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 study funded by the CPO’s Climate Observation Division confirms previous research suggesting spring clouds may be influencing arctic sea ice concentrations in the fall.
The role of springtime Arctic clouds in determining autumn sea ice extent Read More »
The National Centers for Environmental Information released the latest update of the International Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set.
Updating the most complete archive of surface marine observations Read More »
NOAA scientists installed NOAA’s Air-Sea Flux System on a new Australian research vessel to help expand a currently sparse database of Southern Ocean measurements.
Aboard new Australian ship, NOAA studies remote Southern Ocean Read More »
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.
Chill Out: Cooling of Coastal Surface Waters Impacts Hurricane Intensity Read More »
CPO’s Climate Observation Division will help support the 11th 11th NOAA-Indonesia Ocean-Climate Observations, Analysis, and Applications Partnership Workshop, upcoming May 13-17.
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program will host a webinar on the topic of Extreme Heat and Health: Creating Environmental Intelligence Through Science, Predictions, and Engagement on Thursday, April 28, 2016. The webinar is co-hosted by the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), the Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) program, the Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM) program, and the Regional Integrated Science and Assessments (RISA) program. The announcement is provided here.
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.
Fulfilling Observing System Implementation Requirements with the Global Drifter Array Read More »
A reanalysis of Hurricane Camille Read More »
New research supported by CPO’s Climate Observation Division looks into whether or not its possible to provide NOAA Global Drifter Program data at hourly resolution. This research, “A global surface drifter data set at hourly resolution,” was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans on April 4, 2016.
A global surface drifter dataset at hourly resolution Read More »
Research funded by CPO’s Climate Observation Division was published in the March 2016 edition of the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
Applying Automated Underway Ship Observations to Numerical Model Evaluation Read More »