CASE Projects

• Community engagement project with Horry County (home to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) resulted in creating a video that explains the four types of flooding in a project that informs conversations about land use policies and development efforts.  ​​​

• Tuch, David P., Michael J. Brewer, and Marjorie McGuirk, The effects of global climate change on the landscape: the role of landscape architecture in adaptation strategies,19th Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society, Equinox Environmental Consultation & Design, Inc., NOAA National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, July 2011

• Tuch, D., M.J. Brewer, M. McGuirk, F. Grogan, and M. Anderson (2011) Effects of Global Climate Change on the Water Cycle and Water Quality : The Use of Stormwater Best Management Practices to Address Future Impacts. World Environmental & Water Resources Congress Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 2011.

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• Eileen Shea designed, led, and moderated a Town Hall special session at the American Meteorological Society 100th anniversary national conference January 2020 in Boston, MA, on Environment and Security project that featured:  

• Tom Parris - Data Analytics and Tools for Eco-security (DANTE) of ISciences, L.L.C.  

• Jeff Arnold- Countering Climate Effects on Water Security Missions of the US Army Corps of Engineers.  

• John M. Lanicci - Partnerships for the future.

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• Highway Weather Closure Narratives and Impacts - Cambridge Systematic - a Narrative -  projects study about weather's impacts on specific highways by the American Association of  State Climatologists, Glenn Kerr and Marjorie McGuirk, Editors Contributing authors: Lukas Buehler,  Jim Angel, James DeGrand, Noland Doeskan, David Robinson, Nancy Selover, Kyle Imhoff, Collin McKallar, Dennis Todey, Stephanie McAfee, Karin Burnbaco, Nicholas Bond.  February 2016.

• US Dept of Transportation. Regional Assessment of Weather Impacts on Freight, Final Report. Technical Report Cambridge Systematics. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration, January 2016 - Researching the weather impacts on trucking freight on the nation's highways, Authors: Daniel Krechmer, Noel Perry, Sarahjoy Gallaher, Marjorie McGuirk, Thomas Burnett, and Katherine Blizzard.

• Weather Exposure Analysis Report  Cambridge Systematics, CASE Consultants International, Technical report to Regional Assessment of Weather Impacts on Freight, Federal Highway Administration, February 2016. Authors: Marjorie McGuirk, Tom Burnett, and Lucas Buehler.

• Assessing the vulnerabilities of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor transportation assets as a result of potential climate change impact

• Invited Lecture:  McGuirk, Marjorie, Weather and Climate Change Impacts on Transportation Systems, Thirteenth International Seminar on Climate Systems and Climate Change (ISCS), 11-22 July 2016, Chengdu, China, Beijing Climate Center

• Invited Topic of the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization: McGuirk, M., S. Shuford, T.C. Peterson, and P. Pisano. " Weather and climate change implications for surface transportation in the USA."Bulletin of the WMO, 58, 84-93, 2009

• Commissioned by the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board: Peterson, T.C., M. McGuirk, T.G Houston, A.H. Horvitz, and M.F. Wehner. 2008. “Climate Variability and Change with Implications for Transportation.”

• The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation. Special Research Report 290, Washington D.C.: National Research Council. Transportation Research Board.

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•  Scott Shuford, AICP, Invited speaker to the NC Beaches, Inlets, and Waterways Association Spring Conference (NCBIWA),Sea level rise implications for eastern NC, April 23, 2018, Carolina Beach, NC,

• October 31, 2017: Business World announces CASE Consultants International presents two important workshops in Asheville NC in November that bring climate experts together with architect and health professionals to explore the impacts to their customers and constituents that changing weather patterns present.

• Game-Changing Resilient Infrastructure The American Planning Association teams with CASE Consultants International to present a continuing education symposium featuring top experts in the field of resilient infrastructure.

• Climate Wise Brownfields symposium benefits professional planners, stormwater managers, economic developers, landscape architects, realtors, property assessors and other practitioners. 

• "Resilient Places:  Planning for Our Future" an educational symposium for regional, town and county planners in collaboration with the American Planning Association and The Collider: February 24-25, 2017 See Press Release.

• "Climate Resilient Design in the Southeast" A CASE educational symposium with American Planning Association and The Collider: Read the Symposium Summary

• Future Shock: Climate Resilient Architecture The Mountain Xpress

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 Assessing Climate and Health

• The Medical Society Consortium announces Climate and Respiratory Health – Focus on Asthma November 9th, at The Collider, in Asheville,

• HEALTHeWeather Introduces Climate Science-based Solution for Asthma Triggers. Evidence-based research performed by CASE involves meta-research in the clinical studies specifically for allergy and asthma. Our literature review identified the correlation between weather and environmental exposures, and identified specific  thresholds that correlate to a higher incidence of symptoms for allergy sufferers or negative health outcomes for asthma patients.  These thresholds form the basis for our calculation of the original Daily Breath Risk Index.  
  
• Climatic Variables and Dengue - Exploring Cases in Southeast Florida. 14th Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW), 22-24 March, 2016 NOAA Burlington, Vermont,  Bunilda Lugo, Ph.D
  
• Climate Products and Services Market Analysis: Health Sector Engagement. 14th Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW), 22-24 March, 2016 NOAA Burlington, Vermont, McGuirk, Marjorie.

• Correlation Analysis of Climatic Variables, Migration, and Dengue Cases in Southeast Florida Enhancing Environmental Health Knowledge (EEK): Vectors and Public Health Pests. Virtual Conference. April 13-14, 2016. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Environmental Health Association, Denver.  Brunilda Lugo, Ph.D.

Are you in a Zika Zone?  Be aware and Prepare! 

• As reported by Business Wire, we've created a product ZikaZoneUSA that helps people answer the question "Are You in a Zika Zone". The Beta test is hibernated pending evaluation of user needs.

• Business Wire "A new tool in the fight against the Zika virus, ZikaZoneUSA.com, goes live today. ZikaZoneUSA.com pinpoints where recent ecological conditions favor the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the primary vector of the Zika virus. The analysis shown at ZikaZoneUSA.com provides an up-to-date map of where conditions are prime for the Zika-spreading mosquito to breed, bite, and potentially infect humans with the Zika virus."

• Zika Zone is a Joint Venture between FernLeaf Interactive and CASE Consultants International

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• Since the founding of the International Meteorological Organization in 1873 and the first meeting on the Commission for Climatology in 1929, the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has led the global effort to understand the Earth’s climate. This exceptional body of experts has repeatedly proven its value, first as a authentic source of scientific data, and later as a leader in the provision of scientific services. Its programmes and reports are informing critical decisions and helping society prepare a future dominated by a changing climate. WMO’s contributions are best understood chronologically, with a historical timeline that follows the major scientific advances, natural phenomena, and human events that have shaped the major decisions about climate programs.  Marjorie McGuirk drafted a Chronology of WMO Climate Services, which was beautifully illustrated by graphic artists. Never published, the draft image is shared here: Chronology of WMO Climate Services.

• Invited speaker - Marjorie McGuirk - Climate Science for Attorneys in Climate Induced Displacement, Yale University MacMillan Center, Climate Induced Displacement, Legal Opportunities  and Challenges

• Invited expert on special assignment to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization in Geneva Switzerland to complete the Report of the High Level Task Force "Climate Knowledge for Action – A Global Framework for Climate Services – Empowering the Most Vulnerable”, reviewed by expert panels and governments world-wide

• On special assignment to World Meteorological Organization drafted The WMO Position Paper for the Global Framework for Climate Services (40pp)  (September-October 2009).  Letter of accommodation by the Secretary General of WMO addressed to NOAA leadership for exemplary performance.

• Eileen Shea - Consulting and review the climate strategy and implementation plan for Tokelau Government called Living with Change: Enhancing the Resilience of Tokelau for Climate Change and Related Hazards, LivC STRATEGYand LivC ROAD MAP OF ACTIONS

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The Melting Arctic and New Trade Routes

• "Because transport drives the pattern of human settlements and trade routes shape the course of history, new settlements will grow in the high north as global warming melts the Arctic's ice caps and opens lanes for shipping."  Citation:  McGuirk, Marjorie.  “The Melting Arctic and New Trade Routes.”  MLA thesis.  University of North Carolina Asheville, 2013.

• China Meteorological News Press: The 13th International Seminar on Climate System and Climate Change is held in Chengdu, China 13-07-2016Source:China Meteorological News Press "It is reported on July 11 that the 13th International Seminar on Climate System and Climate Change (ISCS) hosted by China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and co-organized by State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs is initiated in Chengdu University of Information Technology (CUIT). This seminar has invited 5 global prestigious scientists to deliver lectures in cryosphere climate, climate change, and climate change impacts and adaptation." Invited speaker lecturer Marjorie McGurik

• McGuirk, Marjorie."The Melting Arctic and Implications for Transport Infrastructure." Thirteenth International Seminar on Climate Systems and Climate Change (ISCS), 11-22 July 2016, Chengdu, China, Beijing Climate Center. 

• See The Melting Arctic and Speculation on Changes in Transport Infrastructure"One of the best presentations and topics of interest that I've seen."  Conference attendee AMS Atlanta, February 2014

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• Value of Data - Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction - CASE subject matter experts Lea Sabbag and Laura Brenskelle, PhD wrote an in-depth analysis of how data stewarded by NOAA NCEI are used in the field of natural  disasters. This report was developed in response to Task Order #1332KP19FNEEN0003 for the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)1 Science and Data Stewardship (SDS) Services Support under the Riverside contract #ST-1330-17-CQ-0058. NCEI directed the contractor to “develop case studies and success stories for user engagement that can be used to highlight its benefit across NCEI and externally for senior-level talks highlighting NCEI’s growing understanding of user needs and value.” This report focuses on the value that NCEI’s data has on the sector of natural hazards and disaster risk reduction (DRR).

• Value of Data Innovative Recommendations Report - CASE subject matter experts Eileen Shea, Marjorie McGuirk, Lea Sabbag, Leslie Wickes, and Michael G. Waddle produced a Value of Data Innovative Recommendations Report for NOAA NCEI. The Report provides key recommendations based on current research of climate services to strengthen both internal and external communication. This Report provides context, recommendations, and a launching point for Value of Data models for data, products, and analyses at NCEI. The Value of Data model starts with the understanding that true value accrues only when data are used. Assessing value should include both social uses and economic uses. Snapshots of high-level economic value can serve as a tool in justifying investments in NCEI programs and captures a view of the potential value of NCEI. Additional analyses can help NCEI develop and document the more expansive kinetic value of planetary retrospective data at work. The Report creates a forward thinking and well-informed approach that focuses on goal-driven methods, replicability with limited resources and alignment with the big data revolution. Reference: Science and Data Stewardship (SDS) PROTECH Satellite Prime Contract Riverside Technology, inc. ST133017CQ0058 T1332KP19FNEEN0003 CLIN 2002 SubCLIN BE For further enquiries on the report Contact@CASEConsultantsInternational.com

• What's a Region? Each agency involved in the USGCRP defines "region" differently. Each has separate boundaries. The USDA, DOI, USGS, EPA, and so forth each has its own regional offices, which collect together State offices. NOAA has defined different regions for each of its Line Offices--NWS, NESDIS, OAR, NMF. Probably the only region that is defined by natural boundaries is the NWS River Forecast Region, though the boundaries of the NESDIS Regional Climate Centers comes close. So when we speak of climate services with a Regional focus, the common denominator appears to be the state boundaries. In 2009, Marjorie McGuirk and Rocky Bilotta created a small collection of the Regional maps for the various agencies that act in partnership with NOAA in the enterprise domains, land, sea, and air. NOAA Partner Regions.

• The Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) 62nd Annual Meeting  "Old Mountains...New Beginnings. Using the Past to Map the Future." Convenes in Asheville. Invited speakers from CASE Consultants International present at two technical sessions. Eileen Shea share her experience in use-inspired climate services, from USGCRP to AMS initiated efforts in her talk Communicating Climate Science with Professional Practitioners in a session entitled “Speaking Their Language - Communicating Science with Non-Scientists Who, Why, and How.“ In another “Technical Symposium on Climate Resilience: Bringing Geoscientists and Climate Scientists Together”, Scott Shuford presents Planning for Changing Land Use Practices in Climate-Changed-Precipitation: a CASE Example of Climate and Geosciences Expertise. September 17-22, 2019

• Scott Shuford invited talk "Incorporating Resilience: How Planning Tools Can Enhance Resilience  in the Carolinas"  CISA - Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference,  Columbia, South Carolina, October 29–31, 201.

• David Johnston invited panelist "Sea Level Rise and Security in South Carolina: Implications for Military and Civilian Communities", Convened by The Center for Climate and Security, and the Charleston Resiliency Network, Citadel, Charleston, August, 7, 2018.

• Eileen Shea, Understanding Science and Technology in our Daily Lives, McCall Center, Montreat College, Black Mountain, NC, Fall 2017.

• CASE serves on the organizing committee for The Climate Resilient Grid, a Forum on Energy, Climate and the Grid.

• Invited lecture: McGuirk, Marjorie, Scott Shuford, Glenn Kerr, Making Decisions in a Changing Climate, ThirteenthInternational Seminar on Climate Systems and Climate Change (ISCS), 11-22 July 2016, Chengdu, China, Beijing Climate Center.

• Making Climate Information Available to Decision Maker: Challenges, Risks and Uncertainty, Watch recorded presentation for three illustrative examples by  McGuirk, American Meteorological Society Panel Discussion New Orleans January 2016

• See presentation Global Framework for Climate Services User Interface Platform, applying the GFCS International program with the World Meteorological Organization to partnership between Federal USGCRP agencies and businesses, industries and community in the US.

• Building the National Partnership for Resilience NPfR with the ABSCI Climate Collider

• Briefing and Discussion with White House Staff for the Council on Preparedness and Resilience

• Reviewing grants about NASA data and information systems

• Preparing industry packets on Regional Climate Centers and the American Association of State Climatologists

• Climate and Agriculture, Mountain Xpress

• Climate and Society The Citizen Times.

• The Rockefeller Foundation partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the National Disaster Resilience Competition

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