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Researchers call for greater consideration of the human impacts on water stress in Nature commentary

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Researchers from OAR and the University of California system, including Amir AghaKouchak, David Feldman, and Travis Huxman (University of California, Irvine) as well as Martin Hoerling (NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory) and Jay Lund (University of California, Davis), recently published an essay in Nature discussing the future implications for California and other regions with growing populations and industries of the growing demand humans are placing on water.

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CPO to host cutting-edge international workshop on high resolution modeling to improve predictions from weeks to seasons

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CPO’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program will host a technical workshop jointly organized by NOAA-DOE on high-resolution coupling and initialization to improve predictability and prediction in climate models September 30th through October 2nd at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction Conference Center in College Park, Maryland.

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Projections of tropical cyclones and rainfall in the African Sahel could be improved with better understanding and representation of African easterly waves in models

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Accurately simulating AEWs is critical to predicting Atlantic tropical cyclones and hurricanes, but new research supported by the Climate Variability and Predictability program, and accepted for publication in the Journal of Climate, demonstrates several shortcomings in CMIP5 models preventing accurate representation of AEWs.

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Juli Trtanj (CPO) and Michelle Hawkins (NWS) address a delegation from India regarding NOAA’s role and plans for Heat Health and Climate Preparedness

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Juli, as well as Michelle Hawkins (NWS), attended a High-Level Knowledge Leadership Exchange Forum on Heat Health and Climate Preparedness in New York City on September 16th.The knowledge sharing and relationships from this forum will support expanded engagement between NOAA and domestic and international partners as we develop the US National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS).

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