Sponsor

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency safeguards America and its friends from weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosives) by reducing the present threat and preparing for the future threat.

ARPA Piemonte
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambinetale: Regional Environmental Protection Agency, Piermonte province, Italy.

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
National Snow and Ice Data Center distributed the Operational Daily Snow Cover Analysis that was used in the snow masking algorithm.

Mediterranean Forecasting system Toward Environmental Predictions (MFSTEP)
The Mediterranean Forecasting system Toward Environmental Predictions (MFSTEP) Project aims at the further development of an operational forecasting system for the Mediterranean Sea based upon three main components: a) the Near Real Time Observing system; b) the numerical forecasting systems at basin scale and for regional areas; c) the forecast products dissemination/exploitation system.