Research Highlights
Apr 2019
Precipitation and Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes
New research reveals that the overall risk of a fatal car crash increases by about 34% during precipitation events in the contiguous United States. Compared…
Feb 2019
Seasonal and Regional Changes in Arctic Sea Ice
Two recent papers by a team of authors, including CICS-NC’s Ge Peng, explore the changing seasonality and regional variability of Arctic sea ice cover. This…
Nov 2018
The Extremely Active 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane Season
For Immediate Release The 2017 North Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most active and destructive on record. In a paper published in the…
Feb 2018
Arctic Sea Ice Trends and Projections
Researchers from CICS-NC and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill used satellite data and various statistical models to analyze trends in Arctic sea ice…
Feb 2017
Assessing Stewardship Maturity of the Global Historical Climatology Network-Monthly (GHCN-M) Dataset
As part of ongoing efforts to advance environmental data stewardship practices, CICS-NC’s Ge Peng and colleagues from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) recently…
Nov 2016
On the Link between Tropical Cyclones and Daily Rainfall Extremes Derived from Global Satellite Observations
Understanding the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events in relation to tropical cyclones is critical to the development of infrastructure in affected areas. Authors…
Oct 2016
Deploying Temporary Networks for Upscaling of Sparse Network Stations
Shown above, is the layout of the temporary network of sensors surrounding the USCRN stations at Millbrook, NY (top) and Crossville, TN (bottom). National soil-observation…
Aug 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…
Jun 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 2016
Atmospheric Sensitivity to Roughness Length in a Regional Atmospheric Model over the Ohio–Tennessee River Valley
At small scales, the behavior of the atmosphere depends strongly on the characteristics of the land surface, including topography and vegetation types. As a result,…