MAPP-funded researcher Libby Barnes talks about the special challenges of forecasting in the gap between weather and climate
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Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections (MAPP)
Scientists meet to improve understanding of model errors
Scientists from around the world will meet for the fifth time to advance understanding of the causes of errors in weather and climate models.
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Third annual U.S. Climate Modeling Summit and Arctic Modeling Workshop
Leads from the Nation’s six major climate modeling centers will meet for the third year in a row to work toward developing a common national climate modeling strategy.
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MAPP Programmatic Webinar: The MAPP Program and its FY 2018 Funding Opportunities
The NOAA/OAR Climate Program Office’s MAPP Program will host a webinar on Monday, June 5, from 1 to 2 p.m. ET on our program and new funding opportunities. This webinar will describe the MAPP Program, including our research focus areas and partnerships inside and outside of NOAA, our three new competitions, and the process for applying to our competitions. We will close with a Q&A session in which we will answer questions of general interest in real time via the chat function in WebEx.
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What progress have we made predicting a year to decades ahead?
A new CPO-supported study published in Current Climate Change Reports discusses major advances in understanding decadal predictability and prediction of temperature over the past few years, as well as new prediction methods.
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International centers meet to advance cutting-edge component of Earth system modeling
A report has just been published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society that provides an overview of the topics covered during the October 18-21 workshop at Meteo-France in Toulouse, France, including methods, applications, gaps in science, key technical challenges, and future goals.
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MAPP-NGGPS Webinar: Sources of Predictability at Subseasonal to Seasonal Time Scales
The NOAA OAR Climate Program Office Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) Program and the NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration Next-Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Program will host a webinar on the topic of Sources of Predictability at Subseasonal to Seasonal Time Scales on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.
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Significant groundwater loss in California’s Central Valley during recent droughts
A new CPO-supported study tracked groundwater loss during drought in California’s Central Valley.
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Persistent U.S. droughts could be forecasted years in advance
Two new studies that hint at the tantalizing possibility that persistent drought conditions could be predictable one or more years in advance, using the influence of the tropical Pacific Ocean’s slow changes in temperature.
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MAPP Webinar Series: NOAA Unified Modeling Task Force Overview
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program will host a webinar on the topic of an overview of the NOAA Unified Modeling Task Force on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. The announcement is provided below.
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