Session 5 NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals: Current Plans and Future Directions

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
153A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 25th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair:
Michael A. Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC

NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is preparing to produce a new set of normals for the United States for the 1991-2020 period. Many normals will be generated in a similar manner to the most recent 1981-2010 cycle. NCEI seeks input from the user community regarding their suggestions for improving current products and methods of access. Requirements for potential new products of greater utility to user communities will also be collected.

Papers:
1:30 PM
5.1
NOAA 1991–2020 U.S. Normals
Michael A. Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC
1:45 PM
5.2
ENSO Normals: A New U.S. Climate Normals Product Conditioned by ENSO Phase and Intensity and Accounting for Secular Trends
Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and M. A. Palecki, C. J. Schreck III, A. H. Young, and A. K. Inamdar
2:00 PM
5.3
Alternative Precipitation Normals Based on NEXRAD Quantitative Precipitation Estimates
B. R. Nelson, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and O. P. Prat and A. Arguez
2:15 PM
5.4
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner