The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is a United States federal agency that is one of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, which are a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. CPC is headquartered in College Park, Maryland. Its roots trace back to the climatological work of Thomas Jefferson, with the United States Army Signal Corp taking over responsibility of the climate program in the late 19th century. Once it became part of the United States Weather Bureau, it was known as the Weather Bureau Climate and Crop Services. From 1957 through 1966, the United States Weather Bureau's Office of Climatology, located in Washington, D.C., and then Suitland, Maryland, published the Mariners Weather Log publication. Late in the 20th century, it was known as the Climate Analysis Center for a time, before evolving into CPC in 1995. CPC issues climate forecasts valid for weeks and months in advance.
The roots of modern climate prediction can be traced to the work of one of the nation's first applied climatologists, Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States. A century later, the federal government assigned to the Army Signal Corps the mission to define the climate of the regions of the country being opened for farming.
In 1890, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) created the Weather Bureau climate and crops services which began publishing the Weather and Crops Weekly Bulletin, which the CPC in conjunction with the USDA still publishes today. The records of the Climate Division span from 1883 to 1961.[1] For a time during the 1960s, the Weather Bureau's Office of Climatology was located in Suitland, Maryland.
In 1970, various federal weather and climate functions were consolidated into the National Weather Service (NWS) and placed in a new agency called the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In the 1980s the National Weather Service established the Climate Prediction Center, known at the time as the Climate Analysis Center (CAC). The CPC is best known for its United States climate forecasts based on El Niño and La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific.
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This visualization showcases the five weather satellites that create NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) products. The five geosynchronous satellites are: GOES-13, GOES-15, Meteosat-7, Meteosat-9 and MTSAT-2.Sample CPC graphic: three month precipitation outlook
The CPC's products are operational predictions of climate variability, real-time monitoring of global climate, and attribution of the origins of major climate anomalies. The products cover time scales from a week to seasons, and cover the land, the ocean, and the atmosphere, extending into the stratosphere.
These climate services are available for users in government, the public and private industry, both in this country and abroad. Applications include the mitigation of weather-related natural disasters and uses for social and economic good in agriculture, energy, transportation, water resources, and health. Continual product improvements are supported through diagnostic research, increasing use of models, and interactions with user groups. Some specific products include:
climate, prediction, center, united, states, federal, agency, that, national, centers, environmental, prediction, which, part, national, oceanic, atmospheric, administration, national, weather, service, headquartered, college, park, maryland, roots, trace, bac. The Climate Prediction Center CPC is a United States federal agency that is one of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction which are a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s National Weather Service CPC is headquartered in College Park Maryland Its roots trace back to the climatological work of Thomas Jefferson with the United States Army Signal Corp taking over responsibility of the climate program in the late 19th century Once it became part of the United States Weather Bureau it was known as the Weather Bureau Climate and Crop Services From 1957 through 1966 the United States Weather Bureau s Office of Climatology located in Washington D C and then Suitland Maryland published the Mariners Weather Log publication Late in the 20th century it was known as the Climate Analysis Center for a time before evolving into CPC in 1995 CPC issues climate forecasts valid for weeks and months in advance Climate Prediction CenterAgency overviewFormed1995 28 years ago 1995 Preceding agenciesClimate Analysis CenterWeather Bureau Climate and Crop ServicesJurisdictionUS Federal GovernmentHeadquartersCollege Park Maryland United StatesParent departmentDepartment of CommerceParent agencyNational Centers for Environmental PredictionWebsitecpc ncep noaa gov Contents 1 History 2 Products 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe roots of modern climate prediction can be traced to the work of one of the nation s first applied climatologists Thomas Jefferson third President of the United States A century later the federal government assigned to the Army Signal Corps the mission to define the climate of the regions of the country being opened for farming In 1890 the United States Department of Agriculture USDA created the Weather Bureau climate and crops services which began publishing the Weather and Crops Weekly Bulletin which the CPC in conjunction with the USDA still publishes today The records of the Climate Division span from 1883 to 1961 1 For a time during the 1960s the Weather Bureau s Office of Climatology was located in Suitland Maryland In 1970 various federal weather and climate functions were consolidated into the National Weather Service NWS and placed in a new agency called the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA In the 1980s the National Weather Service established the Climate Prediction Center known at the time as the Climate Analysis Center CAC The CPC is best known for its United States climate forecasts based on El Nino and La Nina conditions in the tropical Pacific Products Edit source source source source source source This visualization showcases the five weather satellites that create NOAA s Climate Prediction Center CPC products The five geosynchronous satellites are GOES 13 GOES 15 Meteosat 7 Meteosat 9 and MTSAT 2 nbsp Sample CPC graphic three month precipitation outlookThe CPC s products are operational predictions of climate variability real time monitoring of global climate and attribution of the origins of major climate anomalies The products cover time scales from a week to seasons and cover the land the ocean and the atmosphere extending into the stratosphere These climate services are available for users in government the public and private industry both in this country and abroad Applications include the mitigation of weather related natural disasters and uses for social and economic good in agriculture energy transportation water resources and health Continual product improvements are supported through diagnostic research increasing use of models and interactions with user groups Some specific products include 3 Month Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks Discussions 1 Month Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks Discussions 6 to 10 Day and 8 to 14 Day Products Temperature and Precipitation Anomaly Excessive Heat Outlook Maximum Heat Index Prediction 3 Month probability of exceedance Temperature Precipitation Heating and Cooling Degree Days Hurricane Season Outlook Atlantic basin Pacific basin U S Drought Outlook Discussion International Support Weekly Afghan Hazards Weekly Africa Hazards Weekly Central America Hazards Weekly Haiti HazardsSee also EditNational Climatic Data Center Climatology Coupled Forecast SystemReferences Edit United States Archives Records of the Weather Bureau Retrieved 2013 04 16 External links Edithttps web archive org web 20080616133058 http www cpc noaa gov index php Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Climate Prediction Center amp oldid 1093189894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
