{"id":14289,"date":"2022-03-30T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=14289"},"modified":"2022-03-30T16:54:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:54:26","slug":"ssec-biennial-report-2020-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/14289","title":{"rendered":"SSEC Biennial Report 2020-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Idea. Invest. Innovate.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Biennial_Report_2020-2021_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/03\/SSEC_Biennial_Report_Cover-728x1026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14271\" width=\"182\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/03\/SSEC_Biennial_Report_Cover-728x1026.png 728w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/03\/SSEC_Biennial_Report_Cover-231x325.png 231w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/03\/SSEC_Biennial_Report_Cover-768x1082.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/03\/SSEC_Biennial_Report_Cover.png 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Universities are incubators of new ideas. With the right investment, these ideas are realized as real-world innovations that improve, and save, people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-1026x1008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12152\" width=\"224\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-1026x1008.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-325x319.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/Brad_Pierce_Portrait-768x754.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><figcaption>SSEC Director R. Bradley Pierce<br>Credit: Bryce Richter \/ UW-Madison<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From our earliest beginnings, SSEC and CIMSS have been testbeds for basic and applied science research in environmental remote sensing; testing and refining ideas until they mature. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central to the success of that research has been federal government investment and partnership. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New instruments designed to gather atmospheric data \u2013 like the CubeSats for the PREFIRE and TROPICS experiments \u2013 have evolved over decades and are now ready to deliver crucial and timely information about Earth\u2019s climate and weather. The investment in research for these two programs came largely from NASA, but similar support from our partner agencies like NOAA and NSF enables the research highlighted in this report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Innovation builds on earlier research to push the field forward. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Biennial_Report_2020-2021_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustained investment in research at SSEC and CIMSS <\/a>from our federal partners demonstrates our shared commitment to improving understanding of weather, climate and atmospheric processes for the benefit of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>R. Bradley Pierce<\/em><br><strong>Director, SSEC<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universities are incubators of new ideas. With the right investment, these ideas are realized as real-world innovations that improve, and save, people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n<p>From our earliest beginnings, SSEC and CIMSS have been testbeds for basic and applied science research in environmental remote sensing; testing and refining ideas until they mature.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles"],"acf":{"guest_author":[{"first_name":"R. 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