Contacts: James Partain (james.partain@noaa.gov)

പപപപZŝĐŬdŚŽŵĂŶ;ƌŝĐŚĂƌĚ͘ƚŚŽŵĂŶΛŶŽĂĂ͘ŐŽǀͿ

Quarterly Climate Impacts 

and Outlook

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ůĞŌƚŽŵĞůƚďLJƉƌŝů͕ĂŶĚĂƐĂƌĞƐƵůƚ͕ŝƚǁĂƐƉƌŝŵĞĚĨŽƌǁŝůĚĮƌĞƐ͘dŚĞ&ƵŶŶLJ

ZŝǀĞƌtŝůĚĮƌĞǁĂƐĂŚƵŵĂŶĐĂƵƐĞĚĮƌĞƚŚĂƚďĞŐĂŶDĂLJϭεƐŽƵƚŚĞĂƐƚŽĨ

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ĨĂƌĞĚŵƵĐŚďĞƩĞƌ͘
Contacts: James Partain (james.partain@noaa.gov)

പപപപZŝĐŬdŚŽŵĂŶ;ƌŝĐŚĂƌĚ͘ƚŚŽŵĂŶΛŶŽĂĂ͘ŐŽǀͿ

ηƌĞŐŝŽŶĂůĐůŝŵĂƚĞŽƵƚůŽŽŬƐ

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ďLJĚLJŶĂŵŝĐĂůĂŶĚ

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ĨŽƌŶŝŶĞŽǀĞƌůĂƉƉŝŶŐ

ƚŚƌĞĞͲŵŽŶƚŚƉĞƌŝŽĚƐ͘

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ŶŽƌŵĂůƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞƐ

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ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůƚŽďƌŝŶŐĂ

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ƐĞĂƐŽŶŝĨƚŚĞƌĞŝƐ

ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚĮƌĞĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ

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ĂƌĞŶŽƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ

ĐůŝŵĂƚĞŝŶĚŝĐĂƚŽƌƐ

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ĮƌĞƐĞĂƐŽŶŝŶƚŽƚŚĞůĂƚĞƐƵŵŵĞƌƚLJƉŝĐĂůůLJŝƐĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚďLJ

ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůLJďĞůŽǁĂǀĞƌĂŐĞƉƌĞĐŝƉŝƚĂƟŽŶŝŶƚŚĞĮƌĞͲƉƌŽŶĞĂƌĞĂƐ

ŽĨůĂƐŬĂ͘

ƵƌŝŶŐƉƌŝůĂŶĚDĂLJ͕ƚŚĞŽďƐĞƌǀĞĚůEŝŹŽͲ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶKƐĐŝůůĂƟŽŶ

;E^KͿĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐŵŽǀĞĚĨƌŽŵǁĂƌŵͲŶĞƵƚƌĂůƚŽƚŚĞďŽƌĚĞƌůŝŶĞ

ŽĨĂǁĞĂŬůEŝŹŽ͘DŽƐƚŽĨƚŚĞE^KƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶŵŽĚĞůƐŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞ

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Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy 

ǁǁǁ͘ĂĐĐĂƉ͘ƵĂĨ͘ĞĚƵ

Alaska Climate Research Center 

ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬĐůŝŵĂƚĞ͘Őŝ͘ĂůĂƐŬĂ͘ĞĚƵͬ

Alaska Climate Science Center 

ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ĚŽŝ͘ŐŽǀͬĐƐĐͬĂůĂƐŬĂͬŝŶĚĞdž͘ĐĨŵŐ

EKͬEt^tĞĂƚŚĞƌ&ŽƌĞĐĂƐƚKĸĐĞƐŝŶ&ĂŝƌďĂŶŬƐ͕

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