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
This new report from MAPP’s Drought Task Force and NIDIS highlights the state of the Task Force’s knowledge on temperature and drought.
Drought Task Force Publishes NIDIS-MAPP Drought & Temperature Research Read More »
Check out research and program highlights, as well as MAPP Task Force updates.
MAPP Newsletter: Spring 2018 Issue Read More »
NOAA’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections program (MAPP) and NIDIS have just launched an interactive presentation that analyzes and explains the historic drought that impacted California from 2011 to 2017. This presentation, called a “Story Map” takes users through a visual history of the drought, using images and graphs to provide an interactive and engaging experience.
MAPP & NIDIS Launch “Story Map” Telling the Story of the Historic California Drought Read More »
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program is hosting a webinar on the topic Fire: Modeling and Prediction Issues (Part 2) on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 1- 2:30 p.m. ET
MAPP Webinar Series: Fire: Modeling and Prediction Issues (Part 2) Read More »
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on the topic Fire: Modeling and Prediction Issues (Part 1) on Thursday, April 19, 2018, 10 – 11:30 a.m. ET
MAPP Webinar Series: Fire: Modeling and Prediction Issues (Part 1) Read More »
Participants from NOAA and its 12 testbeds, including NOAA MAPP Program-funded investigators leading projects under the Climate Test Bed, and other academic and private sector partners met for the 9th annual workshop to enhance communication and exchange lessons-learned and best practices across the current NOAA and related test beds/proving grounds.
To bring attention to the important challenge of providing detailed predictions of the atmosphere, ocean, and land, and scope and evaluate future directions, NOAA and the Department of Energy co-hosted a workshop on the Initialization of High-Resolution Earth System Models bringing together experts from the climate modeling community.
NOAA and DOE partner to advance detailed predictions of the Earth system Read More »
Representatives from the Nation’s six major climate modeling centers met for the 4th year in a row to work towards developing a common national climate modeling strategy and coordinate activities at the centers.
The Nation’s leading modeling centers met for the 4th time to improve coordination Read More »
On March 27, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine publicly released a new report on human emissions of methane in the U.S., which was sponsored by NOAA’s AC4 program in partnership with DOE, EPA, and NASA. In this recorded briefing, NASEM’s committee members summarized current approaches to measuring, monitoring, reporting, and developing inventories of U.S. emissions of methane, followed by a period of Q&A and discussion.
2018-03-27 13.52 NAS U.S. Methane Emission Report – Briefing to NOAA Read More »
Stony Brook University scientists have identified an influential force in the tropical stratosphere that could help better forecast storm tracks and their extreme impacts, like future winter “bomb cyclones”.
To improve seasonal storm track forecasts, look to the tropical stratosphere Read More »