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Jan 9, 2017
State Climate Summaries Released
The front page of the California State Climate Summary PDF. In response to growing demands for state-level information on the assessment of climate change, NOAA’s…→
May 19, 2016
Expertise: Observing Systems
In Situ Observations Quality Assurance Algorithm Development Data Validation Global Temperature Datasets Soil Moisture and Drought U.S. Climate Reference Network Remote Sensing Calibration and Validation…→
Jan 23, 2018
The Climate Science Special Report and NCA4
The cover of the Climate Science Special Report PDF. On November 3, 2017, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released The Climate Science Special Report…→
Sep 13, 2016
Improving the Global Temperature Record
Assessing the state of the climate and how it is changing over time requires accurate, reliable data with widespread geographic coverage over long periods of…→
Sep 27, 2022
Billion-Dollar Disasters Are Happening More Often
Climate and weather events cause billions of dollars of economic damages every year in the United States. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Billion-Dollar…→
Jul 7, 2020
Quantifying the Relationship Between Extreme Precipitation and Atmospheric Water Vapor
New research quantifies the relative contributions of two key factors that drive extreme precipitation events—atmospheric water vapor and upward velocity—across the continental United States. The…→
Apr 27, 2016
Two NCICS/CICS-NC ORIED Award Nominees for 2016
Each year, the colleges and business units of North Carolina State University recognize significant accomplishments and contributions of their staff members through the University’s Awards…→
Apr 4, 2016
Assessing Climate Change and Human Health
On April 4, 2016, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report titled The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health…→
Oct 1, 2015
MODIS: A Decade of Sea Surface Temperatures
Satellite-based instruments are the best tools we have for measuring sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on a global scale, but turning infrared sensor data into accurate…→
Jul 16, 2015
Extending the Soil Moisture Record
Long-term data on soil moisture can be invaluable for making decisions about agricultural irrigation, understanding and predicting drought, and improving global climate models. Unfortunately, accurate…→