Tag: Kenneth Kunkel
Mar 14, 2016
Detection and Attribution of Climate Extremes in the Observed Record
Kenneth Kunkel and Liqiang Sun of CICS-NC are coauthors on a paper that provides an overview of the science of detecting changes in climate extremes…
Mar 14, 2016
Innovations in Information Management and Access for Assessments
The Third National Climate Assessment (NCA3), released in May 2014, provided a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of climate change in the United States. The…
Mar 14, 2016
Innovations in Science and Scenarios for Assessment
CICS-NC’s Kenneth Kunkel is the lead author on a paper in Climatic Change describing the climate and sea level rise scenarios that were developed in…
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…
Oct 9, 2015
Comparing CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate Simulations
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a new report comparing results for the United States from two generations of climate model simulations.…
Feb 9, 2015
Temperature Extremes in a Warming Climate
We know that global and national average temperatures have been increasing since around the start of the 20th century. But have there also been increases…
Oct 29, 2014
Trends and Variability in Severe Snowstorms East of the Rocky Mountains
Severe snowstorms can have significant impacts on human safety and economic activity. As global temperatures increase, it is important to understand how severe winter storms…
Feb 2, 2013
Regional Climate Trends & Scenarios
A nine-part report, led by NCA Technical Support Unit (TSU) lead scientist Kenneth Kunkel, has been produced as input to the Third National Climate Assessment.…