NCICS News
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…
Oct 2, 2014
New Weather Station at Isothermal Community College
A new weather station on the campus of Isothermal Community College in Spindale, NC, fills a critical gap in data coverage for southwestern North Carolina.…
May 16, 2014
Third National Climate Assessment
The White House released the third National Climate Assessment today. Mandated at least every four years by the Global Change Research Act of 1990, the…
Dec 13, 2013
CICS-NC Develops An Interactive Map To Engage With NOAA Climate Data Users
The U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) is a network of climate monitoring stations maintained and operated by NOAA to provide climate-science-quality measurements of air temperature…
Oct 1, 2013
Quantifying Tropical Cyclone Rainfall
Tropical cyclones (TCs) constitute one of the major natural disasters around the world as well as an important source of fresh water over areas prone…
Sep 5, 2013
Executive Forum on Business and Climate
To help U. S. businesses better adapt to the numerous challenges and opportunities resulting from a changing weather and climate, the Cooperative Institute for Climate…
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
Quantitative Precipitation Estimates for the SE US
The precipitation climatology of the Southeastern United States spans a very broad spectrum of precipitation regimes. A warm season that is characterized by isolated thunderstorms,…
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…
Apr 19, 2013
USCRN Precipitation Observations
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…