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
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (a RISA program) will host a Webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 10-11a.m. AKST. John Walsh of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Lena Krutikov from the Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning will present.
ACCAP Webinar: Historical sea ice atlas for Alaska waters Read More »
As part of the Spring Noontime Webinars, the Center for Technology and Policy Research and CIRES (along with the Western Water Assessment) will host a Webinar on Feb. 12 at 12 p.m. MT (2 p.m. EST) titled “The Energy-Water Nexus: Where Climate Adaptation and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies Collide.”
As part of the Spring Noontime Webinars, the Center for Technology and Policy Research and CIRES will host a Webinar on Jan. 29 at 12 p.m. MT titled “Place Attachment, Performance, and Climate Change Adaptation.”
Webinar: Place Attachment, Performance and Climate Change Adaptation Read More »
Researchers from the Western Water Assessment – a part of CPO’s Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments (RISA) program – joined a Jan. 17 roundtable discussion on climate impacts in Salt Lake City featuring members of the White House staff.
WWA researchers discuss study at climate change roundtable Read More »
Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), a RISA program, announced that the University of Arizona’s Institute of the Environment has opened the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, or CCASS, to help link science with the needs of decision makers
Climate Solutions Center opens at the University of Arizona Read More »
A new paper from scientists in CPO’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program titled “Asymmetric Responses of Land Hydroclimatology to Two Types of El Nino in the Mississippi River River Basin,” was accepted into the Geophysical Research Letters journal on Jan. 3.
How El Nino “flavors” affect the Mississippi River River Basin Read More »
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a Federal agency within the Department of Commerce, is advertising for a Division Director within its Climate Program Office. The Division Director for the Climate Assessment and Services Division (CASD) provides leadership and support for research, assessments and climate services development activities designed to bring sound, interdisciplinary science to bear on climate-sensitive resource management and adaptation challenges in key sectors and regions.
Division Chief Position open in NOAA’s Climate Program Office Read More »
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Prediction, and Projections (MAPP) program will host a webinar on the topic of model development on Tuesday, January 14. This webinar will discuss plans at NCEP and GFDL for next-generation model development as well as three new Climate Process Teams funded by the MAPP program and focused on improving the representation of clouds in NOAA’s climate models and advanced representations of sea ice processes in GFDL climate and Earth system models.
MAPP Webinar Series: Next-Generation Climate and Earth System Models Read More »
Brought to you by The NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP), US National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Water Research Foundation, Water Environment Federation (WEF), Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), and American Water Works Association (AWWA).
SARP Webinar Series: Decision Making into Local/Regional Planning Read More »
In 2013, the NOAA Climate Program Office announced a new director, and continued to make advances in climate observation, research, modeling, and decision support activities for society.
A look back at 2013: NOAA CPO contributes to new advances in climate science Read More »