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NOAA-led report: 2012 Central Great Plains 'flash drought' a result of natural variations in weather 9 April 2013

NOAA-led report: 2012 Central Great Plains 'flash drought' a result of natural variations in weather

At its peak last summer, moderate to extreme drought gripped 61 percent of the Lower 48, but a "flash drought" brought exceptionally intense conditions to the Central Great Plains. Today, a new report by the NOAA Drought Task Force and the NOAA-led National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) finds natural variations in weather patterns caused this sudden “flash drought,” and is rules out global ocean conditions, as well as human-induced climate change, as major culprits.

MAPP Webinar 13 March 2013

MAPP Webinar

The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, April 9 titled "High Resolution and Regional Modeling".

CPO-funded Researchers Investigate Drought Impacts on Maize 5 March 2013

CPO-funded Researchers Investigate Drought Impacts on Maize

MAPP-funded researchers have found a lot of the "drought" impacts on maize in the US are driven by increases in extreme heat rather than decreases in rainfall. 

MAPP Webinar 26 February 2013

MAPP Webinar

The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, March 12 titled "Drought Prediction".

Climate Central article highlights research on tropical links to cold air outbreaks over the eastern U.S. 30 January 2013

Climate Central article highlights research on tropical links to cold air outbreaks over the eastern U.S.

An article on ClimateCentral.org mentions a CPO-funded study published in the journal Climate Dynamics in 2012, in which Michelle L’Heureux and her colleagues found that when the Madden-Julian Ocillation is located in a particular phase, it can favor more cold air outbreaks over the eastern U.S. 
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