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
With 10 of the largest California wildfires occurring in the last 20 years—five of which occurred in 2020 alone—scientists are asking if man-made climate change is to blame.
Is Man-Made Climate Change to Blame For Record-Breaking Forest Fires in California? Read More »
Two months after MAPP’s Marine Ecosystem Task Force published a comment in Nature calling for clearer definitions of marine heatwaves, a newly published article in Frontiers assesses marine heat waves in the Mediterranean Sea and questions the usefulness of fixed or moving baselines.
Fixed or Shifting Baselines: How Should We Categorize Marine Heatwaves? 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 »
MAPP-funded research shows that the inclusion of zooplankton biomass in models could improve models’ representation of ocean biogeochemistry.
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 new MAPP-funded study works with both state and tribal fishery managers to improve West Coast Dungeness crab catch rate models.
Seasonal ocean forecasts to improve predictions of Dungeness crab catch rates 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 »