Recent evidence for a strengthening CO2 sink in the Southern Ocean 21 September 2015

Recent evidence for a strengthening CO2 sink in the Southern Ocean

In this COD-funded study published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers present a 13 year (2002–2015) semimonthly time series of the partial pressure of CO2 in surface water (pCO2surf) and other carbonate system parameters from the Drake Passage.

Deep Argo floats recovered successfully! 18 September 2015

Deep Argo floats recovered successfully!

This week two Deep SOLO prototypes were recovered after being in the Pacific for a little more than a year.  These prototypes are able to go down to 6000m and send valuable data via satellites to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). 
How has subtropical stratocumulus and associated meteorology changed since the 1980s? 17 September 2015

How has subtropical stratocumulus and associated meteorology changed since the 1980s?

Work supported by the Climate Program Office's Climate Observation Division (authors: C. Seethala, et al. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) has been published online for early release in the Journal of Climate.

Seasonal variations in the aragonite saturation state in the upper open-ocean waters of the North Pacific Ocean 27 August 2015

Seasonal variations in the aragonite saturation state in the upper open-ocean waters of the North Pacific Ocean

A paper supported by CPO's Climate Observation Division (COD) was published in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper--Seasonal variations in the aragonite saturation state in the upper open-ocean waters of the North Pacific Ocean--was published online on June 16, 2015.

Review of the 2014/15 Tropical Cyclone Season in the Southwest Pacific Ocean Basin 25 August 2015

Review of the 2014/15 Tropical Cyclone Season in the Southwest Pacific Ocean Basin

by: Howard J. Diamond, PhD (NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information)

The 2014/15 Tropical Cyclone Season was a very interesting and unique year.  The seasonal outlook issued in October 2014 originally called for 8-12 named storms with one Australian Category 5.  Predictions were based on similar years with El Niño neutral or weak seasons.

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