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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…→
Dec 19, 2019
Using a Neural Network to Detect Weather Fronts
NCICS researchers Jim Biard and Kenneth Kunkel have developed a deep learning neural network tool called DL-FRONT that automatically identifies weather fronts in datasets of…→
Jan 19, 2022
New US State Climate Summaries
New State Climate Summaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands provide a concise look at observed and projected climate…→
Dec 8, 2022
NCICS at AGU 2022
NCICS at AGU 2022 Fall Meeting More than a dozen NCICS staff are contributing to a range of presentations and poster sessions at this year’s…→
Oct 13, 2016
NASA DEVELOP Students Visit NCEI
NASA DEVELOP Students Visit NCEI MARCH 28, 2013 Background The NASA DEVELOP Program at Wise, Virginia focuses on environmental research conducted through the use of…→
Nov 13, 2019
A suicide hotline powered by big data
Experience magazine, Northeastern University. By Glenn McDonald.→
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 29, 2014
Validation of Land Surface Temperature products derived from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer
Satellites provide critical weather and climate data, including measurements of surface temperature, but extracting temperature information from raw satellite data requires sophisticated data-processing algorithms. Jim…→
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…→