Cooperative Research Program (CoRP)

Satellite Climate Studies Branch (SCSB)

The Satellite Climate Studies Branch (SCSB) exploits the capabilities of Earth-observing satellites to study the climate variations of the atmosphere, the land and the oceans. The Branch also uses remote satellite observations as well as model simulations to detect, monitor and forecast the effects of climate change on the environment, including effects on its ecosystems.

Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS)

Recent Meetings of Interest

• NOAA Workshop on Climate Data Records from Satellite Passive Microwave Sounders - AMSU / MHS / SSMT2
  March 2 - 3, 2011
• 1st NOAA User Workshop on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
  August 18-19, 2010

SCSB Research Projects

Documents Updated: October 2011

Web Resources	Research Project Plan Summaries
Microwave Hydrological Products Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products System (MSPPS) Special Sensor Microwave / Imager (SSM/I)	Microwave Hydrological Products Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) Hydrological Products, (PDF, 154 KB, 10/12/2007) Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Climate Time Series, (PDF, 453 KB, 10/12/2007)
Advanced Precipitation Algorithms	Developmental Snowfall Rate Product, (PDF, 400 KB, 4/27/2011) GOES-R3-"Warm" Precipitation Using ABI, (PDF, 46 KB, 10/12/2007)
Predicting Sea Nettles in the Chesapeake Bay	Ecological Prediction, (PDF, 90 KB, 5/4/2011)
Long Term Climate Analyses - Surface Temperature and Precipitation	High-Resolution Precipitation Analysis: CHOMPS, (PDF, 475 KB, 7/28/2009) Historical Precipitation Reconstructions, (PDF, 195 KB, 7/28/2009) Historical Reconstruction of Surface Temperatures, (PDF, 192 KB, 7/28/2009) High-Resolution Sea-Surface Temperature Analysis, (PDF, 739 KB, 7/28/2009)
Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms	Ecological Prediction, (PDF, 90 KB, 5/4/2011)
Monitoring Marine Algae from Space	Monitoring Phytoplankton Variability, (PDF, 103 KB, 5/4/2011)
Ecosystems Modelling	Ecosystem Modeling, (PDF, 261 KB, 12/21/2006) Chesapeake Bay Ecological Modeling System, (PDF, 378 KB, 10/12/2007)
Microwave Infrared Retrieval System (MIRS)