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Developing Regional Climate Services Developing Regional Climate Services at NOAA:at NOAA:
Today and TomorrowToday and Tomorrow
June 9, 2010
Dan Walker, Ph.D.Chief, Climate Assessment and Services DivisionNOAA’s Climate Program Office
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The nation faces real climate challenges
Droughts
WaveHeights
Heatwaves
Atlantic Hurricanes
Heavy Rain Events
27.2°C
~3
Sea Surface Temp.
Hurricane Power Index
27.6°C
~4.5
1950 2005
~12%
~11%
Western U.S.Contiguous U.S.
~40%
~37%
~15%~10%
% Area with Hot Daily Low Temps
% Area with Hot Daily High Temps
-13%15%
0%
~ 3 meters~ 3.9 meters
1950 2005
Information Delivery and Decision SupportNOAA uses its national and regional infrastructure to deliver climate services today
Assessments of Climate Change and Impacts NOAA is a leader in national and regional climate impact assessments Over 70% of Federal IPCC AR4 WG1 authors were from NOAA
Climate Change Research and ModelingInternationally recognized models of the global climate
Climate Observations and MonitoringNOAA operates over 90 observation and monitoring systemsNOAA is mandated to monitor and provide access to climate data and information
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Security
Forestry
Water
Health
Infrastructure
Oceans
Other
Energy
LandManagement
Global
NOAA commits to providing critical assets in science and service to a Federal partnership NOAA’s Assets
Partnerships & Collaboration
*Representative Organizations & Sectors
*
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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE AND SOCIETY (IRI)SOCIETY (IRI)
Promotes Promotes sustainable sustainable
developmentdevelopmentgoals by helping goals by helping
manage manage vulnerabilityvulnerability
associated with associated with short-term climateshort-term climate
variability and variability and longer-term longer-term
climateclimatechangechange
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CSI-Water Coping with Drought in CSI-Water Coping with Drought in Support of NIDIS: Support of NIDIS: Supports applications Supports applications research addressing human populations research addressing human populations coping with drought within the U.S. or U.S. coping with drought within the U.S. or U.S. trans-boundary areas.trans-boundary areas.
CSI-Coasts:CSI-Coasts: Catalyzes and supports applications Catalyzes and supports applications research that links climate science with practical research that links climate science with practical challenges in coastal regions. Coastal challenges in coastal regions. Coastal communities face a complex suite of interrelated communities face a complex suite of interrelated issues, which can be compounded by climate issues, which can be compounded by climate variability and change.variability and change.
CSI-Water: CSI-Water: Supports applications research on Supports applications research on the influence of climate on water resource the influence of climate on water resource management primarily in urban environments, management primarily in urban environments, where over half of the world’s population where over half of the world’s population currently resides, and points us toward specific currently resides, and points us toward specific products and information services that will products and information services that will enhance response/coping capacity.enhance response/coping capacity.
CSI SECTORAL RESEARCHCSI SECTORAL RESEARCH
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REGIONAL INTEGRATED SCIENCES AND ASSESSMENTS (RISA) REGIONAL INTEGRATED SCIENCES AND ASSESSMENTS (RISA)
Supports integrated, place-Supports integrated, place-based research across social, based research across social, natural, and physical science natural, and physical science
disciplines as well as disciplines as well as outreach activities to expand outreach activities to expand decision-makers options and decision-makers options and
capacities in the face of capacities in the face of climate variability and climate variability and
change at local and regional change at local and regional levelslevels
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• CoordinatingCoordinating national drought national drought monitoring and forecasting systems monitoring and forecasting systems
• Providing an Providing an interactive drought interactive drought information clearinghouseinformation clearinghouse and delivery and delivery system for products and services—system for products and services—including an internet portal and including an internet portal and standardized products (databases, standardized products (databases, forecasts, Geographic Information forecasts, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), maps, etc)Systems (GIS), maps, etc)
• Designing mechanisms for Designing mechanisms for improving improving and incorporatingand incorporating information to information to support coordinated preparedness and support coordinated preparedness and planningplanning
NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM NATIONAL INTEGRATED DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM (NIDIS)(NIDIS)
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NIDIS Objectives: NIDIS Objectives: Creating a drought early warning Creating a drought early warning informationinformation systemsystem
NIDIS EARLY WARNING SYSTEM PILOTSNIDIS EARLY WARNING SYSTEM PILOTS
CaliforniCaliforniaa
MissouriMissouri
MississippiMississippi
OklahomaOklahoma
Colorado River Colorado River BasinBasin
MontanaMontana
Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay
SoutheaSoutheastst
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Selected by Drought-type and Analysis UnitsSelected by Drought-type and Analysis Units
Organizing NOAA Research To Support Regional Climate Service
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CSI-Regions
CSI-Water
IRITransboundary
Centralized Analytical Support (MAPP)
CSI-Coasts