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October 2020

SCIPP RISA Publishes Three Reports on the Challenges of Communicating Weather and Climate Information

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Dr. William Howe, Climate Assessment Specialist for the CPO RISA Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) team, released three new studies on the challenges of communicating weather and climate information. He compared tweets of severe weather events between the National Weather Service and local television stations, examined the relationships between SCIPP’s primary stakeholders and sources of climate information, and conducted an experiment in which messages were framed differently to see how residents of Texas responded.

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Small-scale Matters for Large Water Masses in Labrador Sea

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A study funded by the Climate Variability & Predictability (CVP) program, published in Nature Scientific Reports, is one of the first to focus on the cumulative effect of small-scale vortices on large-scale transport and distribution of heat, nutrients, and dissolved gases in the ocean.

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CVP Researchers Develop New Statistical Approach to Test the Differences Between Climate Models

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Researchers funded by CPO’s Climate Variability & Predictability (CVP) program have developed a new statistical approach that simplifies detecting and describing differences in climate model outputs.

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Palau Faces Stronger Storms, Hotter Weather, and Threats to Ecosystems, Says New Pacific RISA-led Climate Change Report

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The report builds upon the Fourth National Climate Assessment, providing the Republic of Palau a closer look at the implications of climate variability and change for a wide range of sectors. 

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Two New Studies Published on Cyclone Size and Storm Turbulence

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Research funded by the Climate Variability & Predictability (CVP) program (i) reveals the physical processes that contribute to tropical cyclones’ larger average size in the western North Pacific vs. the North Atlantic and (ii) simulates Hurricane Irene to study the ocean surface boundary layer underneath the storm. 

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Machine Learning Reveals Top Environmental Predictors for Wildfire in South Central United States

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Researchers funded in part by AC4 have developed a fire prediction model which incorporates multiple machine learning algorithms to better predict areas burned by wildfire in the US south central region.

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Elevating Houses Can Protect Against Damaging Floods. But How High is High Enough?

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Millions of Americans have properties facing the threat of destructive floods, with a cost of up to $25,000 in damages for just one inch of floodwater. To manage that risk, people who live in areas designated as river flood zones often seek to raise their homes—but exactly how high to elevate their homes is both a critical and complicated decision.  

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