NCICS News
Nov 20, 2019
New Weather Station at Isaac Dickson Elementary in Asheville
On November 15, staff from NCICS and NOAA NCEI joined faculty, staff, and students from Isaac Dickson Elementary School (IDES) to install an automated, wireless…
Oct 29, 2019
NCSU Chancellor Woodson Visits NCICS
Dr. Randy Woodson, Chancellor of NC State University, visited the offices of NCICS and NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) during a recent trip…
Sep 9, 2019
Carl Schreck on the ACC Today show
GOES-16 image of Hurricane Dorian, September 5, 2019. As Hurricane Dorian was headed towards the Florida coast last week, Florida State and Boise State decided…
Jun 17, 2019
"Climate Stripes" for US Temperature and Precipitation by County
Inspired by climate scientist Ed Hawkins’ Show Your Stripes project, NCICS’s Jared Rennie has developed an online geographic information system (GIS) tool to generate “Warming…
May 31, 2019
NC State Climate Research Institute to Host NOAA Cooperative Institute
NCICS to Host NOAA Cooperative Institute NCICS will host the Asheville location of the new Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, which will be…
Apr 30, 2019
Scott Stevens on The Weather Channel's AMHQ
On April 30, 2019, Scott Stevens appeared live on the AMHQ program on The Weather Channel, speaking with Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams about recent…
Apr 11, 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 5, 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 26, 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…
Sep 25, 2018
Putting Hurricane Florence into Historical Perspective
Preliminary research by NCICS’ Kenneth Kunkel indicates that Hurricane Florence was among the rainiest storms to hit the United States in the last 70 years. Based…