ACCAP + NWS:

ACCAP + NWS:
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Climate and Weather Highlights Tool
Alaska Climate Dispatch Newsletter
NWS Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook Graphics
NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholar
NWS Alaska Climate Forecast Briefings
Climate Divisions to Construct Anomalies and Trends in Alaska
ACCAP Alaska Climate Webinars
• Benefits to both organizations
Alaska Climate & Weather Highlights Tool
“ I am not using these tools to make day-to-day
decisions, but do use the information regularly to
support the long-term climate monitoring efforts
for the park service.”
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https://accap.uaf.edu/?q=tools/climate_highlights#date/2015-02
Alaska Climate Dispatch
• Published quarterly
• written for a non-technical audience,
• features seasonal weather and climate
summaries as well as weather, wildlife,
and sea ice outlooks.
https://accap.uaf.edu/library/dispatches
Quarterly Climate Impacts & Outlook Graphics*
*NCDC/NIDIS product
http://www.drought.gov/drought/content/resources/reports
NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholar
Impacts of Extreme Weather Events in Alaska
• 7 storms
• Impacts and meteorology
https://accap.uaf.edu/Hollings_extreme_events
http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/scholarships/hollings.html
• Continued as a PhD project – Rick Lader (UAF)
NWS Alaska Climate Forecast Briefings
Rick Thoman
Climate Science and Services Manager
Environmental & Scientific Services Division
NWS Alaska Region
https://accap.uaf.edu/NWS_Briefings
Climate Divisions to Construct Anomalies &
Trends in Alaska
Peter Bieniek, University of Alaska
Fairbanks
James Partain, NOAA Alaska
Regional Climate Services Director
(NCDC)
Climate Science and Services
Manager, NWS Alaska Region
https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/climatedivisions/
Multiple ACCAP Webinars
Upcoming
•Alaska River Break-up: Historic comparison and 2015 Spring Outlook - What can we
expect?
Crane Johnson & Rick Thoman, NWS
https://accap.uaf.edu/River_Breakup
Past
•Enabling Scientific and Technological Improvements to Meet Core Partner Service
Requirements in Alaska - An Arctic Test Bed
Eugene Petrescu, NWS
•Extreme Weather Events on the Last Frontier: Meteorological Analyses and Societal
Impacts
Lauren Zuromski, NOAA Hollings Scholar
•El Niño and Alaska - Past, Present, and Future – 180 participants (171 online)
Rick Thoman, NWS & Jon Gottschalck, NOAA CPC
Available at: http://accap.uaf.edu/webinars
Benefits
ACCAP
NWS
real-time data
Network of stakeholders
High quality projections
Graphic design
Interpretations of climate data
Engagement technology
Thank you
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Questions
Tina Buxbaum
[email protected]
http://accap.uaf.edu