Webinar Announcements
Upcoming July Webinars
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy (ACCAP)
For more information about ACCAP, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) announces three upcoming webinars. All webinars will be available online.
Upcoming ACCAP webinars include:
Using a Random Forest Model to Predict Historical PM2.5 in Alaska
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
10:00 a.m. AKDT
The spatiotemporal coverage of regulatory-grade, ground-based air quality monitoring stations measuring PM2.5 concentrations is low across Alaska. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of low-cost air quality monitoring stations for PM2.5 that expand the spatiotemporal coverage of PM2.5 monitoring in Alaska and globally. This study uses a random forest model to predict PM2.5 concentrations from regulatory-grade data and corrected low-cost air quality monitoring data from the 2019 wildfire season (May through September) in Alaska. Results show that the model predicts a high amount of the variance at over 0.75. These results will inform mapping of PM2.5 continuous concentrations across Alaska.
ACCAP is partnering with NASA’s Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) to highlight Alaska research results from this ongoing field campaign. ABoVE is a large-scale study of environmental change and its implications for social-ecological systems. ABoVE links field-based, process-level studies with geospatial data products derived from airborne and satellite sensors, providing a foundation for improving the analysis, and modeling capabilities needed to understand and predict ecosystem responses and societal implications. ABoVE also has occasional webinar series focused on research in Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories.
For more information and to register for this webinar, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/pm2-point-5-alaska/
July 2021 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing
Friday, 16 July 2021
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. Rick will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools, and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for August and the early fall season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.
For more information and to register for this webinar, go to:
https://uaf-accap.org/event/july2021-nws-briefing/
Save the Date - VAWS: Cloud Products
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
11:00 a.m. AKDT
Presenter: Andrew Heidinger, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geo Senior Scientist, NOAA
Abstract and registration information coming soon. Check the upcoming webinar page for information as soon as it is posted.