Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder
A SWPC team, Deep Space Climate Observatory
were part of a team awarded a Department of Commerce Gold Medal in 2016 for their work on the Deep Space Climate Observatory mission, dedicated to space weather. The CIRES scientists were critical to a team from the National Weather Service and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. The group was recognized for deploying the first operational space weather environmental spacecraft to provide storm warnings that protect the Nation’s critical infrastructure.