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The official account for the Space Science and Engineering Center at UW-Madison. Innovators in satellite meteorology, earth and space science since 1965.
The CIMSS Satellite Blog takes a new, in-depth look at the historical storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm
November 10, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most-remembered weather-related disasters of all time: the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. This ship was an ore freighter that sailed the G...
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The CIMSS Satellite Blog takes a new, in-depth look at the historical storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GOES weather satellites, the CIMSS Satellite Blog has gathered 50 unique weather videos over every US state:
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
Fifty Loops for the 50th Anniversary of GOES
Loading map … To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GOES-A launch (GOES-A became GOES-1 on reaching geostationary orbit), this blog post contains one or two satellite animations (or images) for eac...
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GOES weather satellites, the CIMSS Satellite Blog has gathered 50 unique weather videos over every US state:
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
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We are thrilled and proud to share that AOS prof Ángel F. Adames Corraliza has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!
Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza
Advancing understanding of the forces that drive tropical weather patterns.
www.macfound.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We are thrilled and proud to share that AOS prof Ángel F. Adames Corraliza has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!
Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended
The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
August 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
SSEC turns 60!
We’re celebrating six decades of atmospheric and satellite meteorological research that supports the mission to protect property and save lives:
ssec.wisc.edu/news/article...
We’re celebrating six decades of atmospheric and satellite meteorological research that supports the mission to protect property and save lives:
ssec.wisc.edu/news/article...
SSEC celebrates 60 years
On August 20, 1965, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Board of Regents officially recognized the establishment of the Space Science and Engineering Center, a new research center dedicated to the eme...
ssec.wisc.edu
August 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
SSEC turns 60!
We’re celebrating six decades of atmospheric and satellite meteorological research that supports the mission to protect property and save lives:
ssec.wisc.edu/news/article...
We’re celebrating six decades of atmospheric and satellite meteorological research that supports the mission to protect property and save lives:
ssec.wisc.edu/news/article...
