1. The Regional Climate Center Program--Past, Present, and Future: Reflections from 40 Years of Regional Climate Services
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Umphlett, Natalie A., Brown, Timothy J., Konrad, Charles E., Wall, Tamara U., Hall, Beth L., DeGaetano, Arthur T., Nielsen-Gammon, John W., Mahmood, Rezaul, and Houston, Tamara G.
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United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- Innovations ,United States. National Centers for Environmental Information -- Innovations ,Decision-making ,Databases -- Innovations ,Natural resources -- North Carolina ,CD-ROM catalog ,Database ,CD-ROM database ,Business ,Earth sciences - Abstract
Since its inception in 1983, NOAA's Regional Climate Center (RCC) Program has been providing timely, customized climate services for decision making across all climate-sensitive sectors. Through this 40-yr period, the RCC Program has not only seen but also has played an active role in, the evolution of climate services from the days of climate data libraries--where books of data were consulted to fulfill simple data requests--to coproduced tools that can calculate sectoral-specific, on-the-fly climate analyses in a matter of seconds. With new technologies emerging, the RCC Program is poised to build on its reputation as a trusted climate service provider by incorporating advanced methods for climate service delivery to continue to meet the needs of the nation. This publication will provide a look back at the evolution of regional climate services over the past 40 years, along with a vision for the future. KEYWORDS: Climate services; Decision support; History, 1. Celebrating 40 years of the Regional Climate Center Program The Regional Climate Center (RCC) Program has its roots in the National Climate Program Act of 1978, which recognized the [...]
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- 2024
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