Current Research

Our researchers are currently doing work in many exciting fields. In addition to the summaries, photographs, and abstracts listed here, relevant information can also be found in Publications & Presentations , JPL-Supported Research, and Extramural Projects.
JIFRESSE Summer Internship Program (JSIP) Research Reports
 Project 5: Characterizing tropical forest chronosequences with lidar and radar remote sensing
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Intern Student: Qi Qiao   

Mentors: Dr. Naiara Pinto (JPL) / Prof. Yongkang Xue (UCLA)

 

We will study a tropical forest in La Salva, Costa Rica using field, lidar, and radar data and conduct biomass… READ MORE

JIFRESSE Summer Internship Program (JSIP) Research Reports
 Project 4: Enhancing Forward Modeling Capability for Weather OSSE
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Intern Student: Jingjing Nie

Mentors: Dr. Noppasin Niamsuwan (JPL) / Dr. Yu Gu (UCLA)

 

In the field of Earth observations, as a large number of datasets are collected and analyzed, the data… READ MORE

JIFRESSE Summer Internship Program (JSIP) Research Reports
 Project 3: Characterization of the Tropical Precipitation-Moisture Relationship with Observations from GNSS Radio Occultation Data
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Intern Student: Yi-Hung Kuo  

Men… READ MORE

JIFRESSE Summer Internship Program (JSIP) Research reports
 Project 2: Determine the influence of rainforest on rainfall over the Amazon and Congo
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Intern Student: Sarah Worden

Mentors: Rong Fu, Sudip Chakraborty, John Worden, Yizhou Zhuang

 

Congo hosts the world’s second largest contiguous tropical rainforests and is a major terrestrial… READ MORE

JIFRESSE Summer Internship Program (JSIP) Research reports
 Project 1: A combined passive microwave and active radar cloud and precipitation retrieval system.
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Intern Student: Arushi Sinha 

Mentors: Jonathan H. Jiang, Qing Yue, Kuo-Nan Liou, Yu Gu

 

Upper tropospheric ice particles are a window to explore the Earth’s energy balance and hydrologic cycle as… READ MORE

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