NOAA's 49th Climate Diagnostics & Prediction Workshop

Announcement

Joint with 22nd Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW)

It is with great pleasure that we announce the joint NOAA's 49th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop (CDPW49) and 22nd Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW22) that will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska from March 24–27, 2025. The workshop will be hosted by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is co-hosted by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and the Climate Services Branch (CSB) of the National Weather Service (NWS).

The workshop will bring together a diverse community to share developments in research and application of weather and climate information for societal decision-making. Participants will include researchers, service producers, resource managers, emergency managers, planners, practitioners, social scientists, and others making weather- and climate-sensitive decisions. To build a Climate-Ready Nation, contributors along the entire climate services value chain will need to work in partnership with each other and in service to our communities, especially underserved communities and vulnerable populations.

The workshop will include oral and poster presentations, lightning talks, invited speakers, panel sessions, and group discussions. This year's workshop will also feature a special session dedicated to honoring Richard Heim's (NOAA) and Mark Brusberg's (USDA) scientific achievements in drought science and services.

This meeting is currently being planned as a hybrid in person / virtual event, hoping to combine the benefits of a face-to-face meeting with the potential for broader virtual participation. At this time, we are planning to have all speakers and poster presenters on site in Lincoln, with the option for virtual attendance for those who would like to listen to workshop speakers without traveling to Lincoln.Early bird and discounted student registration rates will be available.

The Joint Workshop will focus on these 6 major themes:

1. Predictions, Predictability, and Forecast Verifications of Climate Variability
   Topics of interest include methods and approaches for diagnostics and attribution of climate anomalies and of extreme events, including heat waves, Arctic cold air outbreaks, drought, wildfires, and excessive precipitation/flooding - particularly for the Central U.S. Additional topics include forecast verifications, evaluation metrics and their communication to users, understanding predictability limits, and attributions via process-level diagnostics to physical mechanisms such as tropical variability, polar amplification, sudden stratospheric warmings, marine heat waves, land-atmosphere-ocean interactions, etc.
2. Advances in Improving Subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) / Hydroclimate Prediction
   Topics include recent advancements in S2S dynamical forecast and hydroclimate prediction systems, including improvements in forecast models, initialization, and ensembling techniques; the development of statistical forecast approaches (machine learning / artificial intelligence [ML/AI]); and improving the prediction of climate and hazardous extremes on S2S timescales — particularly in the Central U.S. Other topics of interest include understanding and predicting drought, flood, water availability, water cycle extremes, water resource management, and using advances in precipitation prediction to improve hydroclimate decision support.
3. Use of Frontier Science and Technology to Advance Climate Science
   Topics of interest include a) making use of AI/ML advances in technology to maximize science usability and efficiency of services for effective decision making; b) Social, behavioral, and economic science (SBES) contributions towards understanding user needs and service expectations; and c) enhancing service delivery and communication of climate predictions, to aid decision making by key stakeholders.
4. Drought Monitoring and Assessment
   Topics of interest include recent advancements in drought monitoring science, including but not limited to, development of objective drought blends, drought assessment in a changing climate, development of new indices for better characterizing and monitoring of various drought types (e.g., flash drought, snow drought) and the study of related physical processes. Special session honoring Richard Heim (NOAA) and Mark Brusberg (USDA) highlighting their scientific achievements in drought science and services.
5. Climate-Agriculture Connections and Advancements
   Topics of interest include a) developments in soil moisture monitoring utilizing the new Upper Missouri River Basin network and other new datasets; b) specialty and/or small-scale crop production; c) climate-resilient agriculture; and d) underserved populations (e.g., tribes, women-owned farms, etc.)
6. Service Equity and Environmental/Climate Justice
   Topics of interest include work with existing and new partners to equitably meet the needs of communities and businesses facing hazardous weather and climate events, and their cascading impacts. This theme encompasses engagement and communication practices reaching out to underserved and vulnerable communities, and raising awareness of extreme weather, water, and climate events, their impacts, and safety measures. Other topics include development of tailored and user-friendly climate tools for economic and environmental resilience.

You may submit your abstract using the button below. This page is also where more information, registration details, and the agenda will be available as we approach the workshop.

Abstract Submissions

Click the button below to submit an abstract for the workshop. You may also resubmit a previously submitted abstract. If you have any difficulties, or if you would like to delete a previous submission, please send an email to Cory Baggett (cory.baggett[at]noaa.gov) or Hailan Wang (hailan.wang[at]noaa.gov).

The submission deadline is Monday, November 25, 2024.

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