Upcoming Webinars
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)
For more information about ACCAP, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) announces five upcoming webinars. All webinars will be available online.
Upcoming ACCAP webinars include:
Alaska’s Berries and their Changing Seasons
Katie V. Spellman and Christa P.H. Mulder, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
10:00 a.m. AKDT
Changes in the timing of the seasons in Alaska influences our wild berry flowering, pollination, ripening, and fruit dispersal (including by us berry pickers). Dr. Katie Spellman and Dr. Christa Mulder will discuss the ongoing research by the UAF International Arctic Research Center and Institute of Arctic Biology that explores how earlier springs, warmer summers, and wetter falls influence Alaska berries throughout their life cycles. Learn how public participation in this scientific research is helping improve our knowledge of ways berries are changing across our state.
For more information and to register for this webinar, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/ak_berries_changes/
VAWS: Recent Advances in Water Vapor Products from Satellites for Forecasters
John Forsythe, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
11:00 a.m. AKDT
Forecasters routinely monitor total precipitable water (TPW) in the atmosphere via the NOAA operational blended TPW product. A new Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) product provides a vertical dimension and depicts long-fetch flows of moisture which enhance flood events. How these products are generated will be explained, and typical forecast uses including in the Alaska region will be presented. Upcoming improvements to these products will be discussed.
For more information and to register for this webinar, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/vaws_july2020/
June 2020 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Rick Thoman, ACCAP
Friday, 17 July 2020
12:00 p.m. AKDT
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 the coming months.
For more information and to register for this webinar, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/july-2020-nws-briefing/
Bering Science: Spring 2020 Bering Region Ocean Update
Molly McCammon, Alaska Ocean Observing System and Rick Thoman, ACCAP
Thursday, 23 July 2020
10:00 a.m. AKDT
The Bering Sea is undergoing rapid unprecedented change. Elders across the region have reported changes in sea ice quality and timing for decades. Sea ice extent in the late winters of 2018 and 2019 were by far the lowest recorded since satellite monitoring began in 1978. And even though sea ice and air temperatures were closer to “normal” this past winter, environmental change is having profound impacts on the fish, bird and marine mammals of the Bering Sea, as well as the peoples of the region who depend on these resources.
Using funds from a national Ocean Data Sharing Initiative, the Alaska Ocean Observing System is working with federal and academic partners and Bering region communities to foster greater sharing of Indigenous ocean-related observations and scientific information. We will be presenting some new data and information products, based on the needs of federal and state agency managers, coastal communities, tribes, and private industry, and invite webinar participants and other residents of western Alaska to join our conversation about their observations and their needs.
For more information and to register for this webinar, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/bering-science-spring-2020-bering-region-oc…
Hollings Scholar Presentations: Exploration of the Hot Dry Windy Index and Wildfire; Climate Change and Overnight Fire Growth
Clairisse Reiher and Emily McCutchan, 2020 Hollings Scholars
Friday, 24 July 2020
10:00 a.m. AKDT
During the summer of 2020 ACCAP and the Alaska Fire Science Consortium hosted two Ernest F. Hollings scholars for the summer internships. Because of COVID-19 their internships were remote.
During this webinar the scholars will present their summer’s work:
1. An Exploration of the Hot Dry Windy Index and its Applicability to the Alaska Wildfire Environment (Emily)
2. Changing Summer Nighttime Climate and its Impact on Alaska Fire Growth (Clairisse)
For more information and to register for this webinar, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/hollings_2020/