Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is internationally recognized for research, education, and public service. Scripps SW CASC co-PIs and related academic staff are members of the SIO Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography Research Division, the Climate Science Curricular Group, the new Hertzberg Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (CCCIA), and the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes. The co-PIs have a long collaboration with USGS California Water Science Center scientists. SIO SW CASC co-PIs are working on research focused on: 1) the impacts of sea level rise, precipitation extremes, runoff, and marine layer clouds on the marine and [...]
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is internationally recognized for research, education, and public service. Scripps SW CASC co-PIs and related academic staff are members of the SIO Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography Research Division, the Climate Science Curricular Group, the new Hertzberg Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (CCCIA), and the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes. The co-PIs have a long collaboration with USGS California Water Science Center scientists.
SIO SW CASC co-PIs are working on research focused on: 1) the impacts of sea level rise, precipitation extremes, runoff, and marine layer clouds on the marine and terrestrial near-shore environments in collaboration with partners at UCLA; 2) seasonal to intraseasonal predictability of weather and climate extremes, climate model validation and downscaling with respect to these extremes (e.g., downslope winds, drought and extreme precipitation, atmospheric rivers, as well as heat waves and their impacts on snowpack); 3) climate model downscaling and hydrologic modeling in collaboration with CSU.
Additionally, SW CASC co-PIs are supporting an assessment of the natural resources at risk from climate change and increased variability in San Diego’s diverse terrestrial ecosystems. The goal is to present a needed assessment of San Diego ecosystems and natural resources futures, which will take stock of the implications of climate change as well as other stressors. The ultimate aim is to compile and present this assessment to help guide better stewardship and management of the unique ecosystems in the region, and to inform the 4th California Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment.
