NOAA Drought Seminar: Pathways of Ongoing Aridification in Southwest North America: Linkages Across Seasons in the Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System

Southwest North America is projected by climate models to undergo aridification, defined here as reduced soil moisture, during the coming decades. During this seminar, Richard Seager with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University will present on the use of an atmosphere model forced by plausible sea surface temperature scenarios to examine the mechanisms of aridification that connect, across seasons, the ocean, atmosphere, and land surface.

This is the first event in the NOAA Drought Seminar Series, a collaborative effort between NOAA Research's Physical Sciences Laboratory, the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), and the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. The series aims to be a valuable platform for the national drought research, operational, and user communities to share the most recent tools, research outcomes, and ongoing initiatives, and to enhance NOAA's capabilities in monitoring, predicting, and understanding drought.

Held virtually for one hour on the first or second Monday of each month, every seminar will include a speaker presentation with Q&A, and general updates on activities in the drought community. These seminars will be recorded. 

For additional information, please contact Ian Spring with NOAA Research's Physical Sciences Laboratory.