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Coupling between marine boundary layer clouds and summer-to-summer sea surface temperature variability over the North Atlantic and Pacific
Department:June 1, 2017Source:A study published in Climate Dynamics suggests that deficient simulations of marine boundary layer clouds—which interact with it the ocean—lead to poor simulation of summer-to-summer sea surface...
A Climate Services Database for Western States
Department:June 1, 2017Source:The Climate Services Database for the Western States provided by the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) is now available.The project was created as a result of a partnership between...
Underwater gliders provide high-resolution observations in the Gulf Stream
Department:June 1, 2017Source:A paper explaining CPO-supported research with underwater Spray gliders appeared in Geophysical Research Letters. Spray gliders provide high-resolution observations along the U.S. East Coast...
Climate impacts of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability
Department:June 1, 2017Source:A study recently published in the Journal of Climate emphasizes the importance of the North Atlantic Ocean for Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV), which can lead to improved rainfall ...
NOAA begins transition of powerful new tool to improve hurricane forecasts
Department:May 25, 2017NOAA will begin using its newest weather prediction tool -- the dynamic core, Finite-Volume on a Cubed-Sphere (FV3), to provide high quality guidance to NOAA’s National Hurricane...
Significant groundwater loss in California's Central Valley during recent droughts
Department:May 17, 2017Source:A new study from researchers at UCLA and the University of Houston reveals estimates of significant groundwater loss in California’s Central Valley during the recent drought and sparks questions...
Research finds spike in dust storms in American Southwest driven by ocean changes
Department:May 10, 2017People living in the American Southwest have experienced a dramatic increase in windblown dust storms in the last two decades, likely driven by large-scale changes in sea surface temperature in...
Fifty years ago, a historic balloon launch that changed the way we see the ozone layer
Department:April 27, 2017MARSHALL MESA, CO - From atop this grassy mesa in 1967, scientists with the federal Environmental Science Services Agency carefully launched a weather balloon carrying a new instrument that...
New type of drifter released: the Directional Wave Spectra Drifter
Department:April 25, 2017Source:News release from Scripps Institution of Oceanography: The Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory (LDL) at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) is releasing a new type of drifter, the Directional...
New website, webinar on climate-health vulnerabilities
Department:April 25, 2017Source:Convergence is a website developed through community collaboration to address climate-health vulnerabilities in the Carolinas. The website represents a collaboration among climatologists, public...
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