@article{barsugli_easterling_arndt_coates_delworth_hoerling_johnson_kapnick_kumar_kunkel_et al._2022, title={Development of a Rapid Response Capability to Evaluate Causes of Extreme Temperature and Drought Events in the United States}, volume={103}, ISSN={["1520-0477"]}, DOI={10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0237.1}, abstractNote={In January 2021 work began on a NOAA Climate Program Office funded project “that develops and tests a potential rapid event analysis and assessment capability” (NOAA Climate Program Office 2020). This 3.5–yr effort brings together scientists from four NOAA Laboratories/Centers and university scientists at two of NOAA’s Cooperative Institutes. This funded project has two high-level goals: 1) to address outstanding dataset, model, and methodological gaps in explaining extreme events within a changing climate, and 2) to build a prototype rapid event attribution system for temperature-related and drought extremes that could eventually serve routine climate information needs at local, state, and regional levels. The focus on temperature-related extremes derives from the conclusions of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences report that confidence in attribution findings is greatest for this class of extremes (National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 2016). The project will leverage additional research projects that were funded under the same call that focus on the underlying mechanisms for these types of extreme events. Several climate trends in the United States present challenges for the attribution of temperature-related extremes (Fig. 1). The first is the lack of appreciable Joseph J. Barsugli, David R. Easterling, Derek S. Arndt, David A. Coates, Thomas L. Delworth, Martin P. Hoerling, Nathaniel Johnson, Sarah B. Kapnick, Arun Kumar, Kenneth E. Kunkel,Carl J. Schreck, Russell S. Vose, and Tao Zhang}, number={3}, journal={BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY}, author={Barsugli, Joseph J. and Easterling, David R. and Arndt, Derek S. and Coates, David A. and Delworth, Thomas L. and Hoerling, Martin P. and Johnson, Nathaniel and Kapnick, Sarah B. and Kumar, Arun and Kunkel, Kenneth E. and et al.}, year={2022}, month={Mar}, pages={S14–S20} }