Beyond the weather forecast: 5 ways UW satellite technology helps save lives
The University of Wisconsin–Madison may be the birthplace of satellite meteorology, but scientists on campus have never stopped developing new ways for space-based instruments to protect and improve the lives of people back on Earth. …
NASA PREFIRE Satellites launch successfully
Both PREFIRE CubeSats successfully launched in Mahia, New Zealand on May 25, 2024 (PREFIRE-SAT2) and June 5, 2024 (PREFIRE-SAT1). The two satellites, launched by Rocket Lab, are part of NASA PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the …
PREFIRE launches set for May and June 2024
After a little more than 7 years of development, our PREFIRE team successfully completed final mission readiness and operations readiness reviews and were declared ready to launch our two CubeSats that will systematically map far-infrared …
Kyle Mattingly featured in UW News
Research scientist Dr. Kyle Mattingly was featured in a UW News article, “Atmospheric rivers linked to melting Greenland ice sheet,” advertising his newly published paper in Nature Communications. Kyle’s article, titled, “Increasing extreme melt in northeast Greenland linked to foehn …
Julia awarded 2022 AGU Precipitation Student Award
PhD candidate Julia Shates was selected for the 2022 AGU Precipitation Student Award for her oral presentation Multi-year Analysis of Rain-Snow Levels at Marquette, Michigan. Every fall AGU meeting, the AGU Precipitation Technical Committee selects …