Category: Expertise
Sep 15, 2020
Hidden Damage: The Mental Health Impacts of Hurricane Florence
New research using Crisis Text Line data shows Hurricane Florence had significant mental health impacts on young people in the Carolinas and points the way…
Jul 7, 2020
Quantifying the Relationship Between Extreme Precipitation and Atmospheric Water Vapor
New research quantifies the relative contributions of two key factors that drive extreme precipitation events—atmospheric water vapor and upward velocity—across the continental United States. The…
Mar 11, 2020
The North Carolina Climate Science Report
The North Carolina Climate Science Report Today, NCICS released the North Carolina Climate Science Report, a scientific assessment of historical climate trends and potential future…
Feb 19, 2020
North Carolina Climate Science Report
About the Report The North Carolina Climate Science Report (NCCSR) is a scientific assessment of historical climate trends and potential future climate change in North…
Dec 19, 2019
Using a Neural Network to Detect Weather Fronts
NCICS researchers Jim Biard and Kenneth Kunkel have developed a deep learning neural network tool called DL-FRONT that automatically identifies weather fronts in datasets of…
Dec 19, 2019
Hurricanes Harvey and Florence: Historical Context
In 2017 and 2018, the United States experienced historic rainfall totals and damaging inland floods from two slow-moving hurricanes—Harvey and Florence. In a new paper…
Dec 19, 2019
Submonthly Temperature Data and Extreme Heat Events
Homogenized Temperature Data at Submonthly Frequencies Researchers interested in how heat waves and cold waves are changing over time, or in how particular heat or…
Steven Marcus
Steven Marcus joined NCICS in 2019 as an information technology support specialist, following several years as a government contractor working for NCEI in a system…
Kate Johnson
Geographic information science, Web development, National Climate Assessment
Dr. Katharine (Kate) Johnson joined NCICS as a Research Associate in geographic information systems (GIS) in October 2019. She is part of the Assessments Technical…
Sep 9, 2019
Carl Schreck on the ACC Today show
GOES-16 image of Hurricane Dorian, September 5, 2019. As Hurricane Dorian was headed towards the Florida coast last week, Florida State and Boise State decided…