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Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
This week two Deep SOLO prototypes were recovered after being in the Pacific for a little more than a year. These prototypes are able to go down to 6000m and send valuable data via satellites to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO).
Deep Argo floats recovered successfully! Read More »
Work supported by the Climate Program Office’s Climate Observation Division (authors: C. Seethala, et al. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) has been published online for early release in the Journal of Climate.
How has subtropical stratocumulus and associated meteorology changed since the 1980s? Read More »
A paper supported by CPO’s Climate Observation Division (COD) was published in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper–Seasonal variations in the aragonite saturation state in the upper open-ocean waters of the North Pacific Ocean–was published online on June 16, 2015.
The 2014/15 Tropical Cyclone Season was a very interesting and unique year. The seasonal outlook issued in October 2014 originally called for 8-12 named storms with one Australian Category 5. Predictions were based on similar years with El Niño neutral or weak seasons.
Review of the 2014/15 Tropical Cyclone Season in the Southwest Pacific Ocean Basin Read More »
CPO’s Programs are seeking applications for 10 individual competitions in FY 2016. We estimate that $14 million will be available through this Announcement in FY 2016 for approximately 100 new awards pending budget appropriations. It is anticipated that most awards will be at a funding level between $50,000 and $300,000 per year, with some exceptions for larger awards. Visit cpo.noaa.gov/GrantsandProjects.aspx for more detailed information and instructions.
CPO announces FY16 Federal Funding Opportunities Read More »
A paper resulting from research funded by the Climate Program Office’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections program as well as the Climate Observation Division, published in Nature Geoscience on May 18th, provides a possible answer to the question of where the missing heat went.
Is the Indian Ocean a potential sink for missing atmospheric heat? Read More »
Could the melt pond fraction help predict seasonal Arctic sea ice minimums? Read More »
During first week of May, scientists from 12 different countries met for the first Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) Pacific Islands Training Workshop on Ocean Observations and Data Applications in Koror, Palau. While they were there, they had an opportunity to meet with Palauan students and explore how the ocean is deeply embedded in their heritage.
CPO scientists help Palauan students explore their connection to the ocean Read More »
A new publication in Geophysical Research Letters, supported by CPO’s Climate Observation Division, examines the strongly positive temperature anomalies developed in the NE Pacific Ocean during the boreal winter of 2013–2014.
New publication on the causes and impacts of the 2014 warm anomaly in the NE Pacific Read More »
An analysis in the Monthly Weather Review supported by CPO’s Climate Observation Division found that sub-surface ocean observations in the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean dramatically increased after 1990s due to the completion of the TAO moored array and a steady increase in Argo floats.