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 Studies (CICS)

SCSB Research Projects

Documents Updated: October 2007

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, 150KB, Updated Oct. 2007) Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Climate Time Series (PDF, 443KB, Updated Oct. 2007)
Global Precipitation Climatology	Global Precipitation Climatology (PDF, 87KB, Updated Oct. 2007)
Advanced Precipitation Algorithms	Developmental Snowfall Rate Product (PDF, 41KB, Feb. 2009) GOES-R3-"Warm" Precipitation Using ABI (PDF, 45KB, Oct. 2007)
Predicting Sea Nettles in the Chesapeake Bay	Ecological Prediction (PDF, 290KB, Updated Oct. 2007)
Interactive Snow and Ice Mapping System Operational product from OSDPD	Satellite Snow Cover (PDF, 97KB)
Long Term Climate Analyses - Surface Temperature and Precipitation	Precipitation Analyses (PDF, 91KB, Updated Oct. 2007) Surface Temperature Analyses (PDF, 45KB, Updated Oct. 2007) High-Resolution Precipitation Analysis: CHOMPS (PDF, 465KB, May 2009) Historical Precipitation Reconstructions (PDF, 191KB, May 2009) Historical Reconstruction of Surface Temperatures (PDF, 188KB, May 2009) High-Resolution Sea-Surface Temperature Analysis (PDF, 722KB, May 2009)
Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms	Ecological Prediction (PDF, 39KB)
Detecting Marine Algae from Space	Interannual Variability of Oceanic Phytoplankton Biomass and Productivity (PDF, 78KB)
Ecosystems Modelling	Ecosystem Modeling (PDF, 255KB) Chesapeake Bay Ecological Modeling System (PDF, 370KB, Oct. 2007)
Ocean Color Products Operational product from OSDPD	Ocean Color Science Team Ocean Color Products (PDF, 157KB)
Microwave Infrared Retrieval System (MIRS)