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 MAPP-funded study finds that ENSO, PDO, and other sources of abnormal sea surface temperatures serve as predictors for U.S. seasonal mean precipitation and that these sources change seasonally and decadally.
Why seasonal prediction skill changes over time Read More »
The November 18-19 workshop will bring together stakeholders and scientists to identify opportunities for ESSM’s programs to support climate research that enhances resilience to extreme heat.
ESSM to host community workshop on extreme heat research Read More »
A research team funded in part by the Climate Program Office has published a new paper describing the timelines during which we can expect to observe a variety of changes in the oceans due to climate change. The paper, published online August 19, 2019 in Nature Climate Change, is titled “Emergence of anthropogenic signals in the ocean carbon cycle.”
Monitoring time of emergence of climate change impacts on the oceans Read More »
The Climate Program Office’s Alaska RISA team (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy), in partnership with the International Arctic Research Center and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, has released a new report, Alaska’s Changing Environment, documenting recent observed profound changes in the environment related to extreme weather events and deviations from the historical climate.
Alaska’s Changing Environment: A new report on major observed climate changes Read More »
The second Climate.gov tweet chat will take place on Thursday, August 29 at the NOAAClimate twitter handle, and feature three scientists who are a part of the AC4 Program-supported FIREX-AQ field campaign.
FIREX-AQ Climate.gov tweet chat scheduled for August 29 Read More »
Researchers funded in part by the Climate Observations and Monitoring program, in collaboration with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), a NOAA facility at Princeton University, have published a new study that examines how projected climate features (global temperature, precipitation, and tropical cyclone activity) respond to increased CO2 conditions at varying resolution (25km vs. 50km vs. 200km). The article, “Tropical cyclone sensitivities to CO2 doubling: roles of atmospheric resolution, synoptic variability and background climate changes,” was published in the journal Climate Dynamics on August 13, 2019.
Marine heatwaves, like the one that hit the U.S. west coast in 2014, can have devastating impacts on the environment and economy.
NOAA research shows promise for predicting marine heat waves Read More »
Supported by CPO’s COM Program, scientists used this dataset for the recent 2018 State of the Climate report.
Long-term water vapor dataset enhances climate monitoring Read More »
A research team funded in part by the Climate Program Office’s Climate Observations and Monitoring Program, in collaboration with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory’s Hurricane Research Division, has published a new paper describing the circulation changes that occur when hurricanes strengthen. The paper, published online July 17, 2019 in Monthly Weather Review, is entitled “Observed Kinematic and Thermodynamic Structure in the Hurricane Boundary Layer during Intensity Change.”
Improving understanding of circulation changes during hurricane intensification Read More »
Supported by NOAA’s AC4 Program, on July 24th the FIREX-AQ summer 2019 field campaign launched its first flight out of Boise, Idaho to study the impact of wildfires and prescribed burns on air quality and climate.
First FIREX-AQ science flight takes off Read More »