Northeast Regional Climate CenterNortheast Regional Climate Center
Keith EgglestonKeith Eggleston
Regional ClimatologistRegional Climatologist
NOAA Regional Climate CentersNOAA Regional Climate Centers
NOAA Regional Climate CentersNOAA Regional Climate CentersHistory and Program Management
Developed in response to National Climate Developed in response to National Climate Program Act of 1978Program Act of 1978
Demonstration Projects 1981-1986Demonstration Projects 1981-1986
National Climate Program Office 1986-1991National Climate Program Office 1986-1991
National Weather Service 1991-1997National Weather Service 1991-1997
National Climatic Data Center 1997-presentNational Climatic Data Center 1997-present
Typical RCC PersonnelTypical RCC Personnel
DirectorDirector Regional ClimatologistRegional Climatologist Research Climatologist(s)Research Climatologist(s) Service ClimatologistsService Climatologists Information technologistsInformation technologists
• System administratorSystem administrator• ProgrammerProgrammer
Support staffSupport staff• Administrative assistantAdministrative assistant• Student staffStudent staff
Mission of the NRCCMission of the NRCC
Facilitate the collection, dissemination, Facilitate the collection, dissemination, quality and use of climate dataquality and use of climate data
Monitor regional climate conditions and their Monitor regional climate conditions and their impactsimpacts
Conduct applied researchConduct applied research
Climate ServicesClimate Services
Provide general and user-defined regional Provide general and user-defined regional and local climate products and services to and local climate products and services to external users.external users.
Provide regional and local expertise to a wide Provide regional and local expertise to a wide range of customers.range of customers.
Products evolve from user and partner Products evolve from user and partner interests.interests.
NRCC Requests by User TypeNRCC Requests by User Type
ACIS - Applied Climatological ACIS - Applied Climatological Information SystemInformation System
Computer system to acquire, store, access Computer system to acquire, store, access and distribute a comprehensive collection of and distribute a comprehensive collection of surface observationssurface observations• Historical and near real-time observationsHistorical and near real-time observations• Integrated database of NOAA and other federal Integrated database of NOAA and other federal
and non-federal data sourcesand non-federal data sources
Data provided to NCDC and JAWF dailyData provided to NCDC and JAWF daily
Improved quality control procedures being Improved quality control procedures being implementedimplemented
CLIMODCLIMOD
Web access to climate products and dataWeb access to climate products and data• Daily temperature and precipitation data, normals Daily temperature and precipitation data, normals
and extremesand extremes• Monthly time series summariesMonthly time series summaries• Degree day accumulationsDegree day accumulations• Frost statisticsFrost statistics
Provides dynamic up-to-date climate recordProvides dynamic up-to-date climate record
Free to all NWS offices Free to all NWS offices (call to setup an account)(call to setup an account)
CLIMOD - Main MenuCLIMOD - Main Menu
CLIMOD Product InterfaceCLIMOD Product Interface
CLIMOD - AlmanacCLIMOD - Almanac
CLIMOD - Frost SummaryCLIMOD - Frost Summary
CLIMOD - Time SeriesCLIMOD - Time Series
ACIS Mapping ProductsACIS Mapping Products
Regional and national contour and dot mapsRegional and national contour and dot maps• 38 maps updated daily38 maps updated daily• 14 maps for latest month and season14 maps for latest month and season• Archive of maps for previous months and Archive of maps for previous months and
seasonsseasons• Maps are regenerated as higher quality data are Maps are regenerated as higher quality data are
obtainedobtained
Drought Monitor team uses ACIS maps to Drought Monitor team uses ACIS maps to resolve finer resolutionresolve finer resolution
ACIS MapsACIS Maps
ACIS MapsACIS Maps
ACIS MapsACIS Maps
Specialized ProductsSpecialized Products
Evapotranspiration estimatesEvapotranspiration estimates
Solar radiation estimatesSolar radiation estimates
Wind rose summariesWind rose summaries
Bin temperature summariesBin temperature summaries
Precipitation extremes tables and graphsPrecipitation extremes tables and graphs
Climate MonitoringClimate Monitoring
Ongoing projectsOngoing projects• Monthly web summariesMonthly web summaries
• Climate summary tablesClimate summary tables• Climate impacts reportClimate impacts report
• Northeast Drought PageNortheast Drought Page
• The Grass PageThe Grass Page
Press releases for significant eventsPress releases for significant events
Ongoing MonitoringOngoing Monitoring
Turfgrass MonitoringTurfgrass Monitoring
Drought MonitoringDrought Monitoring
Monitoring of Extreme EventsMonitoring of Extreme Events
ResearchResearch
Applied climate research results appear in Applied climate research results appear in journals and NRCC Research Report seriesjournals and NRCC Research Report series
Many research projects result from requests Many research projects result from requests and products feed back into service area and products feed back into service area
CDMP projectsCDMP projects
Precipitation Extremes Publication Precipitation Extremes Publication
Climate Record Book StationsClimate Record Book Stations
Also 24 Alaska, 4 Hawaii, 10 Pacific Islands, 1 Puerto Rico
CDMP - Climate Record BooksCDMP - Climate Record Books
Seattle Precipitation (TD-3200)Seattle Precipitation (TD-3200)
Annual Precipitation - Seattle from TD3200
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
30.00
35.00
40.00
45.00
50.00
55.00
1948 1958 1968 1978 1988 1998
Precipitation (inches)
… … with CRB addedwith CRB added
Seattle Annual Precipitation - CRB and TD3200
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
1878 1898 1918 1938 1958 1978 1998
Precipitation (inches)
CRB TD3200
Overlap period
Lawn Watering ProjectLawn Watering Project
Lawn Watering ProjectLawn Watering Project
RCC/NWS PartnershipRCC/NWS Partnership
Quality data is the foundation of Quality data is the foundation of everything we do!everything we do!
RCC/NWS PartnershipRCC/NWS Partnership
Improve Improve quantityquantity of coop data ingested in of coop data ingested in near real-timenear real-time• SHEF encoded dataSHEF encoded data• Modernized coop station dataModernized coop station data
Improve Improve qualityquality of coop data of coop data• Monitor observer performanceMonitor observer performance• Work together to resolve data quality issuesWork together to resolve data quality issues
RCC/NWS PartnershipRCC/NWS Partnership
RCCs are a comprehensive regional RCCs are a comprehensive regional resource for climate data, resource for climate data, climate productsclimate products, , and climate informationand climate information• RCCs are set up to handle routine and non-RCCs are set up to handle routine and non-
routine climate data requestsroutine climate data requests• Resources available to assist NWS CFPsResources available to assist NWS CFPs
Cooperative studiesCooperative studies
Contact InformationContact Information
Northeast RCC
1123 Bradfield Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-1749
Fax: 607-255-2106
www.nrcc.cornell.edu
Southeast RCC
2221 Devine St.
Suite 222
Columbia, SC 29205
Toll Free: 1-866-845-1553
Phone: 803-734-9560 / 9559
Fax: 803-734-9573
www.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc/