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
NOAA’s Climate Program Office announced a total annual award of $11.4 million in Fiscal Year 2023 funding to support 24 new, innovative, and impactful projects that will improve our nation’s resilience at a critical time in the fight against the climate crisis.
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A new study supported by the Climate Program Office’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) Program demonstrates how the Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI) effectively integrates various data sources into Earth system models to forecast complex processes.
MAPP- and NIDIS-funded researchers investigated the decline in near-surface humidity in the Southwestern US and its role in increased wildfire activity over the past 50 years.
Scientists supported by COM release a new dataset unveiling nearly two decades of previously unavailable oceanographic data from the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, offering crucial insights into the dynamic marine ecosystems and informing conservation and resource management strategies.
A New Dataset for Understanding and Managing the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Read More »
MAPP-funded researchers improve the predictability of marine habitat shifts in a warming climate, highlighting the potential that oxygen can play a role in driving habitat viability and changes on interannual to decadal timescales.
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Liping Zhang and Hiroyuki Murakami, scientists at the NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, have been awarded funding for their climate projections project, “Detection of AMOC changes and their potential impact on sea level and storm surges over the U.S. East Coast.”
Michael Tippett, a climate researcher at Columbia University, has been awarded funding for their role as a co-PI in the climate projections project, “Improving Climate Predictions by Rigorously Assessing Model Fidelity and Biases.”
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Newly funded MAPP project on US hydroclimate projections, addresses critical model challenges and stakeholder engagement for a more resilient future.”
Kathleen Pegion, an associate professor and researcher at the University of Oklahoma, has been awarded funding for their climate projections project, “Bridging Predictions and Projections: Understanding Predictability from Initialized Multi-Year to Decadal Predictions for High-Impact Climate Futures.”
Abbie Liel, a researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has been awarded funding for their role as a co-PI in the climate projections project, “Understanding the Evolving Threat of Snow Loads and Rain on Snow Events to Structural Safety.”