Climate
Areas of Research
- Climate prediction
- Impacts of climate variability and change
- Evaluation of water and energy cycles
JISAO climate research has several major focal points:
- increasing understanding of the global ocean through modeling and monitoring;
- improving knowledge of ocean-atmosphere coupling;
- understanding atmospheric climate trends; and
- applying climate information in regional decision-making processes.
Interest in climate change and climate impacts has increased dramatically, a situation which has been reflected by the level of activity and the worldwide recognition of JISAO research in these areas.
Within JISAO, understanding climate trends and applying climate information in the decision making process are dominated by the work of the Center for Science in the Earth System (CSES), which performs integrated research on the impacts of climate on the US Pacific Northwest (PNW).
CSES includes:
The University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory is another collaborative unit, which includes:
- Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)
A system-scale, cross-disciplinary, long-term arctic research program - International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP)
Maintains a network of drifting buoys in the Arctic Ocean to provide meteorological and oceanographic data for real-time operational requirements and research purposes including support to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the World Weather Watch (WWW) Programme.