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Tools are available to help you manage your climate-related risks and opportunities, and to help guide you in building resilience to extreme events. Browse the list below, or filter by topic and/or tool functionality in the boxes above. To expand your results, click the Clear Filters link.

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Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience: An Implementation Guide

This Implementation Guide is designed to help transportation practitioners understand how and where nature-based and hybrid solutions can be used to improve the resilience of coastal roads and bridges.

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Neighborhoods at Risk

View local maps of socioeconomic and climate data to identify communities that may be vulnerable to extreme weather and climate change, now and in the future. Obtain authoritative reports and data to make informed decisions when prioritizing capital improvements, informing land use and policy decisions, and updating Hazard Mitigation Plans.

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NEWA—Network for Environment and Weather Applications

Growers in the Northeast can use this website to help make planting, pest management, and a range of other weather- and climate-based agricultural decisions.

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NOAA Climate Change Web Portal—Land and Rivers

Display or download climate projection output for from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) that informed the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.

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NOAA State of the Climate

View monthly reports and map graphics of climate conditions at the national and regional scales.

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NOAA's Weather and Climate Toolkit

Download or launch this tool to help you sift through and visualize gigabytes of weather and climate data.

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NorEaST: Stream Temperature Data Inventory

Access this mapping framework to find stream temperatures and other data for Northeast, Midwest, and Great Lakes states.

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Northeast Indigenous Climate Resilience Network

This network seeks to convene indigenous peoples to identify threats to self-determination and ways of life and to formulate strategies, dialogues, and programs that build indigenous capacity to address climate-related issues.

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Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Support Tool

Farmers, ranchers, and their crop insurance agents evaluate insurance programs to select appropriate coverage for managing risks.

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Planning Framework for Protecting Commercial Building Occupants from Smoke During Wildfire Events

This planning framework provides recommended heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and building measures to minimize occupant exposures and health impacts from smoke during wildfire and prescribed burn events.

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POWER Project Services Platform

NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project offers user communities data for solar and wind powered renewable energy systems, estimated building energy efficiency, and agroclimatology for crop models.

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Resilient Agriculture: Weather Ready Farms eFieldbook

This "eFieldbook" provides a complete set of resources, tools, and information to help users understand and develop "Resilient Agriculture: Weather Ready Farms" programs.

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Resilient and Connected Landscapes

This project from The Nature Conservancy maps resilient lands and significant climate corridors across Eastern North America.

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Risk Factor

Risk Factor quantifies a property’s comprehensive risk from environmental threats like flooding and wildfire. The tool also helps users understand how risks are shifting due to a changing environment.

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SC-ACIS—Applied Climate Information System

Assess past and current climate conditions using an array of interactive products.

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Seedlot Selection Tool (SST)

This browser-based GIS mapping program is designed to help forest managers in western North America match seedlots with planting sites based on climatic information.

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Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Data Viewer

Monitor near real-time soil and weather conditions from a network of comprehensive automated weather stations. Data from the system can help determine optimal timing and amount of irrigation for crops and warn experts of impending drought.

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State Temperature Trends

Generate graphs showing historical temperature averages for states in the contiguous United States and maps showing decadal average temperatures compared to the 20th century.

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States At Risk

Explore how each state is affected by extreme heat, drought, wildfires, and coastal and inland flooding.

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Storm Events Database

Access National Weather Service storm data and unusual weather phenomenon reports from 1950 to the present.

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Tackling Barriers to Green Infrastructure: An Audit of Municipal Codes and Ordinances

This workbook helps communities review, revise, and prioritize local codes and ordinances to promote and advance green infrastructure implementation.

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Tree Species Risks

Use this website to access resources on forest vulnerability in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Midwest.

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Tribal Resilience Action Database

This database presents a culturally sensitive, easily accessible, and useful database of climate adaptation strategies and community examples already published by Tribes across the nation.

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U.S. Climate Extremes Index

Look for trends in how the incidence of various climate extremes (as defined by the Climate Extremes Index) has changed over time in the United States or one of its regions.

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U.S. Climate Outlooks

Access outlook maps showing experts' judgments of chances for above-, below-, or near-average temperature and precipitation for a range of future periods. Maps also show potential hazards and conditions related to drought.

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U.S. Drought Monitor

Access maps, data, and other information about current and past drought conditions across the United States.

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U.S. Drought Portal

Access a range of information and services related to drought including early warnings, climate data, and decision support services.

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U.S. Hazards Outlook

This map-based interface is useful for identifying areas that may be impacted by specific hazards, such as extreme heat or cold, heavy rain or snow, flooding, and severe drought.

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USA National Phenology Network

Explore climate change and variability through phenology—seasonal changes in plants and animals from year to year. Use tools and access data collected by citizen scientists, government agencies, educators, and students of all ages.

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USFS Climate Gallery - Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments Across the Nation StoryMap

This StoryMap and the associated interactive dashboard illustrate where climate change vulnerability assessments have been completed across all US Forest Service regions.

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VegScape—Vegetation Condition Explorer

Access daily, weekly, or bi-weekly maps of satellite imagery indicating the health of crops and natural vegetation.

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Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA) Model

VELMA is a tool designed to model effective decisions for a wide array of environmental issues. It is a spatially explicit ecohydrological watershed model that planners can use to visualize the effects of their decisions.

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Water Resources Dashboard

Water resource managers and urban planners use this dashboard for convenient access to maps and data that help them monitor the potential for extreme precipitation and drought in their regions.

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WaterWatch

Access maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States, including Alaska, Hawai'i, and Puerto Rico.

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Weather-Ready Nation | Extreme Heat Social Media Toolkit

Share critical information about extreme heat on social media.

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