Carrying a suite of 15 instruments, saildrones 1005 and 1006 started their Pacific journey last September from Alameda, California. JENNIFER KEENE, UW/JISAO AND NOAA PMEL By Paul Voosen Two 7-meter-long sailboats are set […]
Scientists discover new link to El Niño
January 31, 2018 Variations in Arctic stratospheric ozone can affect the tropospheric climate at middle-to-high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere and all the way down to the tropics, according to researchers in China. […]
Is the current season of monster hurricanes the new normal?
Thanks to Harvey, Irma and Maria there’s been a lot of damage from tropical systems this year. By David Epstein It’s been a very active hurricane season with some incredible storms reaching levels […]
Knowing El Niño
In early 1998, I was interviewed about the 1997-98 El Niño for an article in the Pennsylvania Gazette (a University of Pennsylvania Publication for Alumni and others). My brother in New England […]
Usable Science II: The Potential Use and Misuse of El Niño Information in North America
Federal Forecasters Say El Niño Will Mean a Wet Winter for the Southern U.S.
Federal forecasters say El Niño will mean a wet winter for the southern U.S. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY 12:57 p.m. EDT October 16, 2015 A wet winter is forecast for the southern […]
Decision Making
Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) and Forecasting El Niño Over a decade ago, the US National Science Foundation developed a program to research the notion of “decision making under uncertainty” (DMUU). DMUU […]