Title: Data & Services from the Northeast Regional Climate Center

Presenter(s): 
Jessica Spaccio. Climatologist, Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC), Cornell University and
Art DeGaetano, Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Director, NRCC 

Sponsor(s): Green Infrastructure, Climate, and Cities Seminar by the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN), a NOAA RISA Team

Seminar Contact: Sean Bath (sean.bath@noaa.gov) or Korin Tangtrakul (krt73@drexel.edu)

Accessibility: Contact Korin Tangtrakul (krt73@drexel.edu) if needed.

Abstract: The Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) offers climate data and information through outreach, web interfaces, web programming, and the development of personalized products to meet user needs. NRCC Director Art DeGaetano and Climatologist Jessica Spaccio will demonstrate several examples of NRCC's tools, such as SC ACIS (Applied Climate Information System) and Climate Explorer. The mission of the NRCC is to enhance the use and dissemination of climate information to a wide variety of sectors in the twelve-state northeastern region of the United States.

Bio(s): 

Jessica Spaccio is a climatologist with the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University and alumnus of Cornell’s Earth and Atmospheric Sciences program.

Art DeGaetano received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. focusing on Climatology and Horticulture from Rutgers University in 1989. He was an assistant professor in the Department of Meteorology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota until 2001. Art began his career at Cornell in 2001 as a research climatologist in the federally-supported Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) on Cornell's main campus. He is currently a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Director of the NRCC. Art serves as an editor for the American Meteorological Society Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.

Recordings: All sessions are recorded and archived on the CCRUN website.

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{Jessica Spaccio and Art DeGaetano, Northeast Regional Climate Center}