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CADRE releases video showcasing data assimilation consortium

The Consortium for Advanced Data Assimilation Research and Education (CADRE), supported by the Weather Program Office through Inflation Reduction Act funding, is introducing itself to the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise at this year’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting. The conference is being held in Washington, D.C. December 9–13, 2024. The video will be…

Floodwater from a river inundates neighborhoods in Minot, North Dakota.

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA fund over $22M to advance research of water-related climate impacts

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provided NOAA $492 million over five years to improve coastal and inland flood and inundation mapping and forecasting capabilities, advance next-generation water modeling activities, and to modernize precipitation frequency atlases for the U.S., including probable maximum precipitation. Funding was also provided to build out subseasonal to annual Integrated Water Capabilities…

New StoryMap: The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System on the Cloud

The Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project (HFIP) supports NOAA’s hurricane forecast and warning capabilities through partnerships with the Environmental Modeling Center, National Hurricane Center, and the Hurricane Research Division. The recently observed increase in the number of hurricanes and tropical storms in the North Atlantic (the most recent season with below normal activity was 2015) highlights…

Biden-Harris Administration invests $10 million to improve risk communication during weather emergencies through Investing in America agenda

Funding will support efforts to evaluate how the public reacts to NOAA services during flood events The funding will be spent over the course of five years and will help to establish NOAA’s Societal Data Insights Initiative within NOAA Research’s Weather Program Office. This initiative will focus on ensuring that communities across the country understand and…

Biden-Harris Administration invests $10 million to improve risk communication during weather emergencies through Investing in America agenda

Editor’s note: this piece was written by Alison Gillespie, NOAA Research Media Contact, in concert with the SDII Weather Program Office Team. The full NOAA press release can be viewed here. Today the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $10 million in funding to support social science research related to flooding services and products as…

Hurricane Ian approaching FL

WINGS Fellow Joseph Knisely’s Research Hopes to Advance Tropical Cyclone Predictions

Generating accurate numerical predictions for tropical cyclones is one of the most challenging problems in weather forecasting. These storms are among the most powerful and destructive extreme weather events on Earth, causing over $1.3 trillion in damages and over 6800 deaths in the US since 1980. The devastating impact of these storms underscores the importance…