Precipitation

• Development of microwave emission based oceanic rainfall algorithm

• Microwave-calibrated IR rainfall over land

• Cross sensor calibration to provide climate-scale rainfall

• Aerosol-precipitation interaction

• Typhoon intensification using neural network

Cryospheric research

• Sensitivity of sea ice algorithm to atmosphere

• Air-sea ice interaction

• Sea ice trends and variabilities

• Snow cover estimation and variations

Air-sea interaction

• Diagnostic analysis of ENSO and climate variability

• Typhoon intensification using neural network

Scientific data and information system dissemination

• TSDIS development

• TOVAS development