Dr. Gatebe's research focus is on clouds aerosols, ecosystem structure and function, albedo, and feedbacks to climate. He is working on developing a well-calibrated, atmospherically corrected and feature-rich airborne dataset for calibration and validation of satellite sensors. His work focuses on improving remote sensing retrievals of aerosols and clouds using laboratory, ground-based, airborne and satellite remote sensing. And on developing instruments and technologies for new measurements in support of future Earth observing missions.