Search Results for: data quality
Jul 14, 2016
Expertise
Expertise NCICS is home to a diverse workforce, including PhD climate scientists, data experts, software engineers, and communication experts. Use the links below to find…→
Feb 10, 2013
Geostationary Surface Albedo
Surface albedo is the fraction of incoming solar radiation reflected by the land surface, and therefore is a sensitive indicator of environmental changes. Its value…→
Jan 13, 2022
NCICS at AMS 2022
NCICS at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society NCICS staff will be among those gathering virtually for this year’s American Meteorological Society…→
Apr 16, 2013
Calibration and Validation of Geostationary Satellite Visible Imagery
Meteorological satellites operating in geostationary orbits around the Earth (Fig. 1) provide us with observations of the Earth’s surface and clouds since the early 1970’s.…→
Sep 25, 2018
Putting Hurricane Florence into Historical Perspective
Preliminary research by NCICS’ Kenneth Kunkel indicates that Hurricane Florence was among the rainiest storms to hit the United States in the last 70 years. Based…→
Mar 14, 2016
Innovations in Information Management and Access for Assessments
The Third National Climate Assessment (NCA3), released in May 2014, provided a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of climate change in the United States. The…→
Kate Johnson
Dr. Katharine (Kate) Johnson joined NCICS in October 2019. She has been part of the Assessments Technical Support Unit (TSU) since August 2016, where she…→