At the 2025 Red-Green-Blue (RGBs) Experts and Developers Workshop (1–3 April), CISESS Scientist and Satellite Liaison to the NWS Weather Prediction Center (WPC) and Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), Christopher Smith, presented a talk on “RGBs in testbeds for U.S . Weather Offices.”

Deputy Director Hugo Berbery has just announced the CISESS Seed Grants to be funded in 2025. While four projects have been funded for the last four years, this year CISESS will have five Seed Grants for the first time. In addition, two prior seed grants, Hu Yang's Remote Sensing Lab and Guangyang Fan's 3D Virtual Reality Weather Maps, have now been given permanent funding.