Research

Liwei Jia, CPAESS Project Scientist at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory "Seasonal prediction of North American temperature extremes in the GFDL SPEAR forecast system." Liwei Jia received a PhD degree in Climate Dynamics from George Mason University. Liwei’s research interests include climate predictability and prediction on seasonal to decadal time scales, climate extremes, climate change detection and attribution. The Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS—pronounced: see-pass) is a UCAR Community Programs (UCP) division at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Our administrative office is located in Boulder, Colorado, USA. CPAESS was created in February 2016, from the merger of two long-established and successful programs: the Joint Office of Science Support (JOSS) and the Visiting Scientist Programs (VSP). CPAESS is providing an extensive portfolio of organization and management services for the broad Earth science community. Our vision and mission complement and mirror the vision and mission of UCAR, including UCP and NCAR. We are collectively working towards the advancement of scientific research for the benefit of society.