Several of our scientists and staff are attending the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology from June 26 through June 28. The AMS Committee on Applied Climatology and American Association of State Climatologists organized the conference to be held in Asheville, North Carolina.
Stemming from the 2017 AMS Annual Meeting theme of “Observations Lead the Way,” this conference showcases talks on utilizing applied climate science and building observational weather and climate datasets in a variety of forms.
Presentations and posters will also highlight topics including:
Data quality and climate datasets
Linkages between weather and climate
Sectoral-based science and adaptation, including ecosystems, natural resources, agriculture, energy, coastal, and human systems
Climate services, including assessment of science, product, and service needs, assessment of impacts, and communication of climate science
Extreme events, including monitoring, prediction, and impacts of drought, floods, severe weather outbreaks, freeze events, heat waves, and more
Check out the topics below to learn more about several of the products and services that our scientists are highlighting at the meeting. And, follow #AMSApplied2017 on social media for more updates on the 23rd Conference on Applied Climatology and our contributions to it.
Climate Data Records
NOAA’s Climate Data Record (CDR) Program strives to develop and implement a robust, sustainable, and scientifically defensible approach to producing and preserving climate records. CDRs reveal Earth’s short- and longer-term environmental changes and variations, allowing scientists and decision makers to better understand and assess the climate system and its impacts across society.
Visit the CDR Program website to access these scientifically sound, consistent, and reliable products. And, check out the list of presentations and posters below for opportunities to learn more about our portfolio of environmental datasets.
State of the Climate Assessments
We place a high priority on interpreting and applying scientific understanding to our extensive array of climate datasets. To that end, we provide analyses of weather and climate events, placing them into proper historical perspective, understanding their unusualness, and—increasingly—comparing recent events to expectations of future climate conditions.
Visit our State of the Climate website for our latest analysis. And, check out the list of presentations and posters below for opportunities to learn more about our understanding of Earth’s climate system.
Success Stories on User Engagement
American and international companies from many different sectors use NCEI’s data to make business decisions. Considering that you rely on products and services from these businesses, you are an indirect consumer of our climate and weather data. The ways in which you are aided by climate and weather data are numerous, even if the connections are not obvious.
Visit our Success Stories on User Engagement web page to explore the value of our data. And, check out the list of presentations and posters below to learn more about our data and how we engage with our stakeholders and customers.
Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Data and Information
NCEI is the Nation's scorekeeper in terms of addressing severe weather and climate events in their historical perspective. As part of our responsibility to monitor and assess the climate, we maintain a record of the weather and climate events that have had the greatest economic impact from 1980 to 2017. The United States has sustained 208 weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages reached or exceeded $1 billion (including CPI adjustment to 2017). The total cost of these 208 events exceeds $1.1 trillion.
Visit our Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters web page to access more of these data and information. And, check out the list of presentations and posters below for opportunities to learn more about the multitude of ways we monitor and assess Earth’s climate and environment.
NCEI’s Presentations and Posters
All times listed below are in Eastern Time, and all rooms are located in the Crowne Plaza Tennis and Golf Resort.
Monday, June 26
- Climate Monitoring: Philosophical and Practical Framework
9:00 a.m., Mt. Mitchell/Mt. Roan Room - Regional Climate Services: A regional partnership between NOAA and USDA
9:15 a.m., Mt. Mitchell/Mt. Roan Room - The Role of Environmental Intelligence for the Energy Industry
10:30 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - Evaluation of the AMSU-A,B Hydro-Bundle Suite of Products for Hydrological and Climate Applications
11:00 a.m., Mt. Mitchell Room - An Evaluation of the new ISCCP H-Series Cloud Data Products
11:00 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - Standardizing In-Situ Soil Moisture Observations to Improve Hydrological Monitoring
11:45 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - Temperature Changes in the United States from 1901-2015
1:30 p.m, Mt. Mitchell Room - A Spatial and Seasonal Examination of Changes in Snow Cover, Sea Ice, and Surface Temperature in the Northern Hemisphere
1:30 p.m, Mt. Roan Room - A 1-km Climatology of Subhourly Rain Rates for the Contiguous United States from NOAAs NEXRAD Reanalysis
2:15 p.m, Mt. Mitchell Room - State Climate Summaries for the United States: Scientific Analyses and Processes
2:45 p.m., Mt. Mitchell Room - Localized Trend Analysis of Multi-Model Extremes Metrics for the Fourth National Climate Assessment
4:15 p.m, Mt. Mitchell Room - Multivariate Analysis of Drought Conditions in the United States: 1895-2016
4:15 p.m, Mt. Roan Room
Tuesday, June 27
- The Global Historical Climatology Network Monthly Temperature Dataset, Version 4
8:30 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - NOAA’s NEXRAD Reanalysis - Use Case and Applications
8:45 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - Automated processing and quality control of NCEI's Hourly Precipitation Dataset
9:00 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature version 5 (ERSSTv5): Upgrades, Validations, and Intercomparisons
9:30 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - Noninvasive Re-architecture of Legacy Systems
9:45 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - The Switch to MMTS Has Changed Extreme Temperature Trends
11:30 a.m., Mt. Mitchell/Mt. Roan Room - Panel Discussion on Climate Communication
1:30 p.m., Mt. Mitchell/Mt. Roan Room - Extreme Precipitation Events Observed by the U.S. Climate Reference Network
3:30 p.m, Mt. Mitchell Room - NCEI Stakeholder and Customer Engagement
3:30 p.m, Mt. Roan Room - Customer Use Cases and Analytics for Climate Data at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
3:30 p.m, Mt. Roan Room - The Importance of Summer Season Fronts in Extreme Precipitation Events
3:45 p.m, Mt. Mitchell Room - Climate Monitoring Products and Services at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
3:45 p.m, Mt. Roan Room - Development of an Extreme Precipitation Dashboard for Water Resource Managers and City Planners
4:00 p.m, Mt. Roan Room - A Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) Strategic Plan 2.0 for the Missouri River Basin
4:15 p.m, Mt. Roan Room - Climate Scenarios Development for the Fourth National Climate Assessment
4:30 p.m, Mt. Roan Room - Generating Long-Term Temperature and Humidity Profiles from HIRS Observations
5:30 to 7:30 p.m, Mt. Pisgah/Mt. Pilot Room - Utilizing NASA Earth Observations and NOAA Climate Data Records to Produce Distributable Climate Indications of Wildland Fire Potential in the Great Plains Region
5:30 to 7:30 p.m, Mt. Pisgah/Mt. Pilot Room - Different Flavors of Normals: Accounting for ENSO and Climate Change
5:30 to 7:30 p.m, Mt. Pisgah/Mt. Pilot Room
Wednesday, June 28
- Metadata and the Sustained Assessment: Data Transparency as Climate Science Communication
8:45 a.m., Mt. Mitchell Room - Communicating Climate Science and More on Social Media: Success Stories from NCEI
9:00 a.m., Mt. Mitchell Room - Communicating Climate with Media - Tactics and Strategies
9:15 a.m., Mt. Mitchell Room - Facilitating Near-Real Time Drought Monitoring with Daily Climate Division Averages
9:45 a.m., Mt. Roan Room - Session on Regional Climate Services: Using Climate Information Across the Sectors
10:30 a.m., Mt. Mitchell/Mt. Roan Room
