Collaborative Research
NOAA CESSRST Scientific and Collaborative Research is designed to support NOAA’s long-standing mission of science, service, and stewardship, that generates tremendous value for the Nation—and the world—by advancing our understanding of and ability to anticipate changes in the Earth’s environment, by improving society’s ability to make scientifically informed decisions, and by conserving and managing ocean and coastal resources. NOAA CESSRST collaborative research also aligns and supports NOAA’s leading role in addressing societal problems through integration of remote sensing technologies with multidisciplinary research in environmental systems, socioeconomic drivers, and solutions.
Focus
NOAA’s Mission: Science, Service, and Stewardship
- To understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts,
- To share that knowledge and information with others, and
- To conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.
Focused on advanced remote sensing observations and big data analysis, the Center’s research goal is responsive to NOAA’s need for improved “Observing, Modeling and Engaging” capabilities, and engage the NOAA-EPP supported students to understand and study the integrated Earth systems and foster a holistic understanding of the environment, enriched with experiential learning opportunities in environmental satellite-related research.
The CESSRST II 2022-2027 scientific plan is designed to directly address NOAA’s goals and mission. It aligns with NOAA’s mission and goals, especially those of Weather Ready Nation, Resilient Coastal Communities, and Climate Adaptation. The envisioned thematic areas are:
- Coastal and Ocean,
- Land and Water,
- Weather and Atmosphere.
The Center continues to strengthen the social science integration and NOAA’s new science and technology focus areas across all thematic areas
Oceans and Coasts
Coastal Observations
- Coastal and Ocean Hazards
- Vulnerable Ecosystems
- Coastal Blue Carbon
Land and Water
Hydrology and Land Research
- Hydrologic Forecasting and Risk Communication
- Environmental Extremes
- Resilient Ecosystems
Weather and Atmosphere
Satellite, Air and Climate Research
- CESSRST Earth Systems Observation Network
- Satellite Data Applications, and Cal-Val
- Modeling of Extreme Events
Cross-Cutting Dimension : NOAA Science and Technology Focus Areas
The NOAA Strategic Science and Technology (S&T) focus areas represent opportunities for carrying out the NOAA mission through utilizing advances in informatics and computation. They fit well around CESSRST’s core emphasis on remote sensing science and technology, providing new means for calibrating, validating, and assimilating the enormous and growing stream of satellite data to discover actionable information and improve weather prediction and aquatic resource utilization. CESSRST has faculty experts who have innovated in the application of these themes and have trained students who are proficient in advanced S&T under these focus areas, in close collaboration with NOAA.
S&T Focus Area applications within CESSRST II research themes |
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| Foci | Coastal and Ocean | Land and Water | Weather and Climate |
| Artificial Intelligence | Data fusion for coastal water quality and ecosystem health | Nowcasting of severe storms, heat, and energy supply/demand | Machine learning for source apportionment of pollution sources |
| Unmanned Systems (UxS) | Monitoring water quality, coral reefs, seagrass, and mangroves | Air and water sampling for observing trace gas fluxes | Mobile lidar for air quality monitoring and prediction |
| Cloud Systems | Cloud workflow of transport and chemistry modeling | Data computing of ocean ENSO impact using 4DVD software | Cloud for WRF and HRRR coastal-urban modeling of extremes. |
| Data | Ocean-color satellite sensor data based on atmospheric correction uncertainties | Data and visualization for Social Economic Drought Vulnerability Index | Discover patterns between terrain and atmospheric variables |
| Citizen Science | Build capacity for low-cost citizen water quality with local organizations. | Urban Mesonet and crowdsourced data for weather extremes in NYC | Crowdsourced data of urban emissions for weather modeling |
Cross-Cutting Dimension II: The Imperative of Social Science Research
The social sciences reflect a broad set of perspectives focused on understanding and explaining social phenomena, identifying and assessing causal pathways of attitudes and behaviors, interpreting how people make meaning of their environment, and informing efforts to address social and environmental problems; including climate risk management. The integration of social science into climate risk management has been identified as a key grand research challenge. Social science research and practice has significantly expanded within NOAA in the past decade
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