Three Webinars Available
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
Virtual Alaska Weather Symposium Webinar
Seasonal Forecasting Using an Analog Technique
Presenter: Brian Brettschnieder, University of Alaska Fairbanks
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AKDT
Wednesday, 19 July 2017ACCAP Alaska Climate Webinar
SEARCH for Arctic Answers
Presenter: Brendan Kelly, Executive Director of SEARCH
10:00-11:00 a.m. AKDT
Tuesday, 25 July 2017July 2017 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Presenter: Rick Thoman, Climate Science and Services Manager, National Weather Service
12:00-1:00 p.m. AKDT
Friday, 28 July 2017
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) invites registration for three webinars that will take place during July 2017. Registration is required to attend the webinars. All webinars will be available online or in-person in on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Virtual Alaska Weather Symposium Webinar
Seasonal Forecasting Using an Analog Technique
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AKDT
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) will host a Virtual Alaska Weather Symposium Webinar entitled, "Seasonal Forecasting Using an Analog Technique". The presenter for this webinar will be Brian Brettschnieder of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Strong seasonality is an ever-present fact of life in Alaska. In December, January, and February, much of Alaska has snow on the ground and experiences sub-freezing temperatures. In June, July, and August, long days mean warm temperatures, clouds, rain, and mosquitoes. Within those seasons, large variation exists from one year to the next. Brettschnieder will discuss an International Arctic Research Center (IARC) project that uses an analog technique to forecast seasonal conditions based on previous months' conditions. This type of pattern-match analog forecasting provides long lead-time indications for seasonal conditions.
The analog forecast application tool used can be found at: http://data.61n150w.com/analogs.php
The webinar will be available online or in-person at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Akasofu Building, Room 407.
Registration is required to attend this webinar.
Registration and more information about this webinar is available at: https://accap.uaf.edu/VAWS_Analog
For questions, contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Email: tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu
- ACCAP Alaska Climate Webinar
SEARCH for Arctic Answers
Presenter: Brendan Kelly, Executive Director of SEARCH
10:00-11:00 a.m. AKDT
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Communities and governments need reliable information to adapt to rapid changes in the Arctic environment. Scientists need to continually advance the body of knowledge and, at the same time, answer immediately practical questions. The Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) brings together researchers from diverse disciplines and institutions to accelerate cross-discipline syntheses and to make scientific understanding more readily accessible to policy makers and other stakeholders. Knowledge pyramids utilized in the creation of Arctic Answers foster syntheses and broad understanding across sectors and stakeholder groups, including at the policy level. Brendan Kelly, Executive Director of SEARCH, will discuss SEARCH and the Arctic Answers initiative.
This webinar will be available online or in-person at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Akasofu Building, Room 407.
Registration is required to attend this webinar.
Further information about SEARCH Arctic Answers is available at: https://www.arcus.org/search-program/arctic-answers
Registration and more information about this webinar is available at: https://accap.uaf.edu/SEARCH_Arctic_Answers
For questions, contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Email: tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu
- July 2017 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Presenter: Rick Thoman, Climate Science and Services Manager, National Weather Service
12:00-1:00 p.m. AKDT
Friday, 28 July 2017
The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. Rick Thoman (Climate Science and Services Manager, Environmental and Scientific Services Division, National Weather Service Alaska Region) will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review forecast tools and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for the upcoming season.
Rick will also present a "Feature-of-the-Month" special addition in which each month he will highlight a topic relevant to the particular month.
The National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing will be a monthly series generally taking place the third Friday of each month.
This webinar will be available online or in-person at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Akasofu Building, Room 407.
Registration is required to attend this webinar.
This webinar can be accessed online at: http://accap.adobeconnect.com/july2017/event/registration.html
For questions, contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Email: tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu