According to the World Meteorological Organization, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, including heat and cold waves, heavy precipitation and droughts, and wildfires, have increased fivefold in the last 50 years. While current Earth observations from NASA allow monitoring of these extreme events for developing regional adaptation and mitigation strategies, it is crucial to assess how these events will unfold over the coming decades.
NASA Earth eXchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections (NEX-GDDP-CMIP6) provide global, high resolution, bias-corrected projections of daily minimum and maximum temperatures, precipitation, humidity, windspeed, and surface radiation from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) GCMs at 0.25x0.25 degree resolution.
This training will equip participants with the knowledge to be able to access NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 data in Google Earth Engine, and customize provided Python/Jupyter notebook scripts to calculate extreme weather statistics for a region of interest. Participants will also be able to assess projected statistics of extreme temperature and precipitation events from NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 at regional scales to evaluate risk.
The course is recommended for personnel from local, state, regional, and federal government and non-governmental organizations involved in managing disasters and planning for adaptation and mitigation, but may also be of interest to academic faculty and students.
A link to register for this training can be found on the training webpage.