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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…