SSEC

The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) is an internationally known research and development center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. One of the largest centers at the university, SSEC is situated within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education... With a history of remote sensing innovation spanning more than 50 years, SSEC develops and utilizes space-, aircraft- and ground-based instrumentation to collect and analyze observations of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and other planetary atmospheres to improve our understanding of weather, climate, and atmospheric processes. SSEC is a world leader in developing the algorithms and designing the ground and archive systems necessary to process atmospheric data collected from geostationary and polar-orbiting platforms.

Also known as: Space Science & Engineering Center

Primary location: Madison United States