CPO’s Barbara Eubanks receives NOAA Silver Sherman Award
The Climate Program Office’s Barbara Eubanks received the Silver Sherman Award on June 22, 2016, for going above and beyond her normal responsibilities to help fulfill NOAA’s mission.
June 2016
Updating the most complete archive of surface marine observations
The National Centers for Environmental Information released the latest update of the International Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set.
First results of the Last Millennium Climate Reanalysis Project
The first results of The Last Millennium Climate Reanalysis, a research project partly funded by CPO’s Climate Monitoring Program, were recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
New insights into relative sea level in US Atlantic coast
A study funded in part by the CPO’s CVP program used foraminifera preserved in radiocarbon-dated salt-marsh sediment to produce new sea level index points for a region between Georgia and Florida.
Scientists have created new methods to detect climate prediction failures
New CPO-funded research, recently published in Nature Climate Change, presents new methods for evaluating the performance of climate model predictions.
2017 Federal Funding Opportunity Executive Summary
NOAA will accept individual applications for 7 competitions organized around the Climate Program Office’s Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM); Earth System Research and Modeling (ESRM); Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP); and Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Programs. Listed below are the program’s information sheets which are essential to read prior to submitting letters of intent or proposals.
Programs: COM, AC4, CVP, COCA
LOIs Deadline: Wednesday, 8/24/2016 | Proposals Deadline: Monday, 10/24/2016
Dangerous heat wave forecast for Southwest, Plains
Dangerous, potentially record-breaking heat will scorch portions of the Southwest and Plains through the weekend.
Extreme Heat Buckles Highways, Sends Vehicles Flying
If you’ve ever dreamed of flying, the place to go this weekend was Minnesota. Several days of 90-plus-degree heat buckled roads across the state, launching speeding vehicles toward the horizon like the Dukes of Hazzard.
The value of wind data for linear Madden-Julian oscillation prediction
CPO-funded research examined the role of wind data for prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
Protecting Employees During Extreme Heat Events
Did you know that extreme heat events (EHEs), or “heat waves,” kill more people in the United States than hurricanes, earthquakes, lightening, and floods combined?