CALIFORNIA WEATHER

                            & EARTH SCIENCES

  Research Programs, Studies, and Services 

    Climatic and Air Quality Research, Studies, and Services

California Weather & Earth Sciences offers a variety of research programs, studies, and services in the meteorological and earth sciences fields.  Some of these involve:

Climatic and Air Quality Research, Studies, and Services:  Numerous programs in climatic and air quality research, studies, and services, including:

Air quality modeling; air transport and diffusion; health standards.

Alpine and arctic climates.  Cold pocket climatology.

Bioclimatological studies.

Climatic calculations for Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) industry.

Climatic normals, extremes; frequency analysis.

Desert climatology; extreme temperatures; drought.

El Niño, La Niña, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)., Madden-Julian  Oscillation (MJO), and seasonal weather patterns.

Flood warning system design.

Glacial melt, likely resulting from global warming.

Global warming / cooling; climatic change. 

Global warming climate modeling by Dr. Jeremy Pal, Professor of Civil Engineering and hydroclimatology specialist.  Numerical modeling of climatic change resulting from global warming.  [See also Thermo-haline circulation below.]

Ozone depletion; ultraviolet radiation penetration.

Probable maximum precipitation determination and assessment.

Probable maximum precipitation research and studies.

Standard project storm determination; other design storms.

Storm studies, part 1 and part 2. 

Thermo-haline circulation, and its effects on long-term climatic change.  Possibility that global warming could lead to eventual major European and northeastern North American cooling as the result of the effects that the melting of arctic sea ice could have on the Atlantic thermo-haline circulation.  Numerical modeling of thermo-haline circulation and its effects on climate change..

Urban climatology and microclimatology; heat island effects.

Volcanoes and oceans:  effects on climate.