Category: Expertise: Climate Science
Apr 15, 2016
The Relationship between the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) and Southeastern New England Snowfall
Between January 24 and February 15, 2015, an incredible 90.2 inches of snow fell at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. Although snowfalls of this magnitude…
Mar 14, 2016
Detection and Attribution of Climate Extremes in the Observed Record
Kenneth Kunkel and Liqiang Sun of CICS-NC are coauthors on a paper that provides an overview of the science of detecting changes in climate extremes…
Dec 18, 2015
Kelvin Waves and Tropical Cyclogenesis: A Global Survey
A new study by Carl Schreck III of the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies and North Carolina State University provides important insights into the…
Dec 14, 2015
Global Land Surface Extremes of Precipitation
In an article published in the Journal of Extreme Events, CICS-NC’s Kenneth Kunkel and Rebekah Frankson analyze trends in heavy precipitation events and their relationships…
Apr 10, 2015
Winter Severity and Frost Depth in a Warming Climate
In many areas of the country, proper building design and construction depend on accurate expectations of how deeply the ground will freeze in the winter.…
Feb 9, 2015
Temperature Extremes in a Warming Climate
We know that global and national average temperatures have been increasing since around the start of the 20th century. But have there also been increases…
Oct 29, 2014
Trends and Variability in Severe Snowstorms East of the Rocky Mountains
Severe snowstorms can have significant impacts on human safety and economic activity. As global temperatures increase, it is important to understand how severe winter storms…
Oct 29, 2014
The Impact of Best Track Discrepancies on Global Tropical Cyclone Climatologies using IBTrACS
Accurate, consistent, and homogenous data are critical for understanding the current climatology of tropical cyclones and identifying any trends in these storms in a changing…
Jun 18, 2013
Cyclone Center Launches New Website
Asheville, North Carolina – Working with over 4,000 citizen scientists from all over the world, the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina…
Apr 19, 2013
Evaluation and Characterization of Satellite Products
With the substantial change in the Arctic sea ice and associated impacts of the change in weather and climate system, ecosystems, and coastal communities, it…