Category: Expertise

Aug 31, 2016

K-12 Outreach: Mountain Science Expo

Laura Stevens and Theresa Stone of NCICS at the Mountain Science Expo, April 2015. As an academic institution, educational outreach is an important component of…

Aug 25, 2016

Seasonal and regional variations in extreme precipitation event frequency using CMIP5

Climate models are central to our ability to predict and adapt to the major long-term weather and climate changes that we are likely to experience…

Aug 5, 2016

Portfolio: Comparing CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate Simulations

A Technical Report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)  provides important insights into similarities and differences between two generations of model simulations…

Jul 14, 2016

Expertise: Data Stewardship

Stewardship Ingest and Archive Access Roles and Responsibilities Best Practices Climate Data Records (CDRs) Data Quality Data Maturity Models Quality Assurance Calibration and Validation Algorithm…

Jul 13, 2016

Climate and Health

On April 4, 2016, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report titled The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health…

 
Jul 8, 2016

TR144 Data

Data from NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 144 The following figures were created by the National Climate Assessment (NCA) Technical Support Unit (TSU) for the NOAA Technical…

 
Jul 8, 2016

NCA3 Data

Data from the Third National Climate Assessment The following figures were created by the National Climate Assessment (NCA) Technical Support Unit (TSU) for the third NCA…

Jun 20, 2016

Measure Locally, Respond Globally—A Conference for Journalists

Journalists covering the environment, science, data analytics, and related fields are invited to attend “Measure Locally, Respond Globally,” a two-day conference taking place on August…

Jun 14, 2016

Trends and Extremes in Northern Hemisphere Snow Characteristics

A new study by CICS-NCs Kenneth Kunkel, Sarah Champion, and Rebekah Frankson, along with co-authors from Rutgers University and ERT Inc., establishes the current state…

Jun 10, 2016

obs4MIPS

Experimental NCEI/Climate Data Records obs4MIPs Datasets The Observations for Model Inter-Comparison Project (obs4MIPs) is an effort to make observational data available to the climate modeling…