Category: Expertise

The U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) is a network of climate-monitoring stations maintained and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide…

Freezing temperatures often adversely affect commercial and industrial operations, especially those with principal activities in an outside environment. One of the most significant hazards of…

Society expects openness and transparency in climate science to have a greater understanding of the certainty regarding how climate has changed and how it will…

Policy makers rely on climate observations and model predictions that inherently contain uncertainties. Accurate characterization of these uncertainties is necessary to make well-informed decisions. Observations…

Satellite proxies for tropical rainfall (shaded) can identify changes in the global circulation (contours). These patterns help the energy sector anticipate changes in demand over…

Surface albedo is the fraction of incoming solar radiation reflected by the land surface, and therefore is a sensitive indicator of environmental changes. Its value…

A nine-part report, led by NCA Technical Support Unit (TSU) lead scientist Kenneth Kunkel, has been produced as input to the Third National Climate Assessment.…