Tag: Climate Change

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…

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…

Aug 25, 2016

Seasonal and regional variations in extreme precipitation event frequency using CMIP5

Climate models are central to our ability to predict and adapt to the major long-term weather and climate changes that we are likely to experience…

Aug 5, 2016

Portfolio: Comparing CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate Simulations

A Technical Report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)  provides important insights into similarities and differences between two generations of model simulations…

Jul 15, 2016

Portfolio: Third U.S. National Climate Assessment

Overview The Third U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA3), released in May 2014, provided a comprehensive scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change in the…

Jun 14, 2016

Trends and Extremes in Northern Hemisphere Snow Characteristics

A new study by CICS-NCs Kenneth Kunkel, Sarah Champion, and Rebekah Frankson, along with co-authors from Rutgers University and ERT Inc., establishes the current state…

 
Jun 1, 2016

Portfolio: Climate and Health Assessment

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…

Liqiang Sun

National Climate Assessment Dynamic Regional Downscaling

Dr. Liqiang Sun joined NCICS in May 2012 and is the deputy science lead for the National Climate Assessment Technical Support Unit. Dr. Sun’s research…

Laura Stevens

National Climate Assessment science support

Laura Stevens provides primary scientific and technical expertise for NOAA and the National Climate Assessment (NCA). This includes the development of climate data analysis products,…

Kenneth Kunkel

National Climate Assessment, Climate Extremes Research

Dr. Kenneth Kunkel joined NCICS as a Senior Scientist and Lead Scientist for Assessments, and the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at North…