PI, ASAP Icing Detection Project (2002 - Present):
Leads a team developing a robust real-time satellite icing detection system for the USA. Currently implementing the system in an operational mode as part of the NCAR/FAA Current Icing Potential product.

PI, ESE Contrail Study (2004 - Present):
Dr. Minnis serves as PI for two separate proposals. Leads an international analysis group to relate contrail formation, optical properties, growth, and lifetimes to air traffic and meteorology using various model, FAA, and satellite datasets. Leads a research team to model contrails to more accurately assess their climate impact and predictability.

PI, Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Science Team:
Dr. Minnis leads an international research group to develop and apply a new group of state-of-the-art methods for deriving cloud properties and surface emissivity and reflectance.

PI, NASA Decision Support through Earth Science Results Project (2005 - Present):
With a NOAA Co-PI leads research effort to improve short-term weather forecasts by assimilating his real-time satellite-derived cloud properties into state-of-the-art (RUC) mesoscale numerical weather prediction models.

Co-I, NASA Energy- and Water-Cycle Supported (NEWS) Research (2005 - Present):
Leads a cloud retrieval working group to derive accurate 3-D cloud fields by combining and analyzing MODIS, CALIPSO, CloudSat data. PI, NASA Cirrus (CRYSTAL) Florida Area Cloud Experiment (FACE) (2001 - 2004):
Led inter-national team to support scientific missions and research lifetimes of convectively generated cirrus.

PI, Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Science Team (2000 - 2004):
Led NOAA-funded effort to derive cloud properties from satellite data to help understand circulation in the eastern Pacific.

Co-I, Triana Science Team (1999-2002):
Led team to develop techniques for deriving global radiation budget and cloud properties from the Triana satellite in an L1 orbit.

PI, NASA AEAP Subsonic Assessment (SASS) Science Team (1994-2001):
Led research team to determine contrail effects on climate.

PI & Project Scientist, NASA First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE), 1985-2000:
Led research team to develop and validate new methods for retrieving cloud properties from satellite data.

PI, DOE ARM-Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV) Science Team (1995-1998):
Led research team to use UAV data to study cloud absorption, and examine directional dependence of reflected radiation.

Co-I, Scanner for Radiation Budget (ScaRaB) International Science Team (1995-1998):
Validated Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) wide-field-of-view and GOES fluxes using ScaRaB data.

PI, ERBE Science Team (1981-1995):
Led team to develop time-space averaging methods to determine diurnal cycle of clouds and radiation and examine the radiative impact of clouds and volcanoes.

PI, FIRE/TOGA/COARE Science Team (1992-1996):
Led research team to study microphysical and radiative properties of tropical cirrus clouds and validate satellite retrievals of cloud parameters.

PI & Project Scientist, US Navy Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) (1989-1996):
Led group to derive cloud properties from satellites and understand behavior of marine stratus clouds.