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
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on the topic of Unified Modeling for Marine Applications on Monday, November 21, 2016. The announcement is provided below.
MAPP Webinar Series: Unified Modeling for Marine Applications Read More »
A new study published in the Journal of Climate investigates the evolution and predictability of the abnormally warm water that emerged in October 2013 and persisted until June 2016 in the northeastern Pacific, colloquially known as “the Blob”.
A new NOAA web application allows users to take a deeper look into the recent multi-year Texas drought and ongoing scientists’ efforts to understand it.
Take a deeper look into the 2010-2015 Texas drought through this new interactive web app Read More »
NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) has awarded $44.34 million for 73 new projects designed to help advance the understanding, modeling, and prediction of Earth’s climate system and to foster effective decision making.
NOAA’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program—in partnership with the National Weather Service’s Office of Science and Technology—is funding 14 new three-year competitively funded projects involving $5.5 million in grants and $1.2 million in other awards.
Advancing the Prediction of Subseasonal to Seasonal Phenomena Read More »
NOAA’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program—in partnership with the NWS STI Modeling Program Division; the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, Information, and Service, the Office of Naval Research; and NASA’s Modeling, Analysis, and Predictions Program—is funding 14 new two year projects. The competitively funded projects will receive $2.9 million in grants and $2.54 million in other awards (for a total of $5.44 million).
Accelerating the transition of research into operations Read More »
The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on the topic of Unified Weather-Climate Modeling: Challenges and Opportunities on Thursday, September 29, 2016. The announcement is provided below.
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This webinar will orient coastal managers to taking advantage of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which provides a consistent means of acquiring insurance against flooding from storm surge, precipitation, and other sources.
A study recently published in Environmental Research Letters shows that a new modeling approach significantly increases skill for precipitation and temperature predictions, particularly extremes.
NOAA-funded study finds new modeling approach significantly improves forecast skill Read More »
Otkin is an Associate Scientist at the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has been developing an early warning system for “flash droughts.” NOAA recently released this product online for the public in June 2016.
Jason Otkin: Predicting rapidly-developing droughts based on plant stress Read More »