The major research thrusts of ESSIC are studies of Climate Variability and Change, Atmospheric Composition and Processes, the Global Carbon Cycle (including Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems/Land Use/Cover Change), and the Global Water Cycle. The manner in which this research is accomplished is via analyses of in situ and remotely sensed observations coupled with ocean-atmosphere-land models. Together this provides a foundation for understanding and forecasting changes in the global environment and regional implications. Data assimilation and regional down-scaling provide the means by which the observations and models are linked to study the interactions between the physical climate system and biogeochemical cycles from global to regional.
Research Synopsis:
- Satellite Remote Sensing of the land Surface, Atmosphere and Ocean
- Integration of in Situ and Satellite Observations
- Land Surface Modeling (including Hydrology and Vegetation)
- Climate Dynamics
- Tropical Ocean Dynamics
- Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis
- Data Assimilation
- Atmospheric Aerosols
- Volcanology
- Glaciology
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Biogeochemical Cycling
- Computational Science
