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Yi Chao

Principal Scientist
Remote Sensing Solutions

Dr. Chao received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. His research interests include satellite oceanography with a particular focus on coastal oceans; ocean modeling, data assimilation and forecasting; interdisciplinary science of coupling ocean circulation with ecosystem and air-sea interactions; and climate variability and change.
Graph of brightness temperature vs. sea surface temperature

Dr. Yi Chao explains how satellite technology has evolved throughout the years to deal with the challenge of measuring ocean salinity from space.