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 new study supported by AC4 investigates nitrogen cycling between air, plants, and soil, finding variability in cycling rates that is not currently represented in atmospheric chemical transport models.
Complexities in Nitrogen Cycling are Not Captured in Widely Used Atmospheric Models Read More »
A new review paper published in Nature Climate Change and supported by CVP seeks to make better connections between research and climate adaptation by examining scientific assessment reports and highlighting key approaches to communicate uncertainty to decision-makers.
How Should We Communicate Sea Level Rise Uncertainty in Assessment Reports? Read More »
Using the “natural experiment” created by the significant reduction in emissions during mandated COVID-19 lockdown measures, researchers funded by AC4 and COM, two programs at the NOAA Climate Program Office, quantified human impacts on the urban atmosphere in Salt Lake City and evaluated the stationary and mobile monitoring systems in place.
Detecting Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Salt Lake City During the COVID-19 Lockdown Read More »
New modeling study funded by AC4 uses a chemical transport model to evaluate commonly used volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions inventories and compare with observational datasets from the FIREX-AQ and WE-CAN field campaigns.
COM/CVP/GOMO supported research team releases a new data product providing global plankton community size structure observations to benefit biogeochemical modeling.
New Global Plankton Data Product to Link Climate and Fisheries in Global Models Read More »
A new AC4-supported validation study compares formaldehyde observations taken from two satellites to ground observations to ensure accuracy for tracking harmful pollution in Earth’s atmosphere.
Verifying the Reliability of Satellite Formaldehyde Measurements Read More »
A comparative analysis of CMIP6 models and their representation of wind-turning reveals underestimation across the board, in a new Climate Process Team study supported by CVP.
How Well do CMIP6 Models Represent Important Wind Flow in the Boundary Layer? Read More »
A new MAPP funded study looks at the difference between sea surface and sea bottom marine heatwaves.
North American Marine Heatwaves: How Do Sea Surface and Sea Floor Heat Waves Compare? Read More »
Depleting water resources in the Tigris–Euphrates river basin is primarily driven by interannual drought and plant transpiration processes, with additional impact from decadal scale declining rainfall, according to the results of a new COM-funded modeling study.
Climate Drivers of Declining Water Resources in the Tigris–Euphrates River Basin Read More »
Recent modeling study supported by CVP uses an energy flux focus to better understand remote influences on tropical precipitation predictions through 2100.
Using Energy Driven Models to Predict Tropical Rainfall Read More »