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
A special webinar hosted by GMU/COLA on the topic of the FV3 dynamical core and the Next Generation Global Prediction System by SJ Lin (OAR/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 can be viewed here.
Special Webinar: The FV3 dynamical core and the Next Generation Global Prediction System Read More »
New NOAA-funded research in the Journal of Climate uncovers the processes behind the persistent atmospheric ridge of high pressure off the west coast of North America, associated with California’s damaging droughts.
What’s behind the extreme atmospheric ridges causing California’s droughts? Read More »
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on the topic of Unified Modeling for Marine Applications on Monday, November 21, 2016. The announcement is provided below.
MAPP Webinar Series: Unified Modeling for Marine Applications Read More »
The National Integrated Drought Information System and its partners are presenting a Midwest drought information workshop to continue building a drought networking community in the region. The workshop will take place on December 5 and 6, 2016.
NIDIS Midwest Drought Early Warning System Regional Workshop: Illinois and Indiana Read More »
A new study published in the Journal of Climate investigates the evolution and predictability of the abnormally warm water that emerged in October 2013 and persisted until June 2016 in the northeastern Pacific, colloquially known as “the Blob”.
A study funded in part by CPO’s Sectoral Applications Research Program and published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association developed an improved reconstruction of the Columbia River streamflow.
New Columbia River streamflow reconstruction Read More »
A study partially funded by CPO’s Sectoral Applications Research Program and published in Climatic Change revealed with modeling experiments on two Midwestern communities that various precipitation scenarios represent different states of vulnerability depending on the adaptive capability of their stormwater systems.
Predicting vulnerability to flood in two Midwestern communities Read More »
The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium recently released the second issue of Northwest Climate, a magazine with stories about climate science and adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Northwest.
New issue of Northwest Climate magazine released Read More »
A CPO-funded study published in the Journal of Hydrometeorology found after simulation experiments that climate variability phenomena can greatly influence water availability of the Missouri River basin.
Missouri River basin sensitive to decadal climate variability Read More »
A new NOAA web application allows users to take a deeper look into the recent multi-year Texas drought and ongoing scientists’ efforts to understand it.
Take a deeper look into the 2010-2015 Texas drought through this new interactive web app Read More »