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White House Webinar: Building Community Preparedness to Extreme Heat

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On May 26, 2016 at 2pm EDT, the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy held a webinar focused on building community preparedness to extreme heat – which populations are most vulnerable, and what information, tools, and other resources are available to manage heat risk – many of which will be featured on the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) upon its launch on May 22nd.

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Chill Out: Cooling of Coastal Surface Waters Impacts Hurricane Intensity

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Tropical storms like 2011’s Hurricane Irene experienced cooling in the coastal surface waters ahead of the eye of the hurricane, which reduced storm intensity, according to a CPO-funded study by Rutgers’ University Professor Scott Glenn and partners published in Nature Communications.

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Fulfilling Observing System Implementation Requirements with the Global Drifter Array

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Recent research supported by CPO’s Climate Observation Division and published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology examines the 5×5 degree resolution requirements for the Global Ocean Observing System’s surface temperature and velocity measurements. 

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