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August 2020 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for September and the fall season.
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It’s not all Sunshine in Summertime: Interior Alaska’s Changing Warm Season
We'll examine what's happening and what the coming decades may bring for Interior summers.
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VAWS: Deconstructing Surface Water in Permafrost Regions
Speaker: Erin Trochim, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Satellite records from the mid 1980s onward provide the opportunity to examine surface water distribution and change in permafrost regions. This is important because the nature of permafrost can create conditions where change is likely to occur but hydrology conditions can be highly variable. We will discuss…
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September 2020 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for October and the late fall/early winter season.
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Complementary Uses of GEO and LEO Satellite Data in Alaska
For Alaska, LEO and GEO satellites have advantages and disadvantages, however other traditional observation networks are sparse in the state, so it is important to utilize the best qualities of each platform to fully diagnose and monitor hazardous natural events. This presentation will show several examples of how data from each of these satellite platforms can be complementary in this process.
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VAWS: Trends and regional variability of observed Arctic sea ice thickness
I’ll discuss the different methods (satellite instruments and model simulations) of observing sea ice thickness in order to understand changes in the recent Arctic amplification era.
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October 2020 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for November and the early winter season.
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Learning from a regional ocean model: How ocean acidification has changed the seascape of the Gulf of Alaska
Dr. Hauri will present her latest modeling results on how ocean acidification has changed the marine habitats of some of Alaska’s most important species.
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Observing Alaska Lake and River Freeze-up through Fresh Eyes on Ice
This seminar will provide an overview of freeze-up science and how you can be involved in helping share freeze-up and other ice condition observations this winter.
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November 2020 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for December and the winter season.
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VAWS: NWS Alaska Sea Ice Program Operations
We will also look at some times when sea ice in Alaska waters has caused problems for both Alaska residents and others operating within Alaskan waters.
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The 2020 NOAA Arctic Report Card: Overview and Chapter Highlights in the Alaska Context
This webinar will give a broad overview of the 2020 Arctic Report Card followed by Alaska-focused highlights.
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VAWS: Understanding the Alaska Regional Operations Center (ROC) of the National Weather Service
We will discuss the National Weather Service’s structure in Alaska and the ROC’s role in supporting National Weather Service operations and partners at all levels.
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December 2020 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for January (2021) and the remaining winter season.
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VAWS: The November 8, 2020 Fairbanks Snowstorm That Wasn’t.
Join us as we will explore what went wrong, forecast uncertainty, and model failure modes.
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January 2021 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for February and the remaining winter season.
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Are we living in the future? The climate extremes of recent and future Southeast Alaska droughts and floods
Join Rick Thoman, Rick Lader, and Jeremy Littell for a webinar about the past, present and future of precipitation extremes in southeast Alaska.
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The next decade of Alaskan Ocean Acidification Research: What we learned, where 2020 fits, and what’s coming next for the Bering Sea
We will take a look back at the last ten years of OA research in the Bering Sea,, and highlight new, cutting-edge biogeochemical modeling, forecasting, and projection efforts that have dramatically increased our capacity to understand Alaskan OA.
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Alaska Drought Webinar Series: Climate review
Rick Thoman, Alaska climate specialist, who will review past climate information focusing on unusual dry times.
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Alaska Drought Webinar Series: US Drought Monitor Process
David Simeral, drought monitor author, who will explain the U.S. drought monitor process.
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February 2021 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for March and the spring season.
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Alaska Drought Webinar Series: What does drought look like in Southeast Alaska
Join a listening session to share your story, experiences or data and hear from others in the region (Southeast Alaska)
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VAWS: Use of Uncrewed Aerial Systems at the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center
The topic of this presentation is the UAS program started by the APRFC in 2019. We will describe missions flown thus far and types of applications well suited for helping the National Weather Service (NWS) provide its core services.
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Alaska Drought Webinar Series: What does drought look like in Southcentral Alaska
Join a listening session to share your story, experiences or data and hear from others in the region (Southcentral Alaska).
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Alaska Drought Webinar Series: What does drought look like in the Aleutian islands & Southwest Alaska
Join a listening session to share your story, experiences or data and hear from others in the region (Aleutian islands & Southwest Alaska)
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Alaska Drought Webinar Series: What does drought look like in Interior Alaska
Join a listening session to share your story, experiences or data and hear from others in the region (Interior Alaska).
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VAWS: From Chinooks to Santa Anas: Fire Weather in Alaska and Southern California
This presentation will compare the 2019 and 2020 wildfire seasons in Alaska and California from the perspective of a fire weather meteorologist supporting the fire crews and land management agencies.
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March 2021 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for April and the spring/early summer season.
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Alaska Drought Webinar Series: What does drought look like in Northwest Alaska
Join a listening session to share your story, experiences or data and hear from others in the region (Northwest Alaska).
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2021 Alaska River Break-up Preview
Crane Johnson with the NWS Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center will review break-up basics and an overview of current conditions. ACCAP Alaska Climate Specialist Rick Thoman will provide the latest subseasonal outlooks that help inform the APRFC’s official break-up outlook.
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April 2021 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for May and the early summer season.
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Future Projections of Precipitation for Alaska
Join this webinar to learn about a new online statewide precipitation tool designed for engineers, but accessible and interesting to everyone.
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VAWS (2-part talk): Improvement of Satellite 3-D Cloud Structure Information for Aviation Users & Two CIMSS products for Decision Support in Aviation
This presentation will be two part and will cover improvements in decision support products for aviation users.
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Forecasting sap flow in birch trees and green-up in the boreal forest of Interior Alaska
This joint presentation by Rick Thoman with ACCAP and Jan Dawe with the OneTree Alaska (UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station) will highlight ongoing efforts to forecast the timing of these important events and ways this information can be used by Alaskans to plan their spring activities.
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VAWS: 2020 U.S. Climate Normals Project – Alaska Region
This presentation will provide background on methodologies used to generate the normals and updates to the largely similar methods used in the 2010 normals processing.
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What’s changing on our lands, what’s driving these changes, and what can we do about it? A new tool from the Northwest Boreal Partnership to inform sustainable management, stewardship, and research in the north
Please join us to learn more about the recently released book, Drivers of Landscape Change in the Northwest Boreal Region.
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Strait Science – Bering Strait Weather 2020 Recap and 2021 Outlook
land and sea, focusing on the Bering Strait region. Hear how rural communities can collect winter snowpack data through volunteer "Snow Courses!"
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May 2021 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for June and the summer season.
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Lightning: Basics, Theory, and Observations in Alaska
Lightning in Alaska poses unique challenges for the operational forecasting, fire weather, and climate communities. This presentation incorporates these challenges by providing a technical discussion on topics such as lightning terminology, behavior, and networks as well as charging theory in relation to lightning production.
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June 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for July and the remaining summer season.
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Bering Science winter 2020/2021: Sharing science in and around the Bering Sea
This year’s report includes sections on storms, erosion, fish, crab, ocean acidification, plankton, HABs, marine mammals, marine debris and seabirds. The discussion will also provide updates on scientific research taking place during summer 2021 in the Bering Sea region.
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Using a random forest model to predict historical PM2.5 in Alaska
This presentation will discuss the use of a random forest model to exam air quality in Alaska.
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July 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for August and early fall season.
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VAWS: NOAA Enterprise Cloud Products and Introduction to the Next GOES Series (GeoXO)
With high spatial resolutions, GOES data are becoming more and more relevant to Alaska. This seminar will provide the current plans for GeoXO and how to become involved in the process.
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VAWS: Predicting and Monitoring Heavy Precipitation in Complex Terrain
Speakers: Carl Dierking, Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) University of Alaska (UAF)Aaron Jacobs, National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office, Juneau AlaskaKyle Van Peursem, Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center, NWS (non-presenting author) The vast and complex terrain of Alaska can make it difficult to forecast and assess the severity of heavy precipitation events in remote…
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August 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for September and fall season.
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Communicating Arctic Climate Change to a Global Audience
In this webinar members of the team from eCampus and IARC will present on the growth and strategy behind Massive Open Online Courses as a mechanism of both education and communication, and on the goals and structure of this course more specifically.
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VAWS: Future Projections of Precipitation for Alaska Infrastructure
Join this webinar to learn about the data downscaling and modeling techniques used to apply temporally fine-scale precipitation projections to an online statewide tool designed for and used by engineers.
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September 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for October and late fall/early winter season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.
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Another Climate Report: Responsibility, A Quick Guide and Accountability
This is a joint webinar between the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy and the Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network.
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Co-producing Understanding of Drivers & Consequences of Environmental Arctic Change
The Study of Environmental Arctic Change is beginning a new phase in which we are facilitating co-produced syntheses across disciplines and knowledge systems. In this webinar, we will introduce our team leaders, describe our approach, and seek participation of Indigenous, scientific, and decision-making experts.
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VAWS: A Kriging-Based Quantitative Precipitation Estimate for the Alaska Region With Confidence Bounds
Speaker: Brett Hoover, University of Wisconsin-Madison In collaboration with NWS Alaska and the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center, we have developed a quantitative precipitation estimate (QPE) for 6-hour accumulated precipitation over the Alaska region by merging rain gauge data with high-resolution numerical weather prediction forecast data. Merging is achieved through kriging, a geostatistical interpolation technique that…
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October 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for November and early winter season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.
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The Yukon Flats Changing Environment: an overview of observed and measured landscape change
Mark Bertram, supervisory wildlife biologist for the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge will guide you through the impacts of climatic change on resources in the Yukon Flats Basin.
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VAWS: A tale of two ice floes
Speakers will introduce some of the science that was carried on these two ice floes and reflect on how the unexpected weather and ice conditions can create challenges, but also offer new insights.
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November 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for December and winter season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.
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ACCAP – Building Healthy and Thriving Alaskan Communities, Economies, and Ecosystems in a Changing Climate
ACCAP's portfolio of interwoven research and engagement in Alaska supports the underlying vision of building healthy and thriving Alaskan communities. Core themes include extreme events and impacts and capacity building in support of Tribal resilience. This webinar will detail ACCAP's proposed activities for the next 5 years.
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VAWS: Enhancing WFO Operations Through GIS
Operational meteorology is ever-changing, and there is an increasing need to provide enhanced Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS), outreach-related activities, and telework status for COVID mitigation. WFO Juneau has developed tools using ArcGIS online to fulfill these needs. Recent developments include interactive situational awareness dashboards, educational Storymaps, and office recruitment material. We will demonstrate some of these new tools and their usages.
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December 2021 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for January 2022! and the late winter season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.
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January 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy (ACCAP) We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate…
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Alaska’s fire weather hotspot and its response to regional atmospheric circulation at weather and climate time scales
In this webinar, we will discuss historical relationships between regional atmospheric circulation and peak CEI fire weather conditions (e.g., BUI maxima) through the different fire season phases (i.e., wind, duff, drought, and diurnal periods) during the 1979-2020 period.
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Arctic Report Card 2021: Disruptions to Environments and Peoples
Speakers: Rick Thoman (ACCAP), Tom Ballinger (UAF), Walt Meier (National Snow & Ice Data Center) NOAA's 16th annual Arctic Report Card was released in December, with an overarching theme documenting ongoing and incipient disruptions to Arctic environments and peoples. This year's report card features 14 essays and ACCAP's Rick Thoman will provide a drive-by tour of…
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VAWS: A brief introduction to the ALPACA project
Speakers: Dr. Jingqiu Mao, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute Dr. Peter DeCarlo, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Kathy Law, Laboratoire Atmospheres, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Centre de National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS/Sorbonne Université/UVSQ), Paris, France Dr. Jochen Stutz, University of California Los Angeles This presentation will provide a brief introduction to the Alaskan Layered…
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Climate change and impacts projections for Alaska: From rough generalizations to custom information
Speaker: Jeremy Littell, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC) Climate futures - the projected changes in climate and their impacts - are key content for adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments, and other planning efforts that consider climate change and its impacts. Despite this need, climate projections consistent with best practices for climate information and tailored to…
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February 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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Bering Strait: The 2020 Foreign Marine Debris Event
Speaker: Gay Sheffield, Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program During summer 2020, the Bering Strait region of Alaska experienced a marine debris event that brought garbage ashore that was different from the types and amount typically observed. A collaborative response to the event was undertaken by the regional public out of concern for food security,…
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Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026: Overview & Next Steps
Speakers: David Payer, Ecosystems Branch Leader, National Park ServiceDavid Allen, Program Manager, NOAA Arctic Research ProgramErik Obrien, Community and Economic Development Program Manager, Denali CommissionSteve Gray, Director of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, U.S. Geological SurveyJohn Pearce, Program Manager, U.S. Geological SurveyLiz Weinberg, IARPC Web manager and Community CoordinatorSorina Stalla, IARPC BIP Development Director…
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Time-series maps reveal widespread change in plant functional type cover across arctic and boreal Alaska and Yukon
Speaker: Matt Macander, ABR, Inc. Widespread changes in the distribution and abundance of plant functional types (PFTs) are occurring in Arctic and boreal ecosystems due to the intensification of disturbances, such as fire, and climate-driven vegetation dynamics, such as tundra shrub expansion. To understand how these changes affect boreal and tundra ecosystems, we map a…
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March 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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VAWS: Subjective Evaluation of Sea Ice Guidance at Operational Ice Centers
Speaker: Eugene Petrescu, National Weather Service Sea ice models have shown significant improvements over the past decade as targeted research to better understand physical processes related to sea ice evolution were incorporated into the models. This has been driven by the rapid changes in sea ice and the impacts on communities and transportation activities in…
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ACCAP Small Grants Program – Informational Session
Speakers: Adelheid Herrmann, Sarah Trainor, & Delores Gregory (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy) In this informational webinar and Q&A session, speakers will provide an overview of ACCAP’s new Small Grants Program, which aims to build resilience and climate adaptation capacity in regional and statewide nonprofit organizations serving Alaska Native peoples. This new program…
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Green-up in Interior Alaska: When and Why it Matters
This webinar will be the third annual review of the green-up forecasting tools and will provide a look-ahead for green-up for Spring 2022.
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2022 Alaska River Break-up Preview
Speakers: Rick Thoman (ACCAP), Crane Johnson (NWS Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center) There's a deep spring snowpack across Alaska as spring melt approaches. Crane Johnson with the NWS Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center will review break-up basics and an overview of current conditions. ACCAP Alaska Climate Specialist Rick Thoman will provide the latest subseasonal outlooks that help…
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VAWS: The NOAA VIIRS Active Fire Product
Speaker: Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research The Visible Infrared Imaging Spectroradiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor on board the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series provides high quality radiometric measurements to enable detection and characterization of active fires. The current primary baseline NOAA operational product includes fire detection and fire radiative power (FRP)…
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April 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for May 2022 and the early summer season.
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VAWS: High-resolution forecasting of wildfire activity and smoke: The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model
Join us for a presentation about NOAA’s High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model configuration, see results from retrospective simulations during recent years, and hear about current work to develop a novel fire weather index called Hourly Wildfire Potential (HWP).
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May 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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Fostering convergence to address complex Arctic climate challenges: Identifying opportunities with the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) Program
Join this webinar to find out more about convergence research, formation and activities of upcoming Convergence Working Groups, and broader opportunities for cross-community interaction within the NNA-CO.
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VAWS: NOAA’s Regional Climate Services (RCS) Program: what does it do and how does it work with other entities?
Learn about services that the NCEI's Regional Climate Service Program can provide in Alaska.
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June 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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Eurasian Snow Cover Variability Links with Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling and its Impacts on Alaskan Weather
Using both observational analysis and novel numerical modeling experiments, we showed that autumn snow cover extent and Arctic sea ice trends can force observed increasing trends in stratospheric polar vortex stretching and surface impacts. Our analysis provides a dynamical link between rapid Arctic change and extreme winter weather across large regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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July 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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S.T. Lee lecture: Climate Solutions for Pacific Island Resilience – the Pacific RISA Program
Dr. Laura Brewington (Arizona State University, the East-West Center) will provide an introduction to the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program, one of 11 NOAA RISA programs in the United States focused on regional climate science and adaptation. Now in its 16th year, the Pacific RISA is generating equitable climate solutions in Hawaii…
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Bering Science Spring 2022 – Communicating science in and around the Bering Sea
Join us for an overview of the Bering Science publication, featuring speakers on crab, salmon, seabirds and climate in the Bering Sea.
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VAWS: Second Generation CMORPH for Real-Time Monitoring
The most important purpose of this webinar is to get feedback from our colleagues in the field offices on how we may improve the CMORPH2 to better serve operational applications in weather, water, and climate.
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August 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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100th NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join us for the 100th NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing and learn about Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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VAWS: Sitka Landslide Risk Dashboard & Geohazards in Southeast Alaska
Over the last five years, the Sitka Sound Science Center has partnered with an inter-disciplinary, inter-agency team of local and technical experts to develop and disseminate a landslide risk dashboard.
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Observing Alaskan Lake and River Ice through Fresh Eyes: Focus on Freeze-up
We’ll discuss new efforts being made to improve ice observation in Alaska and ways that you can help.
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Climate, salmon, and fishing communities: Collaborative, solutions-oriented science for Alaska
Online onlySpeaker: Erik Schoen, International Arctic Research Center, UAF As Alaska's salmon respond to a rapidly changing environment, our fishing communities are experiencing record highs, disastrous lows, and uncertainty about what the future will bring. Climatic conditions affect salmon throughout their life cycle, from freshwater to the ocean and back. Climate can also influence salmon indirectly…
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October 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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VAWS: The Alaska Aviation Weather Unit and Volcanic Ash Advisory Center
Speaker: Joshua Maloy (National Weather Service) The Alaska Aviation Weather Unit/Anchorage Volcanic Ash Advisory Center is a dual office that has both meteorological watch office and volcanic ash advisory center responsibilities. Falling under the auspices of NOAAs National Weather Service, the dual-office is located in Anchorage, AK. The presentation will provide an overview of operations,…
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Alaska Fire Season 2022: Focus on Southwest Alaska and Impacts on Vegetation and Fuels
Online onlySpeakers: Rick Thoman (ACCAP Climate Specialist) and JJ Frost (ABR, Inc. Plant Biologist) The 2022 fire season in Alaska was unprecedented. Southwest Alaska experienced record-breaking fires that impacted local communities and challenged management resources. This webinar will review the weather, climate, and ecological factors that contributed to the severe wildfire season, with an in-depth look…
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November 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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Laying the Foundation for Resilient Coastal Communities
Speaker: Rich Buzard The UAF Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab uses a combination of remote sensing, ground and aerial surveys and citizen science to measure erosion and flooding in several Alaskan villages. During this webinar Rich will describe their work monitoring coastal erosion and laying the foundation for resilience in coastal Alaskan communities.
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December 2022 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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Southeast Alaska Drought
Join us to review the SE Alaska Drought Report. We'll discuss drought history, causes, and impacts. Select community perspectives will be highlighted.
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January 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join us online to review climate conditions around Alaska and learn what may be in store in the coming months.
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VAWS: Applications of NOAA Satellite Imagery at High Latitudes
This presentation will share examples and best practices for leveraging GOES and JPSS satellite data in the high latitudes.
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Arctic Report Card: Background and Key Finding
Speakers: Rick Thoman (ACCAP Climate Specialist), John Walsh (Climate Scientist) and Robb Kaler (USFW Migratory Bird Management) During this month's VAWS webinar, we will review the process used to create the Arctic Report Card, the value of the information that is provided, and key findings from this year's report. The Arctic Report Card checks in…
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Moose on the Move: Science to Prevent Moose-Vehicle Collisions in a Changing Climate
This webinar will draw a link between seasonal changes in driving difficulty and moose movements that lead to a predictable spike in moose-vehicle collisions during winter. We can use this knowledge to predict the times and places where collision risk is highest, and ultimately reduce avoidable human and animal suffering.
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February 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
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Geolinguistic Evidence of Ahtna/Dene Presence at High-water Levels of Glacial Lake Atna
An updated video, which includes an additional 10 minutes of information at the end, can be found on the UAF e-campus website at this link: https://media.uaf.edu/media/t/1_7eqen396 Speaker: James Kari, Emeritus…
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VAWS: Forecasting at High Latitudes Requires Both GEO and LEO Satellites
Speaker Scott Lindstrom will talk will focus on why combining data from polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites is vital for Alaska forecasting.
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March 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecast tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for April…
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Indigenous Self-Determination in Co-Production of Knowledge
Speaker: Margaret Rudolf As part of Rudolf's Interdisciplinary PhD Dissertation Defense, she will focus on co-production of knowledge, which has become popular in arctic research. There is a rising need…
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VAWS: Predicting pyroCumulonimbus (pyroCb) events through remote sensing resources in support of National Weather Service and firefighting agencies
This presentation will examine the efficacy of NUCAPS-derived near-surface lapse rate and vapor pressure deficit, mid-troposphere moisture content, and instability parameters to facilitate early warning of pyroCb development. NRL-MMD is developing fire pixel clustering and NUCAPS filtering techniques to focus on specific wildfire events that are likely to produce pyroCb activity. The overarching objective is to provide weather forecasters and firefighting agencies with a potentially invaluable resource related to hazards ensuing from convective cloud development over active wildfires.
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Alaska Spring River Breakup
Speakers: Celine van Breukelen (Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy) There’s a deep snowpack across Alaska as spring melt approaches. Celine van…
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April 2023 NWS Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, highlight some forecast tools and finish up with the Climate…
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Green-up in the Alaska Boreal Forest
Speakers: Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy) and Jan Dawe (OneTree) Green-up, that time when leaves burst forth from Alaska’s deciduous trees, has important implications for the…
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Arctic Marine Ecosystem Research and Opportunity to Provide Input for New Northern Bering Sea Research Program
Speaker: Danielle Dickson, North Pacific Research Board The Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (IERP) studied the marine ecosystem in the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea 2016-2021. The multi-disciplinary program documented…
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Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Alaska
Speaker: Bruce Wright, Knik Tribe Chief Scientist In Alaska, paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is caused by toxins (PSTs) produced by the microscopic marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella. PSP is usually associated with…
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VAWS: An introduction to the West Coast and PolarWatch Nodes of NOAA CoastWatch
Speakers: Cara Wilson, Dale Robinson, & Sunny Hospital PolarWatch is part of NOAA’s CoastWatch program with a primary mission to distribute satellite and other geospatial data products for polar regions and to make the data products easily accessible to data users. They provide access to near real time and historical satellite and non-satellite data of…
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May 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools, and finish up with the Climate…
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VAWS: New NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Products for Wildland Fire Applications
With Alaska wildland fire applications in mind, this presentation will introduce the NESDIS Wildland Fire Program, highlight product development and demonstration activities, and facilitate continued dialogue with stakeholders.
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June 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools, and finish up with the Climate…
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A Crash Course on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR): what it is, ways to do it, and context in Alaska
Speaker: Jessica Cross, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Human-induced climate changes already affect every inhabited region across the globe, with potentially dire consequences for many ecosystems and human communities. Under…
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July 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss some forecasting tools and finish up with the Climate…
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VAWS: Extreme Precipitation and the Blue Economy around Chugachmiut
Speaker: Jessica Cherry, NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Cherry will discuss the history and impacts of extreme precipitation in Seward, Valdez, Cordova, and Kodiak, and connections to the maritime economy and infrastructure. Implications for a changing climate in these communities will also be discussed. This talk serves as a scientific companion piece to…
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August 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss some forecasting tools and finish up with the Climate…
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Wildfire and Invasive Plants in Alaska’s Boreal Forest
Speakers: Katie Spellman, Christa Mulder, and Taylor Seitz (University of Alaska Fairbanks) A warmer climate, increased human disturbance and transport, increased propagule pressure from growing non-native plant populations, and increased…
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Bering Science: Observations and Research Important to Bering Sea Communities
Speakers: Vanessa von Biela (USGS Alaska Science Center), Thomas Farrugia (Alaska Ocean Observing System), Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy), Leah Zacher (NOAA Fisheries) Join us for…
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September 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss some forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for…
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Northern Climate Reports: Ecological Futures in Stories, Charts, and Data
Speakers: Nancy Fresco, Craig Stephenson, Mike DeLue, Carolyn Rosner (UAF Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning). A changing climate is altering northern landscapes and there is a need for…
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VAWS: An Overview of the 2023 Alaska Spring Breakup Season
Remote Sensing Tools Used by the NWS Alaska Pacific River Forecast Speaker: Bob Busey, NWS Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center. The spring break up of 2023 was among the worst of the last thirty years for flooding across the state. The cool April slowed the melting and weakening of the river ice across many of…
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El Niño: What is it and Why it Matters for Alaska
Speakers: Scott Handel (NOAA Climate Prediction Center) & Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy). El Niño is back and is making news. Beyond the headlines, what does…
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VAWS: NOAA Satellite Snowfall Rate Product for Nowcasting
Speaker: Dr. Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) The NOAA/NESDIS operational snowfall rate (SFR) product is derived from a constellation of polar-orbiting satellites. Recent advancements have substantially…
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October 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss some forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for…
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VAWS: Developing High-Resolution Records of Storminess from the Southern Bering Sea
Speakers: Reyce Bogardus & Vladimir Alexeev (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) In the Bering Sea, rapid climate change may be causing more intense storms, flooding and erosion. As a modern example,…
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November 2023 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss some forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate…
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The 2023 Wildfire Season in the North: A Tale of Two Extremes
Speakers: Speakers: Piyush Jain (Natural Resources Canada) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy) In 2023, Canada experienced the worst wildfire season on record, including record high…
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The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5): Alaska Chapter Overview
The Alaska chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment examines how climate change affects various aspects of our society. From health and livelihoods through our built environment and our security,…
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December 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss some forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate…
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Arctic Report Card: Background and Key Findings
Speakers: Rick Thoman (ACCAP), Zack Labe (Princeton University and NOAA GFDL), Erik Schoen (International Arctic Research Center), and Roberta Glenn (Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub) The Arctic Report Card annually updates…
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Flooding and Environmental History in the Upper Tanana Region near Manh Choh
Speaker: Jessica Cherry, NOAA’s Regional Climate Service Director for Alaska, part of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Join us for this month's VAWS to review the recent…
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January 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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Practicing partnership: co-production and boundary spanning in rural Alaska
This event has been postponed. Further information will be provided here soon. This 4-hour dialogue will bring together UA graduate students, staff and faculty to discuss the nuts and bolts…
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Decision Support in the High Arctic: five weeks of embedded deployment aboard the R/V Sikuliaq
Speaker: Michael Lawson, Alaska Sea Ice Program Join us for this month's VAWS webinar to hear about the decision support work being conducted on the research vessel Sikuliaq. The R/V…
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February 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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Extreme Precipitation in Southeast Alaska: Visualizing Climate Modeling with a Storymap
Speakers: Zav Grabinski and Richard Lader, International Arctic Research Center Learn about the latest precipitation models for southeast Alaska in a visually captivating format. These models, a product of the…
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March 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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April 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy). We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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Tools for monitoring Alaskan river ice break-up from the ground, air and space
Speaker: Crane Johnson (National Weather Service, Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center) and Mohamed Abdelkader (Stevens Institute of Technology). Spring break-up season is upon us! Join us for an action packed session to…
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The 2023 Mendenhall Glacial Lake Outburst Flood and a look at other Alaskan glacial dammed lakes
Speakers: Aaron Jacobs (National Weather Service) and Crane Johnson (Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center). Join us for this month's VAWS webinar to learn about glacial dammed lakes in Alaska and…
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Alaska Spring River Breakup
Speakers: Celine van Breukelen (Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy). There’s a deep snowpack across Alaska as spring melt approaches. Celine van…
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Green-up in the Alaska Boreal Forest
Speakers: Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy) and Jan Dawe (OneTree). Green-up, that time when leaves burst forth from Alaska’s deciduous trees, has important implications for the…
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May NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for June…
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VAWS: Multi-satellite Water Vapor Products at the Weather Climate Interface
Speaker: John Forsythe, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere Water vapor is the fuel for much of what we perceive as weather, including the formation of clouds and precipitation.…
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Understanding Alaska Extreme Events
Speakers: Caroline Erickson (ACCAP Alaska Fellow) and Rick Thoman (ACCAP Climate Specialist) Extreme weather and climate events can have dramatic impacts on Alaskans lives and livelihoods but it can be…
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VAWS: Detecting and Tracking Smoke and Blowing Dust using JPSS VIIRS Aerosol Products
Speaker: Amy Huff, NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research Atmospheric smoke and dust are hazards that impact human health and welfare. Level 2 (derived) aerosol observations from the Visible…
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June 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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July 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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Spruce beetles under changing climate conditions
Speaker: Nancy Fresco, UAF Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning Historically, Alaska’s cold climate has protected much of the state from major outbreaks of spruce beetles. Interior Alaska has…
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August 2024 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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VAWS: Differentiating between impactful and non-impactful Atmospheric River events in Southeast Alaska
Speakers: Deanna Nash (Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and Aaron Jacobs (National Weather Service) Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are known to trigger floods, landslides,…
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Alaska’s Berry Futures: what is happening in a changing climate and what we can do about it
Speakers: Katie Villano Spellman and Christa Mulder (University of Alaska Fairbanks) People throughout Alaska have noticed a range of changes in their beloved berry species, from changing in the timing…
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GLOBE and the GLOBE Observer App in Alaska: Decades of Environmental Data and Learning
Speaker: Christina Buffington, University of Alaska Fairbanks Join us for this month's VAWS webinar to learn about the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program, which has…
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Landscape of Tribal Communities: Context for Working in Rural Alaska
Speaker: Adelheid Herrmann, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. Current funding opportunities for Arctic climate research and Indigenous priorities are needed but can simultaneously place a burden on Tribal…
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September NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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VAWS: Assessing Freezing Spray Algorithms
Speaker: Gene Petrescu, NWS Alaska Region Arctic Test Bed. Freezing Spray is the leading cause of marine fatalities in Alaska waters. Notable events of vessel sinkings due to freezing spray…
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October NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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From Spark to Strategy: Understanding Alaska’s Wildland Fire Response
Speakers: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy; Jake Dollard, Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service; and Norm McDonald, Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection The…
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Practicing Partnership: co-production and boundary spanning in rural Alaska
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Figus, Figus Consulting Services This webinar will synthesize four years of community-based climate services work in Southeast Alaska. A guidance framework will be presented for research co-production,…
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November NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction…
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VAWS: Supporting USCG and R/V Norseman II through Satellite Imagery
Speaker: Michael Lawson (Asst. Sea Ice Meteorologist/Alaska Sea Ice Program) In June 2024, the research vessel Norseman II was partially-disabled and trapped in sea ice for a two week period…
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December NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick ThomanWe will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for January 2025 and the winter…
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January NWS Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for January…
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Alaska’s Changing Environment 2.0 – physical and biological changes in and around Alaska
Speakers: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy; Bobby Schaeffer, Kotzebue Elder and Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub; Roberta Glenn-Borade, Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge; Erik Schoen,…
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VAWS: New Satellite Imagery for Sea Spray, Blowing Snow, and Water Vapor Detection in Alaska
Speaker: Bill Line, NOAA/NESDIS This presentation highlights innovative satellite imagery products for Alaska, specifically for detecting sea spray, blowing snow, and water vapor. Using newly developed RGB combinations applied to…
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Arctic Report Card Webinar
The Arctic Report Card annually updates the state of the Arctic climate and the ways the changing Arctic is impacting people. This year's Report Card includes an essay on the…
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Climate Engine Tools: On-Demand Insights from Climate and Remote Sensing Data
Speaker: Kristen O’Shea, Geospatial Data Scientist within the Climate Engine team at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) Discover how Climate Engine tools empower users of all skill levels to harness…
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February NWS Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for March…
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Ocean Acidification Webinar
Speakers: Darcy Dugan (Director of Alaska's Ocean Acidification Network) & Natalie Monacci (Director of the Ocean Acidification Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks) Ocean acidification is a growing topic of…
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March NWS Climate Briefing
We will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for April 2025 and the early summer season.…
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VAWS: Fire weather in Alaska and the NWS IMET program
Speaker: Ben Bartos, NWS Alaska Fire Weather Program Manager Fire Weather in Alaska is a team effort with a multi-agency approach used to forecast fire weather conditions across the state. This…
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April NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy During this month's Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and…
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Alaska Spring River Breakup
Speakers: Kyle Van Peursem (Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy) Snowpack is highly variable around Alaska as the main snowmelt season approaches.…
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Green-up in the Alaska Boreal Forest
Speakers: Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy), Jan Dawe (OneTree) and Susan Harry (University of Alaska Fairbanks) Spring in Alaska means important happenings in the boreal forest.…
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Special ACCAP listening session on potential funding loss
Why are we having this listening session? You may have heard the news, the White House plans to eliminate climate research at NOAA. ACCAP is funded entirely by NOAA’s Climate Program Office so…
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Ahtna Place Names for officially unnamed features in and around Glacial Lake Atna
Speaker: James Kari, Emeritus, Alaska Native Language Center Kari's 2019 article presents geolinguistic evidence that a group of about 20 names called "The Nen' Yese' Ensemble" were coined by eyewitnesses…
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VAWS: Rural Alaskan Fresh Food Supply Chains and Constraints
Speaker: Mike Jones, UAA Institute of Social Economic Research Delivering goods to Alaska and distributing them throughout our on- and off-road communities is a formidable challenge. Long, complex supply chains,…
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Making Sense of Alaska’s Changing Wildfire Environment
Speakers: Zav Grabinski (Alaska Fire Science Consortium and ACCAP), Sam Harrel (Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection) and Beth Ipsen (BLM Alaska Fire Service). Wildfire activity in Alaska is…
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May NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and…
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June NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and…
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July 2025 NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Climate Specialist During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the…
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VAWS: Introduction to the Metop-SG constellation and METImage
Speaker: Curtis Seaman, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere The first satellite of the next-generation polar-orbiting satellite program developed by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites…
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Tradition is the future: the YETIs have an ACCAP-funded summer
Speaker: Daniella Hernandez, CRNA Youth Employment Training Initiative The Youth Employment Training Initiative (YETI) program at the Copper River Native Association (CRNA) is vital for creating tangible career pathways for…
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August NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Alaska Climate Specialist During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the…
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VAWS: Communicating Forecast Uncertainty in Alaska: Tools and Techniques for Leveraging Ensemble Forecasts
Speaker: David Levin, National Weather Service Arctic Testbed & Proving Ground This VAWS presentation will explore the philosophy behind why we communicate uncertainty in the forecast and address some misconceptions…
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September NWS Alaska Climate outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting tools, and finish up with the…
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VAWS: Powering Alaska’s Digital Atlas
Speaker: Leslie Jones, PhD, Geospatial Information Officer for the State of Alaska About the webinar: Alaska’s scale demands collaboration. This VAWS webinar highlights how the Alaska Geospatial Office (AGO) is…
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October NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…
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Ex-Typhoon Halong: The Weather and Climate Story
Speakers: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, and Ed Plumb, Weather and Flood Hazards Specialist, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness On October 11–12, 2025, ex-Typhoon Halong brought catastrophic flooding and…
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November NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…
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VAWS: Weather and Avalanche Forecasting in Southcentral Alaska
Speakers: Carson Jones, Lead Meteorologist, NWS Anchorage, and Mik Dalpes, Avalanche Specialist, Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center About the webinar: This VAWS webinar examines the complexities of forecasting mountain weather…
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December NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…
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January NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness 2025 and the start of 2026 brought a lot of extreme weather to Alaska. During this month’s Climate…
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Adventurer Meets Expert: A Practical and Scientific Guide to Using Windy.com in Alaska
Speakers: Luc Mehl, Alaska-based Adventurer/Outdoor Educator, Triple Point Training, and Jonathan Chriest, Lead Meteorologist, National Weather Service About the Webinar: This webinar introduces practical ways to use Windy.com for planning…
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VAWS – Introducing NISAR: NASA’s Biggest Earth Observation Mission
Speaker: Franz Meyer, Professor, UAF Geophysical Institute, Chief Scientist, Alaska Satellite Facility About the webinar: Some of the recent earthquakes in Alaska and across the globe showed us how violently…
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Arctic Report Card 2025: Celebrating the 20th Edition
Speakers: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist (AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness), Abagael Pruitt, Postdoctoral Scholar (University of California Davis), Hannah-Marie Ladd, Indigenous Sentinels Network (Aleut Community of St. Paul…
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VAWS – Monitoring and Communicating Glacier Outburst Flood Hazards from Mendenhall Glacier
Speaker: Eran Hood, Professor of Environmental Science, University of Alaska Southeast About the webinar: Suicide Basin, an ice-marginal lake along Mendenhall Glacier, has released outburst floods every year since 2011.…
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Introduction to the AOOS Ocean Data Explorer
Speaker: Taylor Borgfeldt (Alaska Water Level Watch Coordinator) and Sheyna Wisdom (Executive Director) with the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) Explore Alaska’s coastal and ocean environment like never before with…
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LEO Network – Helping to Understand Environmental Vulnerability and Change
Speaker: Mike Brubaker, Director, Community Environment and Health, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium The Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network was originally developed as a tele-consultation tool, to provide referrals on…
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February NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…
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VAWS – Underwater Storms: How harmful algal blooms form and their impacts on Alaska’s oceans
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Farrugia, Scientific Program Manager, AOOS, Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Network Coordinator About the webinar: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Alaska can produce toxins that move through the…
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March NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, we will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…
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When Every Second Counts: How Alaskans Get Emergency Alerts
Panelists: Nancy Durham, Fairbanks North Star Borough; Aviva Braun, National Weather Service; Dave Snider, National Tsunami Warning Center; Mark Roberts, AK State Emergency Operations Center; Dennis Bookey, AK State Emergency…
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April NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, Rick will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…
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Alaska Spring River Breakup Outlook
Speakers: Kyle Van Peursem (NWS Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center) and Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness) Tune in for the latest update and outlook on river ice…
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VAWS – Exploring Alaska’s Weather and Environment through Online Courses from COMET MetEd
Speakers: Amy Stevermer, Scientist, and Patrick Dills, Scientist, The COMET Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research About the webinar: Alaska is a place of remote areas and harsh environmental conditions,…
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Tracking Green-up in Alaska’s Boreal Forest
Speakers: Rick Thoman (Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness), Jan Dawe (OneTree) and Susan Harry (University of Alaska Fairbanks) Green-up, when leaves burst forth from Alaska’s deciduous trees, has…
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Winter Rain in Interior Alaska: Local Impacts and Practical Solutions
Speaker: Eleanor Greenbaum, Policy Fellow (Alaska Fellows Program) working with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness As winter rain becomes more frequent in Alaska’s Interior, communities must understand…
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May NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, Rick will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…
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Documenting Extreme Event Impacts Throughout Alaska
Speaker: Anjali Shah, Extreme Events Fellow (Alaska Fellows Program) working with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness From coastal flooding to winter rain to landslides, extreme weather significantly…
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June NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Speaker: Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist, AK Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness During this month’s Climate Outlook Briefing, Rick will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecasting…