Tuesday, July 30, 2019

[CRYOLIST] August 2019 ACCAP Webinars (Aug 12, 13, 16, & 21)

ACCAP has a several upcoming webinars.  Please share as you see fit.
Tina
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Monday, August 12 @ 11am
Tuesday, August 13 @ 10am
Friday, August 16 @ 12pm
Wednesday, August 21 @ 11am
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Webinar is jointly sponsored with the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and using their webinar platform.

This presentation will highlight recent efforts to incorporate drought-wildfire linkages into the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System. Dan will summarize web tools that have been developed (and some that are still in development) to access EDDI, other drought indices, and remote sensing data (often with global coverage) that can potentially benefit wildland fire management in Alaska. This will focus on EDDI tools developed at NOAA's Physical Science Division and Climate Engine (app.climateengine.org) developed jointly between the Desert Research Institute and University of Idaho.
Registration HERE

Vera Trainer, NOAA Fisheries & Rick Thoman, ACCAP
Algal blooms are not uncommon in the oceans around Alaska, but only rarely are they harmful to people. Along the shores of the Gulf of Alaska, harmful algal blooms are a known hazard. However, in western Alaska, the oceans have historically experienced fewer impacts from the kinds of algae that produce paralytic shellfish and domoic acid poisoning. This presentation will provide an overview of algal toxins and their impacts and a review of the recent changes in ocean climate that now make this a potential hazard for the coasts of western Alaska.
Registration HERE

Rick Thoman, ACCAP
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. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for September 2019 and the remaining fall/early winter season.
Registration HERE

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) have the ability to transport large amounts of water vapor from the tropics poleward into the upper latitudes that can have positive and negative affects on the environment and society. This talk will review what we know of ARs, how forecasters monitor these events, what type of impacts they can have on communities of Alaska and ongoing research particular to Alaska.
Registration HERE
 

Available online or in-person in 407 IARC/Akasofu building on the UAF campus.


For questions contact Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)

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Tina Buxbaum
Program Manager
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
2160 Koyukuk Drive * P.O. Box 757245 * Fairbanks, AK 99775
Phone: 907-474-7812 * Fax: 907-474-5662
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