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New Tool: County-Level Minimum Temperature Explorer (CMinTEx)

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SCIPP recently developed a new tool, the County-Level Minimum Temperature Explorer (CMinTEx), that analyzes several variables related to minimum temperature. The following variables are analyzed for the contiguous U.S. from 1951 to the near present: This tool can be used alongside SCIPP’s Temperature Trends Dashboard and allows for five counties to be selected at a time. The […]

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New Publication: Stalling North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones

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The article “Stalling North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones” was recently published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. In this study, SCIPP investigators Dr. Vincent Brown, Derek Thompson, and Dr. Barry Keim, in collaboration with Louisiana State University researcher Dr. Jill Trepanier and Texas A&M’s Dr. John Nielson-Gammon, created a new definition for what constitutes

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New Publication: Rainfall analysis of the May 2021 southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana flood

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SCIPP investigators Dr. Vincent Brown, Derek Thompson, Anna Sitzman, and Dr. Barry Keim recently published an article titled “Rainfall analysis of the May 2021 southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana flood” in Physical Geography. The paper discusses the synoptic setting of the historic rainfall event, which produced 15-19.8 inches of rain across eastern Texas and southern

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SCIPP at the Oklahoma City Extreme Heat Tabletop Exercise

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On August 13-14, SCIPP participated in the Oklahoma City Extreme Heat Tabletop Exercise led by NOAA, the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), and the City of Oklahoma City. The exercise brought together several city, county, and state departments/entities, academia, local community organizations and non-profits, healthcare representatives, and utility companies with a stake/role in

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SCIPP at the Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop

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SCIPP investigator, Darrian Bertrand, recently attended the 49th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop in Broomfield, CO. Held annually since 1975, the workshop brings together natural hazards researchers, non-profit organizations, the private sector, and local, state, and federal governmental agencies (including FEMA). In following this year’s theme, “The Stories We Tell: Creative Strategies for

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New Report: Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits in Louisiana

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During winter 2023/2024, SCIPP worked alongside the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) to draft a report titled, “Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits in Louisiana: Review of Syndromic Surveillance Data for April through October 2023.” The report details the historic heat of 2023 and provides important information for heat safety. Additionally, SCIPP’s Vincent Brown and Charles Simson

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New Publication: U.S. Military Installations and Extreme Weather

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Drs. Dolly Na-Yemeh, Mark Shafer, and Cassandra Shivers-Williams recently published their article, “U.S. military installations and extreme weather: an Oklahoma case study on preparation,” in Environmental Hazards. The paper explores how military installations prepare for extreme weather. Participants in the case study, which was conducted via interviews and a focus group with emergency managers from

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New Publication: Natural Disaster Mitigation Stakeholder Analysis

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How can community dialogue inform natural disaster mitigation planning? To answer this question, researchers at the University of Oklahoma and the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program used stakeholder analysis to explore public engagement related to flooding in three U.S. cities (Tulsa, OK; Fayetteville, AR; and Waco, TX). Our results identified different kinds of stakeholders and

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New Publication: Emerging Climate Threats to the Mississippi River Delta

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Dr. Barry Keim and Dr. Vincent Brown, researchers with the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, recently published a study in One Earth exploring how threats posed by climate change could impact the Mississippi River Delta (MRD). Over the past century, > 25% of the MRD’s wetlands have been lost due to flood control levees, pervasive alteration

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