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 CVP-supported study published in Climate Dynamics compares six ocean reanalyses produced under different conditions (forcings, models) to determine how they represented the variability characteristics and mean of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation .
The Surface Ocean Carbon Atlas (SOCAT) is a community effort to assemble and quality control all publically available surface water partial pressure/fugacity of carbon dioxide CO2 data (pCO2 or fCO2). This data is the cornerstone to determine fluxes of CO2 between the ocean and atmosphere, and trends in surface ocean acidification. Over one-third of the data originates from CPO/COD funded efforts on ship of opportunity (SOOP-CO2) and moorings.
SOCAT version 3 released Read More »
In this COD-funded study published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers present a 13 year (2002–2015) semimonthly time series of the partial pressure of CO2 in surface water (pCO2surf) and other carbonate system parameters from the Drake Passage.
Recent evidence for a strengthening CO2 sink in the Southern Ocean Read More »
New CVP-funded research published in the Journal of Climate by Green and Schmittner simulates the consequences of a rapid collapse of the Pine Island Glacier (PIG) under pre-industrial and anthropogenically-forced conditions.
The climatic consequences of a Pine Island Glacier collapse Read More »
This week two Deep SOLO prototypes were recovered after being in the Pacific for a little more than a year. These prototypes are able to go down to 6000m and send valuable data via satellites to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO).
Deep Argo floats recovered successfully! Read More »
Research supported by NOAA CPO’s Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) program and the Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections (MAPP) program has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Climate.
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Sea Level Pressure Anomalies in the Western Pacific Read More »
Work supported by the Climate Program Office’s Climate Observation Division (authors: C. Seethala, et al. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) has been published online for early release in the Journal of Climate.
How has subtropical stratocumulus and associated meteorology changed since the 1980s? Read More »
Accurately simulating AEWs is critical to predicting Atlantic tropical cyclones and hurricanes, but new research supported by the Climate Variability and Predictability program, and accepted for publication in the Journal of Climate, demonstrates several shortcomings in CMIP5 models preventing accurate representation of AEWs.
Please join us from 2-3PM EDT on Wednesday, September 30th for the next Decadal Variability and Predictability webinar, featuring presentations on Scale Interaction in Decadal Variability in the Upper Tropical Pacific and on Predictability of Pacific Decadal Variability.
For the full schedule and to sign up to view the webinars, visit cpo.noaa.gov/cvp-webinars.
CVP Webinar Series on Decadal Variability and Predictability Read More »
A paper supported by both CPO’s MAPP and ESS programs focuses on advances and challenges in understanding and projecting regional climate change. The paper will appear on the cover of the October issue of Nature Climate Change, but was published early online on Sept. 7, 2015.
Towards predictive understanding of regional climate change Read More »