NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICES - - ALASKA NWS Gary Hufford Regional Scientist
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NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICES - - ALASKA NWS
Gary Hufford Regional Scientist
Sustaining ObservationsPlanned Arctic Activities
• Alaska– 29 Climate Reference Network (CRN)– 40 Historical Climate Network (HCN)– COOP 21st Century – 200 stations
• 330 Canadian CRNs – in coordination with NOAA
U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) Alaska Locations
GCOS single sites installed (2): Sitka & St. Paul Island
Single sites installed (2): Pt. Barrow & Fairbanks
Single sites to be installed: FY 10-14 (27 locations)
NOAA’s NWS Climate ServicesClimate Record Stewardship through COOP
• COOP Paperless Initiative– Electronic Ingest of Manual Observations - Upfront QC
• COOP 21st Century Transition Plan– Remedial actions to ensure maximum quality data
• HCN Modernization– Automating our longest-record stations
• Fisher/Porter Automated Rain Gauge Upgrade – Comprehensive hourly precipitation network
NOAA CLIMATE INFORMATION AND SERVICES
ALASKA REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER
REGIONAL INTREGRATED SCIENCE ASSESMENT
NWS LOCAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Outline
Local Climate Forecast Products
Local 3 Month Temperature Outlooks (Jan 2007):
~1200 sites
Local information
Multiple user centric formats
Dynamic text interpretation
Benefits and limitations
Long term forecast evaluation
Trained staff support
Climate Services Focal Points
• Serve as customer interface– Provide customer service – Conduct climate outreach and education– Develop partnerships– Utilize available tools for customer interface
NOAA Climate Services (Overview)
• Forecasts • Monitoring • Analysis • Data archive • Policy • Training • Outreach • Partnership Development • International • Flood and flow
• Customer interface• Forecast improvements• Decision support tool development• Coastal climatologies• Applications research• Regional and local expertise • Policy support• Data integration• Data quality control
What we have now
NOAA
NWS
OAR
NESDIS
NOS
RISA SCRegional
CollaborationEfforts
RCC Sea Grant
Under Development
NOAA Partners
NOAA
Regional Initiatives
13
Future Directions• Establishment of a NWS Climate Services Program
Plan
• Enhance coordination of the user requirements process for all NWS climate services
• Enhance the linkages between NWS climate and hydrologic services and NIDIS
• Execute pilot projects for climate and coasts
• Support regional collaboration efforts established by NOAA
• Support the efforts to establish the National Climate Service
Economic Stimulus Bill• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Satellites and Sensors: $600 million for satellite development and acquisitions, including climate sensors and climate modeling.
• NASA: $400 million to put more scientists to work doing climate change research, including Earth science research recommended by the National Academies, satellite sensors that measure solar radiation critical to understanding climate change, and a thermal infrared sensor to the Landsat Continuing Mapper necessary for water management, particularly in the western states;