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Trends Winter 2017/18

The latest issue of our Trends newsletter recaps several busy months here at NCICS. In addition to an overview from Director Otis Brown, this issue highlights our contributions to two major national climate assessment products and reports on efforts to push GOES-16 satellite data to the cloud. You can also read about a variety of engagement and outreach efforts and learn how NCICS helped eclipse-hunters identify the best spots for viewing this summer’s total solar eclipse.

Winter 2017/18 Trends

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Arctic Sea Ice Trends and Projections

Researchers from CICS-NC and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill used satellite data and various statistical models to analyze […]

NC State Research – Annual Review 2017

NC State's Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development (ORIED) — the NC State home of NCICS and CICS-NC — […]

GOES-16 Data in the Cloud

NOAA’s new geostationary weather satellite, GOES-16, is already changing the way we view our planet, even though it won’t be […]

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