A new study focuses on land-atmosphere interactions affecting phenomena such as droughts, heatwaves, and rainfall patterns. High-frequency data from climate models support more detailed understanding.
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The Madden-Julian Oscillation influences weather across the tropics. Its behavior is less predictable in summer than in winter, but a new study seeks to close the improve summer forecasts.
Environmental Literacy Program awards $3.5 million to advance community resilience through education
Eight projects will engage youth and the public around extreme weather, climate change, and other environmental hazards.
For NOAA’s 50th anniversary, we are interviewing NOAA Legends: people of color who were “firsts” in NOAA science. Our history is rich with unique stories and experiences of staff from all kinds of…
LaToya Myles, Ph.D., is a leader, a scientist, a mentor, an Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI) alumna, and a collector of quotes. One day, while relaxing…
The study evaluated the accuracy of four major reanalysis data sets in representing daily and extreme temperature across the United States, finding results least reliable in the mountainous western US, likely due to the complex terrain.
Besides producing a tsunami, the Tonga eruption on January 15, 2022 gave scientists a real-world experiment, sending sulfur dioxide into Earth’s stratosphere. Now scientists have a chance to see what happens next, and to improve atmospheric models.
Key Findings Forecasts of temperature and salinity in Chesapeake Bay are skillful beyond the few days of current forecasts Taking the mean of multiple forecasts driven by different atmospheric…
The Southeastern U.S. experiences periodic droughts along with landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) from the Atlantic, andit is currently thought that these TCs might help alleviate droughts in this …
NOAA has released the first report in a monograph series on climate adaptation, titled “Our Changing Precipitation: A Conversation on the Science of Precipitation and Planning for the Future.” The report synthesizes information, experiences, and lessons learned.