Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Research published in the Journal of Climate, “A Decadal Prediction Case Study: Late Twentieth-Century North Atlantic Ocean Heat Content,” has received the 2014 UCAR Outstanding Publication Award. This work was supported by the Climate Program Office’s Earth Systems Science (ESS) program.
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Research funded by CPO’s AC4 program was highlighted on the cover of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
AC4-funded cloud research featured on cover of JGR: Atmospheres Read More »
On February 11, NOAA’s Climate Program Office hosted the first annual U.S. Climate Modelling Summit (USCMS) at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Md.
NOAA hosted first annual U.S. Climate Modeling Summit Read More »
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Prediction, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on the topic of Arctic Modeling: Improving Models and Predictions in the Arctic on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. The announcement is provided below; you are invited to remotely join the session.
MAPP Webinar Series: Arctic Modeling: Improving Models and Predictions in the Arctic Read More »
In 2014, NOAA’s Climate Program Office, led by Director Wayne Higgins, went through the process of rearticulating its mission, vision, and unique value through the development of the CPO Strategic Plan. The office also made major progress on an Implementation Plan that provides a roadmap to achieving important outcomes in climate science.
The Climate Program Office congratulations the Drought Assessment Team, which was awarded a Group Silver Medal for Scientific/Engineering Achievement for their work assessing the origins of the 2012 Central Plains Drought. The group includes CPO’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections (MAPP) Program and the Drought Task Force.
Drought Task Force awarded Silver Medal Read More »
Three members of the Climate Program Office team have been recognized with the Bronze Medal Award, the highest honor award granted by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, the Bronze Medal recognizes superior performance by federal employees.
CPO congratulates its Bronze Medal Award winners Read More »
Research supported by CPO’s Modeling, Analysis, Prediction, and Projections (MAPP) program has been published in Geophysical Research Letters. The study, titled “Spring Persistence, Transition and Resurgence of El Nino”, by Sang-Ki Lee at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies/NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Florida, and coauthors, provides a comprehensive physical explanation of how two main types of El Niño events typically evolve from their onset to decay.
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Climate.gov team provides visual highlights for 2014 Arctic Report Card Read More »
New research supported by the Climate Program Office’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, & Climate (AC4) program was published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on Dec. 8, 2014.