{"id":395694,"date":"2023-07-05T18:32:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T22:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=395694"},"modified":"2023-11-01T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T00:16:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard-institute-for-space-studies\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About GISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>Goddard Institute<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 \"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\"><nav><ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\"><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard-institute-for-space-studies\/\">GISS Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item usa-current\"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard-institute-for-space-studies\/about\/\">About GISS<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard-institute-for-space-studies\/news-etc\/\">GISS News<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard-institute-for-space-studies\/education\/\">STEM Engagement<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard-institute-for-space-studies\/visiting\/\">Visiting GISS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout GISS\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tResearch at NASA’s 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 \u2014 from one-time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal and annual effects such as El Ni\u00f1o, and on up to the millennia of ice ages \u2014 and that affect the habitability of our planet.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"ISS photo of Earth's limb, showing clouds over the sea and sunset glint on the waters below.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GISS_iss_earth_linb_clouds_sunset_glint.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) is a laboratory in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earthsciences.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/science.gsfc.nasa.gov\/earth\" rel=\"noopener\">Sciences Division<\/a>\u00a0(ESD) of NASA’s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard\/\">Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a>\u00a0(GSFC). The ESD is part of GSFC’s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sciences and Exploration Dire<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sciences.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ctorate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following approval by NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan in December 1960 and formal announcement on January 29, 1961, the institute was established by Dr. Robert Jastrow in May 1961. Originally considered the New York City office of Goddard Space Flight Center’s Theoretical Division, GISS’s objective was to perform basic research in space sciences in support of GSFC programs. Research areas included the structure of Earth, Moon, and other planetary bodies; the atmospheres of Earth and the other planets; the origin and evolution of the solar system; the properties of interplanetary plasma; Sun-Earth relations; and the structure and evolution of stars. The institute was sited in New York on the premise that conducting theoretical research in the space sciences would be facilitated by being near the leading universities in the greater metropolitan area. Further, it was thought that the location would promote interest at the universities in NASA programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The institute’s early study of the Earth and planetary atmospheres using data collected by satellites and space probes eventually led to GISS becoming a leading center of atmospheric modeling and of climate change. Led by Dr. James E. Hansen from 1981 to 2013, research at GISS emphasized a broad study of global change, an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man-made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales \u2014 from one-time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal\/annual effects such as El Ni\u00f1o, and on up to the millennia of ice ages \u2014 and that affect the habitability of our planet. In 2014, Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt was named chief of GISS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key objective of GISS research is prediction of atmospheric and climate changes in the 21st century. The research combines analysis of comprehensive global datasets with Earth system models that include atmospheric, land surface, and oceanic processes. Study of past climate change on Earth and of other planetary atmospheres serves as a useful tool in assessing our general understanding of the atmosphere and its evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Program areas at GISS may be roughly divided into the categories of climate forcings; climate model development; Earth observations; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric chemistry; climate impacts; planetary atmospheres, exoplanets, and astrobiology; paleoclimate; and other disciplines. Due to their interconnections, most GISS personnel engage in research in several of these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The perspective provided by space observations is crucial for monitoring global change and for providing data needed to develop an understanding of the Earth system. As the principal NASA center for Earth observations, Goddard Space Flight Center plays a leading role in global change research. Global change studies at GISS are coordinated with research at other offices and laboratories within the GSFC Earth Sciences Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">GISS works cooperatively with area universities and research organizations, most notably with Columbia University. Many of our personnel are members or adjuncts of Columbia’s Climate School, Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, or Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. We also collaborate with researchers and educators at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the City College of New York, the American Museum of Natural History, New York University, Stony Brook University, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Photo of Armstrong Hall, home to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, during a late afternoon in May 2013.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 49% 31%; object-position: 49% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg 4288w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=2048,1360 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=900,598 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=1200,797 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/8705932504-4988b1996c-o.jpg?resize=2000,1328 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Columbia University’s Armstrong Hall, home to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA \/ GISS \/ Robert Schmunk<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>GISS has been located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City since its founding. The institute was initially located at Riverside Drive and West 120th St., a few blocks away from Columbia University, but moved into its present offices at the corner of Broadway and West 112th St. in the late 1960s. The building, officially known as Columbia University’s Armstrong Hall, is shown in the photo above. If you have watched the TV program <em>Seinfeld<\/em>, you will recognize the diner on the ground floor of our building. The restaurant is Tom’s Restaurant, and GISS occupies most of the upper floors. Four blocks up Broadway is the main entrance to Columbia’s Morningside Heights campus. A block east along 112th St. is the West Front of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, while a block west is Riverside Park.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover Other NASA Locations<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/goddard\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Goddard Space Flight Center<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/goddard-center.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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