MAPP Webinar
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, March 12 titled “Drought Prediction”.
February 2013
New Study Reveals Pollution Doesn’t Change Rate of Cloud Droplet Formation
A CPO-supported study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a long-held belief on cloud formation isn’t true.
Interagency solicitation for proposals on carbon cycle research released
The deadline for proposals are May 1, 2013, for Step 1 (Letters of Intent) and July 31, 2013 for Step 2 (full proposals).
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Studied in Two CMIP5 Climate Models
An early online release of a new study in Journal of Climate—authored by Rym Msadek of NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) and colleagues at GFDL, University of Miami-RSMAS and National Center for Atmospheric Research—compares results from two CMIP5 class models with observations from the trans-Atlantic RAPID array.
CPO’s Pulwarty Testifies at Capitol Hill Hearing on Current Drought and Drought Outlook
On Thursday, February 14, Dr. Roger Pulwarty, Director of the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), testified at a full committee hearing before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry titled, “Drought, Fire and Freeze: The Economics of Disasters for America’s Agricultural Producers.”
CPO Representatives Participate in 4th N. American Carbon Program All-Investigators Meeting
Members of the Climate Program Office and investigators from the Environmental Research Laboratories participated in the 4th North American Carbon Program (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting (AIM) in Albuquerque NM, Feb. 4-7.
UNEP Report on Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost
A recently published report by the United Nations Environment Programme seeks to inform a broad audience about permafrost and communicate to decision-makers and the general public the implications of changing permafrost in a warming climate.
National Drought Early Warning Outlook Event on Capitol Hill
On February 21, experts from several agencies and organizations will present forecasts for climate and water supply and the national wildfire outlook in Washington, DC.
COCA-Funded Project to Strengthen Climate Understanding & Resilience in the River Valley
The Tijuana River Valley in Southern California has been the focus of major restoration, conservation, and research efforts, making it a regional system able to accommodate impacts associated with our changing climate. A project funded by CPO’s Coastal and Ocean Climate Applications program aims to maintain and improve the resiliency of this region.
COCA-Funded Project to Evaluate Vulnerability of Coastal Ecosystems and Communities in Texas
The Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve is collaborating with Texas Sea Grant to conduct a vulnerability assessment of the Reserve and its surrounding communities.