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Resources for Students
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Satellites
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionCloudSat
CALIPSO
Aqua
Terra
Aura
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
Field Campaigns
LPVEx - Light Precipitation Validation Experiment (LPVEx)Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project (C3VP)
GPM Ground Validation Program
VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS)
Tropical Composition, Cloud, and Climate Coupling (TC4)
Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE)
Data Centers
CloudSat Data Processing CenterSpace Science and Engineering Center
Precipitation Processing System
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility
NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS)
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Resarch and Applications (MERRA)
Miscellaneous Weather Links
AOS Weather PagesWisconsin State Climatology Office
SSEC Tropical Cyclone Page
Intellicast
National Weather Service
WeatherTAP
NWS Radar
UM Weather
Prospective Students and Interested Researchers
We are seeking energetic individuals interested in pursuing careers in statellite remote sensing and global climate to join our dynamic research team. Motivated students at either the MS or PhD level and qualified post-docs are encouraged to contact us for more information.
Group News
- 2012-08-30 - Welcome
We are happy to introduce four new members to our research team: new students Tracey, Ethan, and Erik and research scientist Dr. Norm Wood. - 2012-08-15 - Aerosol Study
A new study conducted in collaboration with researchers at PNNL reveals that global models may significantly over-estimate the sensitivity of precipitation occurrence to aerosols (see the highlight in Science). - 2011-12-21 - Datasets Released
Two CloudSat rainfall datasets co-developed by members of our group were officially released to the science community today.