Search Results for: "climate science"
Dec 19, 2019
Hurricanes Harvey and Florence: Historical Context
In 2017 and 2018, the United States experienced historic rainfall totals and damaging inland floods from two slow-moving hurricanes—Harvey and Florence. In a new paper…→
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…→
Sep 19, 2018
Carl Schreck: ACC Today Interview
GOES-16 image of Hurricane Florence, September 13, 2018. As Hurricane Florence was headed towards the North Carolina coast last week, several universities in the Atlantic…→
Jun 6, 2017
Eclipse Viewability Map
On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental United States, starting in the Pacific Northwest at around 9am Pacific Daylight…→
Apr 15, 2016
The Relationship between the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) and Southeastern New England Snowfall
Between January 24 and February 15, 2015, an incredible 90.2 inches of snow fell at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. Although snowfalls of this magnitude…→
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…→
Dec 14, 2015
Global Land Surface Extremes of Precipitation
In an article published in the Journal of Extreme Events, CICS-NC’s Kenneth Kunkel and Rebekah Frankson analyze trends in heavy precipitation events and their relationships…→