Pacific Region RCSD Data & Products (DAPS) Worksheet
This form is used to add or update a DAPS record into Piko (Worsheet Version June 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Pacific Storms Climatology Products
Capability Area
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Data - Physical
Data - Physical
In-situ Observations
Satellite-Remote Observations
Model Results
Reanalysis Products
Bathymetry and Topography
Imagery
Essential Climate Variable - Data
Atmospheric (e.g., Air Temperature, Rainfall, Wind Speed and Direction)
Oceanic (e.g., Water Temperature, Salinity, Acidity, Sea Level, Wave Height)
Terrestrial (e.g., Groundwater, Soil Moisture)
Products - Physical
Products - Physical
Hindcasts (climatologies)
Outloooks (monthly to annual)
Impacts
Drought
Flooding/Inundation
Erosion
Bleaching
Spatial Scale
Region/Nation
Location/Site
Time Scale
Past
Current
Future
Methodology
Obs/In-situ
Obs/Remote
Model/Statistical
Model/Dynamical
Projections (intrannual to multi-decadal)
Guidance, including “Best Practices” Manuals, Toolkits, and Guides
Applications, including Visualization and Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable - Products
Atmospheric (e.g., Air Temperature, Rainfall, Wind Speed and Direction)
Oceanic (e.g., Water Temperature, Salinity, Acidity, Sea Level, Wave Height)
Terrestrial (e.g., Groundwater, Soil Moisture)
Data, Products, and Tools - Non-physical
Data, Products, and Tools - Non-physical
Biological
Socio-economic
Cultural
Other
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Description
Pacific Storms is focused on improving our understanding of patterns and trends of storm frequency and intensity - storminess - within the Pacific region. Pacific Storms is exploring how the climate-related processes that govern extreme storm events are expressed within and between three thematic areas: heavy rains, strong winds, and high seas. Pacific Storms is developing an integrated set of extremes indicators and associated inter-annual and annual strong winds, heavy rains, and high seas derived data products. The intent of these products is to delineate the patterns and trends of extremes within and between locations and regions, how they have been expressed historically, and may be expected to be expressed in a changing climate. Much of the information available via this site represents the analysis of historical records by a team of recognized agency and university-based experts in the area of climate-related processes that govern storminess and its expression in the Pacific region. It includes plots delineating things such as the rates of sea level rise and high water return periods; changes in the frequency of both short-lived intense rainfall events and extended periods of heavy rains; and the linkages of these patterns and trends to climate indices.
Url
http://www.pacificstormsclimatology.org/
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
NOAA/NCDC, Pacific Climate Information System (PaCIS)
Contacts(names, emails)
John Marra, john.marra@noaa.gov
Keywords
Understanding Climate Variability and Change Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Central North Pacific Western North Pacific South Pacific Pacific Basin Products - Physical Hindcasts (climatologies) Projections (intrannual to multi-decadal) Atmospheric (e.g., Air Temperature, Rainfall, Wind Speed and Direction) Oceanic (e.g., Water Temperature, Salinity, Acidity, Sea Level, Wave Height) Public Health and Safety Fresh Water Resources Transportation/Communication and Commerce Community Planning and Development Agriculture and Fisheries Recreation and Tourism
Worksheet
DAP_PSCP.doc