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
Droughts have disastrous impacts on the agricultural, economic, and public health sectors. With the formation of droughts still being researched, scientists ability to forecast droughts for North America has been greatly affected.
Lack of Moisture Connected to Drought Propagation in North America Read More »
Identifying rapidly evolving and severe “flash drought’ conditions is especially useful for mitigating crop losses, monitor vegetation health, and provide crucial information for increased fire risk.
Digging Deeper Into Flash Droughts Read More »
NOAA’s MAPP Model Diagnostics Task Force (MDTF) has developed a new approach to accelerate the development of increasingly realistic models.
Measuring Progress On The Path to Improving NOAA Prediction Models Read More »
Meet Dr. Kelley Barsanti! She is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Riverside and an affiliate with the Bourns College of Engineering’s Center for Environmental Research & Technology (CE-CERT). Read more to learn about her work with AC4 and what success means to her.
Meet Our Scientists: Kelley Barsanti Read More »
Understanding how tropical cyclone activity will be affected in the years following large volcanic eruptions will allow communities to better prepare for the consequences of an extreme event.
The intensity of tropical cyclones may be impacted by large volcanic eruptions Read More »
Dr. Tran Nguyen is an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Davis. She leads a research lab at UC Davis conducting atmospheric chemistry research, and teaches college courses on environmental chemistry. Read more about how she became a chemist and how she feels about being a woman in science.
Meet Our Scientists: Tran Nguyen Read More »
Stratospheric ozone information is consistently measured to a high degree of accuracy and can now be used for seasonal forecasting in North America which has major applications such as informing public health and agricultural decisions.
Predicting Regional Surface Temperatures Using Stratospheric Ozone Information Read More »
Read our Women’s History Month interview with Dr. Colette Heald, a professor at MIT, the head of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Composition Modeling Group, a PI funded by AC4, and a former NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoc.
Meet Our Scientists: Colette Heald Read More »
Read our Women’s History Month interview with Dr. Janet Nye, an associate professor at Stony Brook University and a co-PI on an all-female research team on MAPP’s Marine Predicition Task Force.
Meet Our Scientists: Janet Nye Read More »
Read our Women’s History Month interview with Dr. Antonietta Capotondi, the lead of MAPP’s Marine Prediction Task Force project and a Co-PI on a Marine Prediction Task Force project .
Meet Our Scientists: Antonietta Capotondi Read More »