MAPP Webinar
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, February 12 titled “Understanding and Monitoring Drought”.
MAPP News
CPO-supported study finds energy use in cities has global climate effects
The heat generated by everyday energy consumption in metropolitan areas is significant enough to influence the character of major atmospheric circulation systems, including the jet stream during winter months, and cause continental-scale surface warming in high latitudes, according to a trio of climate researchers that includes Ming Cai, a professor in Florida State University’s Department of Meteorology.
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MAPP Webinar
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, January 15 titled “Extratropical Climate Extremes”.
Leading Forecaster Judah Cohen Featured on Washington Post Blog
Judah Cohen, MAPP-funded researcher and director of seasonal forecasting for Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), a Verisk Analytics company, was featured in a Q&A post on the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang blog.
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MAPP Webinar
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, December 11 titled “Model Development and Analysis.”
MAPP Webinar
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, November 13 titled “CMIP5 Projections.”
Drought Task Force Year 1 Meeting
The Drought Task Force held a meeting to discuss the first year’s progress and looking to the future. The meeting took place on Oct 25-26 in Fort Collins, CO.
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MAPP Webinar
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on Tuesday, October 9 titled “CMIP5 Evaluation.”
CPO-Funded Scientist Helps Update USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Gardeners and landscapers may want to rethink their fall tree plantings this year. The U.S. Department Agriculture has released an updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which indicates which trees and perennials can survive the winter in a given region.
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Florida’s Fragile Oasis
In a place routinely afflicted by drought, water managers in Tampa Bay use climate forecasts to ensure a water supply to people’s taps without sucking the region’s rivers, wetlands, and groundwater dry. The limits of their innovation might be tested in a future which could pose even more challenges to ensuring the oasis remains green.
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