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Key Findings Summer sea ice predictability is limited in winter months by synoptically-driven sea-ice mass export and negative feedbacks from sea-ice growth. The spring predictability barrier…
Bubbles bursting at the ocean surface are an important source of sea spray aerosols. They contribute to atmospheric aerosols and play a crucial role in radiative and cloud processes. Uncertainties related to the large range of scales involved, and the complexity of the processes, leads to open questions about the dependencies on wind speed, ocean wave properties and water temperature.
A new study finds that how much of Earth’s surface energy is used to evaporate water is a crucial driver of local weather variations during summer months. The researchers identify two feedback regimes related to evaporation and cloudiness.
A newly published dataset provides insights into the oceanographic conditions within the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) over nearly two decades, shedding light on marine heat waves, seasonal upwelling, hypoxia, and ocean acidification.
A new study incorporates observations from moorings installed along the Oregon coast in the 1990s and 2000s. The study incorporates the mooring measurements into a data set spanning more than two decades, and makes the data publicly available for the first time.
Smoke emitted from wildfires and agricultural burning constitutes one of the largest sources of aerosol particles to Earth’s atmosphere. However, little is known about the importance of smoke on the…
A study in the Journal of Climate proposes a new method to improve simulation and prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) . Many models have limited skill in simulating the MJO’s eastward …
A CPO-supported study in Geophysical Research Letters highlights modeling techniques that may enhance predictability of decadal climate change. The approach involves novel techniques for modeling ...
A new OAR/Climate Program Office (CPO) Report, summarizing key outcomes of the May 2015 NOAA Climate Reanalysis Task Force Technical Workshop held at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate ...