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 recent study by Jingqiu Mao of NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and his colleagues published in the Journal of Geophysical Research focused on the complex relationships that control chemistry and atmospheric transport of isoprene and related compounds.
AC4 funds research that proposes revised mechanism for isoprene chemistry Read More »
With funding from CPO’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, & Climate (AC4), researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory sought to understand why some marine stratocumulus clouds form “open cells” while others form “closed cells,” even when the background whether conditions are similar.
AC4-funded project publishes paper on marine stratocumulus cloud formation Read More »
CPO’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, & Climate (AC4) program contributed to the support of a “Workshop on Human-Carbon Interactions in Urban Systems,” in which a number of NOAA scientists participated. The workshop took place from Oct. 16–18, 2013 in Boulder, Colo.
AC4 program contributes to workshop of human-carbon interactions in urban systems Read More »
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report on “The Physical Science Basis” of climate change has been completed and will appear online on Sept. 30, 2013. This report represents a milestone in the understanding of the Earth system and climate science. Scientific research funded by NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) is foundational to advancing IPCC reports. CPO supports climate science research reflected in the IPCC’s report through its Climate Observations and Monitoring (COM); Earth System Science (ESS); and Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) programs.
A milestone in advancing the physical science basis of climate variability and change Read More »
Spurred by increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, forests over the past two decades have become dramatically more efficient in how they use water, a Harvard study has found. The research was supported by a grant from the NOAA Climate Program Office’s Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate Program, which funded the synthesis of data from research sites across the northeastern United States.
Researchers find that a changing atmosphere affects how much water trees require Read More »
Over forty scientists from six countries convened in Raleigh, NC on June 4–6 2012 to review the status and prospects of sea spray aerosol research. The conclusions of this workshop were outlined in a paper recently published on June 21 in Atmospheric Science Letters.
Marine aerosol workshop report released in Atmospheric Science Letters Read More »
Monika Kopacz of NOAA’s Earth System Science program participated in a full-day meeting with a group of 21 agency and U.S. Global Change Research Program representatives aimed at improving interagency coordination of nitrogen cycle research and identifying opportunities for interagency collaboration.
Nitrogen cycle interagency group meets at USGCR Read More »
A study by Jerome Brioude (of NOAA/ESRL/CSD and CIRES) and colleagues used data collected during NOAA’s CalNex field campaign in California in 2010 to estimate emissions of CO, NOx and CO2 over the Los Angeles region.
NOAA Supports Study of Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Los Angeles Read More »
A CPO-supported study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a long-held belief on cloud formation isn’t true.
New Study Reveals Pollution Doesn’t Change Rate of Cloud Droplet Formation Read More »