{"id":15950,"date":"2025-01-02T21:22:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=15950"},"modified":"2025-01-09T21:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:52:19","slug":"ssec-2024-a-year-of-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/15950","title":{"rendered":"SSEC 2024 &#8211; A year of science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These selected stories from 2024 reflect our continued pursuit of understanding our environment and saving lives through research and applications, along with our commitment to progress in science through global collaborative research, education and public engagement. Take a look through stories of research and outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"eoy-highlights \">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/15862\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"City Science \u2014 SPARC supports Community Research on Climate and Urban Science\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/08\/IMG_0186-768x576.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"City Science \u2014 SPARC supports Community Research on Climate and Urban Science\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCity Science \u2014 SPARC supports Community Research on Climate and Urban Science\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/15878\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"Fire Weather Testbed\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/08\/2024Jun13-NOAA-Fire-Weather-Testbed-Lauren-Lipuma-smol-09-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"Fire Weather Testbed\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tFire Weather Testbed\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/15834\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"STORM REU program provides research opportunities for undergraduate students\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/08\/STORM_REU_PHOTO-768x432.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"STORM REU program provides research opportunities for undergraduate students\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tSTORM REU program provides research opportunities for undergraduate students\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/15809\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"The AOSS Photo Contest by the numbers\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/08\/Story-Map-AOSS-Photo-Contest-Web-Banner-768x292.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"The AOSS Photo Contest by the numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe AOSS Photo Contest by the numbers\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/15799\" class=\"highlight\" title=\"The 2024 Verner E. Suomi Scholarship\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/07\/Suomi_Chalkboard_Web_Banner-768x292.jpg\" class=\"image\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\" data-title=\"The 2024 Verner E. Suomi Scholarship\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe 2024 Verner E. 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