Climate Services and Products for Climate-related Extreme Events

1. Climate Services and Products for Climate-related Extreme Events Wayne Faas NOAA National Climatic Data Center

2. NOAA Climate Services • National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Climate Services • Climate Monitoring of environmental data • Regional Climate Centers • State Climatologists • Placement of weather events into climate/historical perspective • NWS Climate Services • Regional Headquarters • Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) • Weather Forecast Offices • Climate Prediction Center • National Weather Service (NWS)/NCDC Climate Services • National Climate Extremes Committee • State Extremes Committee • Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) • Global monitoring (atmospheric gases, aerosol particles, and solar radiation studies)

3. Climate Products • Climate Monitoring Web Site (NCDC) • Special reports – Aug 2007 heat wave, April 2007 cold, Katrina • Annual reports, monthly reports, weekly reports, daily reports • Special Products/Services • Convective SIGMRT Frequencies • Climate Extremes Index, • North America Climate Extremes Monitoring, • Global Hazards/Extremes, • Tropical Cyclone Monitoring, • Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale. • U.S. Extremes Query Tool • U.S. Drought Monitor and North American Drought Monitor

4. Convective SIGMET Frequencies

5. Climate Extremes Index • The percentage of the contiguous U.S. experiencing extreme climate conditions over time • Operational • Includes 6 types of extremes • Max temp • Min temp • Drought • Heavy Precipitation • Number of Days with Precipitation • Landfalling tropical storms and hurricanes

6. Climate Extremes Indicator

7. North America Climate Extremes Monitor Maximum Length of Dry Spell

8. U.S. Extremes Query Tool

9. Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale • Scale similar to the Saffir-Simpson and Fujita • Originally developed by Kocin and Uccellini • Operationally produced at NCDC within 1 day of a major NE storm

10. U.S. Drought Monitoring • Collaborative effort between CPC, USDA, Drought Mitigation Center and NCDC • Consolidates and centralizes national drought monitoring • Input from the local and regional level • Created on a weekly basis • Rotational Leadership September 20, 2006 10

12. Other Products • Climate Impact Indicators • Crop Moisture Stress Index • Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index • Air Stagnation Index • NE index to potential Ozone Exposure • West Nile Virus Crossover Dates • U.S. Greenhouse Response Index • Index Climate on Residential Natural Gas Demand • Soy Bean Moisture Stress Index,

13. Future Products/Services • Face-to-face with users • Conferences • NCDC hosting a NOAA Data and Information for a Changing Climate – a Conference for Public and Private Sector Users Nov 5-6, 2007 • Target areas: insurance, transportation, energy • 165 registered • will address • challenges and opportunities relating to changing climate for business and government, • the current state of scientific understanding about climate change, and • emerging data and information needs for a changing climate versus a stable one. • During working group sessions organized by sector, attendees will • work with NOAA scientists to identify climate information requirements of their particular sector, • explore NOAA’s capabilities to meet those requirements, and • develop recommendations that NOAA should consider in near-term and long-term planning to leverage and enhance its capabilities.

14. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/monitoring.html

15. QUESTIONS???