CICS-MD Scientists Dongdong Wang, Shunlin Liang, and Yuan Zhou improved the direct estimation algorithm to retrieve land surface albedo from VIIRS by considering surface anisotropy, impacts of aerosol type, and land cover type.
The 2015 Blizzard that clobbered the New England January 27th was well captured by the ATMS and AMSU/MHS Snowfall Rate product.
CICS-MD Scientist Xiaoyang Zhang and NOAA Sponsor Yunyue Yu have developed a new method to monitor and predict short-term fall foliage coloration using the VIIRS daily vegetation index.