The grand scientific challenge of CISESS is to enhance our understanding of how the natural components of the Earth system—atmosphere, ocean, land, and biosphere—interact with human activities as a coupled system. The Institute’s multidisciplinary team of scientists and experts engage in collaborative and transformative research activities to enhance NOAA’s ability to use observations and models to meet that challenge, advance NOAA’s science mission, and identify emerging science needs.
Representative focus areas of CISESS activities. An end-to-end view of CISESS science, where observations are collected and processed and products are co-produced with end users, while the evolving needs of end users drive the generation of new products and enhancements to existing products.
Annual Reports to NOAA
For an overview of recent activities, see our Annual Reports page.