2008 AMS Summer Community Meeting Art DeGaetano Director NOAA Northeast Regional Climate Center Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2008 AMS Summer Community Meeting What are Climate What are Climate Services and What Will Services and What Will They Look Like? They Look Like?
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2008 AMS Summer Community Meeting
Art DeGaetanoDirector NOAA Northeast Regional Climate Center
Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric SciencesCornell University, Ithaca, NY
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What are Climate Services and What are Climate Services and What Will They Look Like?What Will They Look Like?
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CLIMATE SERVICES MUSTBE ROOTED IN USERS
DATA ARE AT THE CORE OF CLIMATE SERVICES
CLIMATE SERVICES BRANCH TO REGIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS
PRODUCTS AND TOOLS ARE THE FRUITS OF CLIMATE SERVICES
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Growing the Climate Services tree requires a team ….
Particularly if it is to bear high-quality fruit
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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
~Babe Ruth
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Users…The RootsUsers…The Roots
• “Big Industry”• Agribusiness, Investment Banking, Insurance, etc.
• Consultants• Agricultural, Meteorological, Engineering, etc.
• Media• The Weather Channel, local stations, press, etc
• “User groups”• NY Grape Foundation, ASHRAE, NE Nordic Ski Assoc, etc.
• Government• Federal, State, Local, International
• Others
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It’s 10:00.
Do you know
where your
users are?
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Data … The TrunkData … The Trunk
• Data are at the Core of Climate Service• Encompass all temporal scales
• Historical, real time, “weather” forecast, seasonal forecast, projection
• Variety of spatial scales• Section 3 of vineyard 2 through global
• Quality,Quality, Quality• Consistency
• Must speak with one voice• Federal versus state/private
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Collecting and providing timely, high-quality data should one of the roles of the federal government
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Bringing Climate Services to the Bringing Climate Services to the Local level….The BranchesLocal level….The Branches
Regional HUBSHUBS for user-centric climate services; provision of synchronized and integrated data resources;development of climate tools; applications research; and education that provide a regional focus to addressing societal needs.
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• Contractual obligations
data systems, user service and monitoring
• Near-real time relational database system,
web-based information resources.
• Infrastructure capabilities grow from user and partner
interests and needs.
• Efficiency and robustness, yet able to be nimble• Program versus individual centers
• Leverage infrastructure to support applied research
RCC FunctionsRCC Functions
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ARSCOARSCO
To satisfy the current and growng needs for climate services, climatological expertise must be readily available at the LOCAL LOCAL LEVELLEVEL. ARSCOs have the best understanding of the climate of their state, and the ability and knowledge to provide climate information to users.
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ARSCOsARSCOs• Infrastructure
– connect to data archives at NCDC, RCCs. – Multiple dissemination pathways,websites
• Services– provide data and information to users, both printed and on-line
• Research– relationships between climate and human activities that impact their state
• Outreach– evaluate the needs of users as required. Educate state citizens people of their states
on current and emerging climate issues • Awareness
– promote its program as well as regional and national programs • Media Contacts
– cultivate print and broadcast media contacts
• Monitoring and Impact Assessments– monitor current climate conditions, evaluate potential future impacts and place events in historical perspective
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Regional Integrated Sciences and Regional Integrated Sciences and AssessmentsAssessments
RISAs support RESEARCHRESEARCH that addresses complex climate sensitive issues of concern to decision-makers and policy planners at regional levels.
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RISA ExpertiseRISA Expertise
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Government PartnersGovernment Partners• NOAA
– Local/Regional Forecast Offices– NEDIS, NWS OAR, CPC, GFDL etc.
• Other Federal Agencies– USDA, BLM, NPS, etc.
• NASA, NSF– Data, research dollars, models etc.
• National Drought Mitigation Center• State Government
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Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part. ~Casey Stengel
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Our collective vision for National Climate Services should build on
existing partnerships. Our goal should be to excel in our positions, but to play as a part of the team.
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Fire Season Stations in AZ from the Western RCC
Regional Data Network from the High Plains RCC
Partnering in DataPartnering in Data
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Partnering with SCsPartnering with SCs
Hybrid Coop/CoCoRaHS PrecipMaps
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• xmACIS (NWS Field Office Use)
• Applied Climate Information System• Data query tool for NWS local climate research/local product development, and to answer customer climate record inquiries• Complete historical climate database with near real-time update
Partnering with NWSPartnering with NWS
•NOWData (Public Use)
• Self-service tool• Subset of xmACIS• Free, limited access• Current year and Normals• Portal for ACIS and NCDC information
http://www.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=btv
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• ThreadEx (Open Use)• Consistent daily temperature and
precipitation extremes
Partnering with Partnering with NWS/NCDC/Private IndustryNWS/NCDC/Private Industry
• WxCoder III (COOP Use) • Internet observation entry system
Partnering with NWS/NCDCPartnering with NWS/NCDC
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Partnering with Federal AgenciesPartnering with Federal Agencies• AgACIS (Custom NRCS data and
products)
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MapNavigationTools
GIS ToolsMetadata
Partners with RISAsPartners with RISAs
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Partnering in Applied ResearchPartnering in Applied Research
Trend Identification in Twentieth-Century U.S. Snowfall: The Challenges Kenneth E. Kunkel, Michael A. Palecki, Kenneth G. Hubbard, David A. Robinson, Kelly T. Redmond, and David R. Easterling Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
SERVICES: A Modern Applied Climate Information SystemKenneth G. Hubbard, Arthur T. DeGaetano, and Kevin D. Robbins Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Winter Orographic Precipitation Ratios in the Sierra Nevada—Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulations and Hydrologic Consequences Michael Dettinger, Kelly Redmond, and Daniel Cayan Journal of Hydrometeorology
RISA - RCC
RCC – ARCSO - NCDC
RCC - RCC
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Some thoughts for continued growth and improvement that may capture and nourish the ideas, energy, talent and commitment of the AMS ……
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• Historical climate data essential but not sufficient• Past to present to future• Expand thinking beyond climate …. ecological, social and
economic data• Data encompass more than observations
• Quality, quantity, scale, uncertainty
• Climate to weather and back again• Decisions do not obey arbitrary time bounds
• Decision Support instead of raw values
Data will remain at the core Data will remain at the core of climate servicesof climate services
Enhanced integration and Enhanced integration and consistency among datasetsconsistency among datasets
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ASOS
Enhanced integration of networksEnhanced integration of networks
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add Coop
Enhanced integration of networksEnhanced integration of networks
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Add MADIS
Enhanced integration of networksEnhanced integration of networks
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• Build upon acquired stakeholder trust• Trust the team not a particular player
• Shared information, tools and solutions• Funding will continue to be at a premium
• Proactive, evolutionary approach• Grounded in tried and true methods
• Understand changing hazards, consequences, adaptations and assets
• challenges and opportunities
On the forefront of climate to On the forefront of climate to decision makingdecision making
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Potential for expansion to go from climate to weather and back again!
Potential utility for climate change impact assessment on ground and estuary water quality
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What are Climate Services and What are Climate Services and What Will They Look Like?What Will They Look Like?
• The Vail Principals• Promote variety of societal benefits /range of users• Address full range of time and space scales• Climate system information
– Integrate climate with societal challenges (climate lens)
• Problem based assessments for better decisions• Ensure accessibility of data/information• Active use engagement and interaction• Cascade of roles … National, agency, university, private
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