Lee coauthored a paper published on January 30th that showed that satellite microwave observations at 23.8 GHz improve the accuracy of total precipitable water (TPW) products over land as well as oceans.

3D Structure of Forests

CISESS Scientists Khaldoud Rishmawi and Chegquan Huang co-published an article on January 25th that demonstrated the integration of Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation measurements with VIIRS data to produce 1-km resolution forest products.

Record Heat in Upper Oceans

CISESS Scientists Alexey Mishonov and Jim Reagan are coauthors on a newsworthy study, published online on January 13th, which reported upper ocean temperatures hit a record high in 2020.

2021 CISESS Summer Interns

CISESS had 22 Summer Interns, including graduate, undergraduate and high school students. They each presented single slide summaries of their work, which are now available for viewing on our Students Page.

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Director's Welcome

Hugo_retrato_(2016) How can we best exploit satellite information for improving weather and climate predictions? What is needed to create consistent long term records of satellite products for use in climate activities? What are the research needs to ensure we extract optimal information from future satellites sensors?

These questions lie at the core of CISESS mission of supporting NOAA’s ability to use satellite observations and Earth System models to advance the national climate mission. Our people, research scientists and research engineers along with academic personnel, strive to make certain that our research is transferred to NOAA operations. We also believe in the need of developing and maintaining interactions with a broad community. Outreach, education, training, climate literacy activities are part of our vision for a successful return to society of the confidence they have entrusted us.

Explore our web site, find out what we do and please contact us with your suggestions for improving how we communicate our activities.

Hugo Berbery

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Featured News

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Summer Intern Project Results Available

Our 22 CISESS Summer Interns presented the results of their projects during our CISESS Summer Intern Celebration on August 25. See their one-slide summaries on our website Students' Page.

Friday, May 21, 2021

Zhipeng Wang Wins Best Paper Award

CISESS Scientists Zhipeng Wang (lead author), Fangfang Yu, Hyelim Yoo, Haifeng Qian and Xi Shao have been honored with a SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2020 Best Papers Award. Their article, “On-orbit calibration and characterization of GOES-17 ABI IR bands under dynamic thermal conditions,” was selected as the best paper for Photo-Optical Instrumentation and Design.

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