SCIPP Documents

An Assessment of the Climate-Related Needs of Oklahoma Decision Makers

This report is comprised of information from interviews in 2010 and 2011 with twenty-three decision-makers in local, tribal, state, federal, non-profit, and for-profit agencies across Oklahoma.

Changes In Ice Storm Frequency Across The United States

This document describes the frequency and changes of ice storms across the United States in addition to discussing the influences of natural oscillations on ice storms.

SCIPP Monitor: December 2012

In this issue:

  • Oceanic Oscillations and Ice Storms
  • Temperature and Precipitation Summaries
  • Drought Update

SCIPP Monitor: February 2011

In this issue:

  • Impacts of February Snowstorms Across the SCIPP Region
  • Temperature and Precipitation Summaries
  • Drought Update

Geographic Assessment of Major Disaster Declarations Across the Lower 48 States

This report contains various details of major disaster declarations dating back to 1953 as archived by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. With this, SCIPP undertook a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) study to assess weather-related disaster declarations in an effort to understand where specific hazards have occurred most frequently and when.

SCIPP Monitor: June 2013

In this issue:

  • Ice Storms and Global Atmospheric Circulation
  • Temperature and Precipitation Summaries
  • Drought Update

SCIPP Monitor: October 2011

In this issue:

  • Oklahoma Severe Winter Weather Trends from 2000 to 2010
  • Temperature and Precipitation Summaries
  • Drought Update

Southern U.S. Regional Hazards and Climate Change Planning Assessment

As one of the first major SCIPP research projects, the goal of this particular study was to better understand local and regional hazard planning across the Southern U.S., specifically from the perspective of those involved with developing plans.