Southern Regional Climate Center Louisiana Office of State

Southern Regional Climate Center & Louisiana Office of State Climatology • What Do We Do? • Research • Hurricane landfall return periods • Storm surge return periods • Rainfall frequency analysis • Education/Outreach • IWT • Social Media • Teaching • Climate Data Services • Archiving • Product Development • Dispersal

ACIS – Applied Climate Information System • Developed and designed by the Regional Climate Centers (RCCs) • Bridges the gap between climate data archivers and users • Climate data products developed & modified with users in mind • Components • • • Metadata Data Ingest Products User Interface More Information: www. rcc-acis. org

ACIS – Applied Climate Information System • CLIMOD – Climate Information for Management and Operational Decisions (www. climod. srcc. lsu. edu) • Climate data products via web interface • xm. ACIS (www. xmacis. rcc-acis. org) • Similar to CLIMOD, developed specifically for use by the National Weather Service • sc. ACIS (www. scacis. rcc-acis. org) • Similar to xm. ACIS, developed specifically for use by state climatologists

Application #1 - CLIMOD • Houston, TX (Bush Intercontinental airport), received 9. 92” of rain on April 18 th, is that a 100 year event?

Not quite!

Application #2 - xm. ACIS • There was a long stretch of days in summer 2009 when high temperatures in Baton Rouge were in the mid-90 s and above, was it the longest such stretch ever?

It sure was!

Application #3 - sc. ACIS • It was really warm the night of Christmas Eve into Christmas Day morning, were any record high minimum temperatures set in the area?

Bounding box selection feature!

Several record high minimums temperatures were set!

Selected Additional Sources • Southern Regional Climate Center (www. srcc. lsu. edu) • Louisiana Office of State Climatology (www. losc. lsu. edu) • National Centers for Environmental Information (www. ncdc. noaa. gov) • SCIPP (www. southernclimate. org) • US Precision Lightning Network (www. uspln. com)

Application #4 – SRCC & NCEI • I have some roof damage caused by hail, when may it have hailed in my local area?

(http: //www. srcc. lsu. edu//storm_reports. html)

(http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/stormevents/)

Application #5 - USPLN • Lightning struck my house and started a fire, I need to document when it happened for the insurance claim.

(http: //www. uspln. com)

NCEI Radar Archive (http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/nexradinv/)

River Levels & Forecasts (http: //water. weather. gov/ahps/)

Additional Resources • • • • • Climate Prediction Center: http: //www. cpc. noaa. gov Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, & Snow Network: http: //www. cocorahs. org Weather Station Information: http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/homr/ Advance Hydrological Prediction Service: http: //water. weather. gov/precip/ Storm Prediction Center: http: //www. spc. noaa. gov/ Surface Maps: http: //www. wpc. ncep. noaa. gov/archives/web_pages/sfc_archive. php Forecast Surface Maps: http: //www. wpc. ncep. noaa. gov/noaa_archive. php Climate Reference Network: http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/crn/ Sun & Moon Data: http: //aa. usno. navy. mil/data/docs/RS_One. Day. php Global Historical Climatology Network: http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/ghcnm/v 2. php Drought Monitor: http: //droughtmonitor. unl. edu Climate Information: https: //www. climate. gov US Historical Climatology Network: http: //cdiac. ornl. gov/epubs/ndp/ushcn. html USGS Earthquake Information: http: //earthquake. usgs. gov Tide and Currents: http: //tidesandcurrents. noaa. gov/gmap 3/ National Data Buoy Network: http: //www. ndbc. noaa. gov Louisiana Water Science Center: http: //la. water. usgs. gov