National Climate Information Services
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Transcript of National Climate Information Services
NOAA Southeast Regional Climate Center
Climate Information for Tourism
Peter J. Robinson November 14, 2008
National Climate Information Services
• National Climate Data Center• Regional Climate Centers• State Climate Offices
• National Weather Service Offices
Climate Information Services
UserNeeds
InformationCreation
DataResources
Climate Information Services
UserNeeds
InformationCreation
DataResources
Data Resources (Primarily NWS)
Data Resources - ACIS
NOWdata: Now & Recent Past
Now-data: example• GREENVILLE (313638) • Monthly Frequencies Number of Days with Minimum Temperature <= 32 degrees F
• Year: 2008 • Year Jan Feb Mar Apr --- Oct Nov Dec• 2008 16 8 1 0 --- 2 - -
Climate Monitoring
Climate Data (=Information?)• North Carolina State Averaged Precipitation Data
• Year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Annual• ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------ • 1895 6.22 2.37 5.14 7.23 4.80 3.53 5.46 5.62 1.29 1.81 3.15 3.34 49.96 • 1896 2.71 5.53 2.53 1.96 4.25 5.36 8.52 2.36 5.50 1.85 4.67 2.46 47.70 • 1897 2.23 5.78 5.41 3.62 3.70 3.99 5.82 3.49 1.52 3.89 2.89 3.60 45.94 • 1898 2.55 1.01 3.92 3.64 3.66 3.41 7.26 8.11 4.39 6.25 3.24 2.69 50.13 • 1899 3.88 7.79 6.86 3.51 3.31 4.07 6.77 4.27 2.74 4.20 1.54 2.88 51.82 • 1900 3.23 5.68 4.37 4.66 2.68 6.05 4.20 3.07 2.54 3.06 4.17 4.41 48.12 • 1901 2.84 1.89 4.59 5.74 7.88 5.36 6.85 12.45 5.83 1.59 1.28 6.52 62.82• 1902 2.30 5.93 3.71 2.40 2.57 4.50 2.85 4.02 4.72 3.52 3.99 3.79 44.30 • 1903 3.60 6.58 7.29 4.73 1.98 6.10 3.94 5.38 2.82 3.50 1.81 2.12 49.85 • 1904 2.86 3.65 4.01 1.45 3.41 4.60 5.63 6.38 3.38 1.34 3.36 3.27 43.34 • 1905 2.81 5.43 2.37 4.03 6.64 3.15 8.11 6.65 2.62 2.33 0.71 6.84 51.69 • 1906 5.68 3.16 5.68 1.58 2.99 7.32 9.60 9.46 4.54 4.20 1.83 3.45 59.49 • 1907 0.75 3.33 2.81 4.14 4.50 7.02 4.92 4.49 5.22 0.90 4.78 5.26 48.12 • 1908 4.31 4.66 4.83 3.07 3.83 4.82 8.46 10.40 2.79 5.31 1.65 4.17 58.30• 1909 2.12 4.12 3.27 4.09 5.32 7.92 5.95 5.94 3.07 1.83 0.76 2.73 47.12• 1910 3.14 4.13 1.60 3.22 4.96 7.39 5.27 7.44 3.08 3.35 0.77 3.57 47.92• 1911 2.83 2.05 3.60 4.07 1.26 2.78 3.57 6.41 3.49 4.20 3.75 4.15 42.16
SERCC – Climate Perspectives
Perspectives for (e.g.) Drought
Responding to Current Conditions
– Climate Monitoring (Current Climate Context)– Climate Perspectives– Historical (impact related) analyses– Customized routines (part of above efforts)– Response to specific requests
Anticipating Future Needs
– Assessing climate trends, evaluating change– Increasing climatological knowledge/skill
– Use of advanced technology
– Emerging (Tourism) - Climate Issues– Increasing Climate-(Tourism) Link understanding
– Broad-scale (policy) dialog
Clearing House Concept
Climate-Health ClearingHouseat UNC-Chapel Hill [CH3]
• Foster Research Connections• Monitor Health and Climate Activity• Identify Research Needs,Opportunities• Stimulate Research• Discover New Connections• Stimulate Technology Transfer
Climate Forecasts,Projections, Models
Policy MakersHealthProfessionals
EmergingDiseases
HealthSurveillance
InformationTechnology
Health Data
ClimateMonitoring
Climate:People and Projects
Health:People and Projects
Climate Data
NOAA Southeastern Regional Climate Center
User Needs: Tourism – Queries• Monitoring
– Drought bad for tourism?
• Local Changes/Variability– Winter mountains – warming trend less skiing?– Summer coast – drying trend less water for guests?– Events anywhere – will recur increase vacation worry?
• Remote Long-Term Changes– S. Ontario – warmer less golf at Myrtle Beach?
www.SERCC.com
SERCC Services• Web based information
– Established routine needs, various users
• Response to specific enquiries*
– Customized responses to specific needs
• Regular customized products *
– Regular (Monthly) data/information delivery
• Information development actions *
– Research based analyses * May involve charges/fees