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Remote Sensing Research
The primary areas of study at CSES include arctic climatology, ecology,
geology, hyperspectral imaging, hydrology, paleoclimate, and remote
sensing. A long-term goal of CSES research is to investigate problems
in global geoscience, in particular questions of global change, through
use of satellite observations. At present, the emphasis is on understanding
the land and land-atmosphere interactions and the cryosphere. Some
of the topics include biochemical cycles involving vegetation, soils,
hydrology and water budgets, and human-induced change. Predictive models
are being developed that incorporate inputs derived from satellite
remote sensing data, and make it feasible to address global-scale questions.
Much of the Center's research occurs within research groups at CIRES, the parent organization to CSES.
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Arctic Climate Change
Records of increasing temperatures, melting glaciers, reduction in extent and thickness of sea ice, thawing permafrost, and rising sea level all provide strong evidence of recent warming in the Arctic. The work done within the Steffen Research Group concentrates on annual and interannual variability of melt and mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet, the monitoring of the polar sea ice, and atmospheric measurements in Arctic regions. |
Steffen Group > Projects
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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The research interests of the Wessman Research Group include ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology, regional and global biogeochemical cycling, ecological applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems. |
Wessman Group > Projects
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