2025 NASA Summer School Group Projects

Project Overview Document

NASA Summer School on Satellite Observations and Climate Models brings together the next generation of climate scientists to engage with premier climate scientists. The summer school focuses on the topic of "Using Satellite Observations to Advance Climate Models." Students will explore how satellite observations can be used to evaluate and improve climate models by doing a group project with hands-on exercises.

Students will be engaged in group projects for hands-on exercise of using satellite observation data and climate model outputs for climate science research. In the group projects, the students will explore satellite observation and climate model data to study one of the following six topics:

  • Where is global warming?
  • Marine carbon dioxide removal
  • Sea level rise from mass gain and thermal expansion
  • Ecological forecasting of tree mortality

Project Server (CMDA)

  • All relevant datasets and analysis tools are provided in the CMDA server which runs JupyterHub.
  • https://hub.jpl-cmda.org

Project Schedule

  • August 20 Wednesday (Day 1) 9:45AM-12PM
      Group Project Introduction and Topic Selection Session
  • August 21 Thursday (Day 2) 10:15AM-11:15AM
      Group Project Server Office Hour
  • August 25 Monday (Day 3) 4PM-5:30PM
      Working Session
  • August 26 Tuesday (Day 4) 2PM-3PM
      Working Session
  • August 26 Tuesday (Day 4) 3:30PM-5:30PM
      Working Session
  • August 28 Thursday (Day 6) 3:30PM-5:30PM
      Working Session
  • August 29 Friday (Day 7) 10:30AM-12PM
      Student Presentations

Contact Scientists: 

  • Seungwon Lee (seungwon.lee@jpl.nasa.gov)
  • Alex Goodman (alexander.goodman@jpl.nasa.gov)