The overall direction of this research is toward increased understanding of interactive processes in the Earth's physical environment and the development of a more coherent picture of its sensitivities to natural and anthropogenic change. The carbon dioxide greenhouse effect is a continuing source of research problems, and one of the most pressing problems is how to determine the onset of a theoretically predicted warming. Both of these topics receive considerable attention from CIRES researchers.
Rick Saltus
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Geologic/tectonic/geodynamic interpretation of potential field data (magnetics and gravity)
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Development of technical documentation with application to delineation of extended continental shelf (Law of the Sea, Article 76)
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Improvement of global magnetic field grids and models
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Innovative display of geophysical information
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Seeking ways to encourage citizen involvement in the geophysical sciences
Dan Seaton
- Magnetic reconnection and other physical processes responsible for solar eruptions and flares
- The structure, properties, and dynamics of the so-called middle corona
- The processes and phenomena that determine the structure of the solar atmosphere on very large scales
- Design, operations, and calibration of instrumentation to observe the solar corona
- Solar image processing
- Observation of the solar corona dur
Brian Kress
Space Particle Instruments Team Lead within NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Solar and Terrestrial Physics (STP) group. The NCEI STP group supports design, assembly and calibration of space weather instruments flown on NOAA’s satellites. The STP group also works on scientific algorithm development and operational research for the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).
