# Presentation: 328504

## Climate and Global Change Working Group ReportsNOAA Climate ReviewOctober 18-19, 2004

- NOAA Science Advisory Board
- November 2, 2004

## General Comments

- Joint meeting with the *Climate Monitoring Working Group *in Washington, D.C.
- First opportunity to view the restructured NOAA Climate Program
- Opportunity for input into ‘06/‘07 priorities
- Recommendations on WG restructuring
- Recommendations on Task Groups

## Agenda - CGCWG/CMWG

- Significant new 2007-2011 program thrusts
- Decision Support and National Integrated Drought Information System
- Integrated Surface Observing System
- Integrated Ocean Observing System
- Arctic Programs and the IPY
- CCSP Programs
- Atmospheric Composition
- North American Carbon
- OGP Program Foci for FY06-07

## General Comments

- Applaud Guidance Memo and Strategic Plan focus on the Climate Program
- Responding to regional issues is very important
- 		e.g., water resources in the western U.S.
- Decision Support
- RISA’s provide important foundations to build on
- Need additional/continued research in this area
- Balance Operations and Research
- NOAA’s role in ecosystem observations *vis a vis* other thrusts is not well articulated, as yet

## General Comments (cont’d)

- Major investment in Observations & Services but analysis, *etc* may need additional resources
- Role of competitive grants process should be strengthened in the ‘07 - ‘11 programs - it is strong in some areas (Decision Support, CTB, Ocean Observations), but not others
- Discussions led to changes in priorities for Climate Program elements

## Programmatic Thrusts

- Model improvement
- ESMF implementation
- Climate Test Bed (CTB) is a wonderful innovation
- Cycle time (1/3 backup for model dev/improvement)
- Role of community usage
- Observing system upgrades
- Climate Information Service / Decision Support
- Linked “end-to-end”
- “Pulse of the Planet”

## Programmatic Thrusts - Comments

- Need to improve linkages (interstitial steps) between observing systems, analysis, modeling, and services
- Emphasis is to address gaps in the current programmatic implementation - vision is broader than simply “observations” or “data” or “decision support”
- COOP modernization
- Encourage broad dissemination of observations
- Cognizant CMG group is the Integrated Surface Weather and Climate Observing System Advisory Panel (ISWCOS-AP), a CWG subcommittee

## Programmatic Thrusts - Comments

- Climate Program Organization is much improved
- Much more rational
- Look forward to integration of management and  performance
- Climate Process Teams (CPT) are an excellent innovation - this could serve as a general model for initiating innovative activities within the Climate Program
- Long term strategy is driving investment decisions

## Programmatic Concerns

- CLASS - is a needed component of the climate data and information system
- Current design could be a repeat of EOSDIS experience
- How does the Climate Program address CLASS matters?
- How does SAB C&GC WG address this?
- Create new sub-group of the CGCWG to provide advice
- CLASS requires strong corporate as well as *external *community participation
- Mechanisms for ongoing evolution of capabilities and services of CLASS are unclear
- CLASS design should be sensitive to NRC “Earth Satellite Data Utilization” report recommendations
- Climate is *the customer* for CLASS

## Programmatic Concerns - cont’d

- CCSP
- Additional linkage to model improvements
- North American Carbon Program field observing design/validation
- Will the methodology of the observing network and inverse modeling provide better estimates of the NA carbon sink?
- International Polar Year versus Modeling
- May need to rethink connectivity to Climate Program goals and overall priority

## Programmatic Concerns - cont’d

- Aerosol program
- Lack of ties to modeling and to remote sensing
- Three CCSP review papers for aerosols basically broke into *in situ* observers people (NOAA), satellite observers (NASA) and modelers (Academia)

## Committee Structure/Function

- Revised Terms of Reference
- Revised membership
- New appointee list/rotation schedule
- Revised meeting schedule
- Increased role for subcommittees

## Requested SAB Actions

- Approve the revised Working Group charge to merge the two WGs (CM and CGC) into a revised CGC WG, encompassing research, observational and information system elements
- Approve new committee membership, rotation and meeting schedule
- Encourage continued interactions with NWS and broader participation by the “enterprise” in the Climate Program
- Endorse revised Climate Program ‘07-‘11 Priorities