Goddard Institute For Space Studies
The institute is located at columbia university in new york city.
Goddard institute for space studies. Research at the nasa goddard institute for space studies giss emphasizes a broad study of global change which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales from one time forcings such as volcanic explosions to seasonal and annual effects such as el niño and on up to the millennia of ice ages and that affect the habitability of our planet. Nasa s goddard institute for space studies part of the goddard space flight center of the national aeronautics and space administration nasa conducts theoretical and experimental research in astrophysics planetary atmospheres and climate. Each spring summer scientists at the nasa goddard institute for space studies vote on the best paper published during the previous calendar year by a member or members of the institute.
We consider this peer award to be the highest scientific honor that we bestow. Specifically the main objective has been to develop advanced global aerosol climatologies for the full period. These effects may occur on greatly differing time scales from one time forcings such as volcanic explosions to seasonal annual effects such as el niño and on up to the millennia of ice ages.