New research evaluates method to improve snow depth and snow cover estimations: The potential improvements could help water managers better understand and anticipate changes in the snow reservoir

New MAPP Program-funded research helps shed light on this debate.

Using a new powerful NOAA global climate model, NOAA and partner researchers show that big spikes in daily coastal sea levels will increase in the future from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic coast as warming progresses, but will be driven by differing forces in these two regions.

Following the strong El Niño in 2015, Hawaii experienced record breaking high sea levels in 2017. Impacts of high sea levels include beach erosion, inundation, and failed drainage infrastructure due to saltwater blockage. The processes associated with the Hawaii sea level rise after an El Niño event have so far remained unknown.

Cold spells are defined as a rapid fall in temperatures within a 24-hour period and can harm crop and fruit farms.