# Presentation: 460667

## SAB Climate Working Group A Presentation to the NOAA Science Advisory Board

- Otis Brown
- Chair
- Climate Working Group
- August 8, 2005

## Outline

- Purpose
- Membership
- March Meeting notes
- SAB Action

## Purpose

- Provide an update on the SAB Climate Working Group
- Ask the SAB to accept:
- Climate Working Group Report

## Membership 

| Chair, Dr. Otis Brown
Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami | Dr. Joyce E. Penner
Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Space Sciences. University of Michigan |
| --- | --- |
|  Dr. Mark R. Abbott 
Dean & Professor, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences.  Oregon State University | Dr. Michael J. Prather 
Professor & Kavli Chair, Earth System Science. University of California, Irvine |
| Dr. Kenny Broad
Assistant Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. University of Miami | Dr. William B. Rossow
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
| Dr. Antonio J. Busalacchi 
Director, Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center.  University of Maryland | Dr. Edward Sarachik
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences.  University of Washington |
| Dr. Judith Curry
Professor & Chair, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences.  Georgia Institute of Technology | Dr. Graeme Stephens
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science.  Colorado State University |
| Dr. Chris Justice
Professor and Research Director, Geography Department.  University of Maryland | Dr. Kevin Trenberth 
Head, Climate Analysis Section.  National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| Dr. Jonathan Overpeck 
Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth.  University of Arizona | Dr. Ferris Webster 
Professor of Oceanography.  University of Delaware |

## Last CWG Meeting:March 29-30, 2005

- _Agenda Items_
- Climate Program Update - Koblinsky
- Climate of the 20th and 21st century - Leetmaa
- CLIVAR Update - Weller
- Upper Air Observing Systems - Murray
- NOAA Arctic Issues FY08-12 - Walsh
- Climate impacts on Fisheries - Cyr
- Planning for Climate Data Records - Karl
- Community Re-analysis Project - Karl
- Executive Session
- Note: Mark Abbott chaired this meeting

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Meeting notes

**Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)**
- NOAA IPCC modeling contribution focus is at the Geophysical Fluid    Dynamics Lab (GFDL)
- IPCC modeling requires a national strategy that distributes responsibility to all relevant performers
**Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) **
- What is US program’s relationship w/ Int’l CLIVAR?
- GEWEX / CLIVAR linkages and NOAA role(s) should be articulated
- Key roles for Climate Process Teams in CLIVAR activities
**Upper Air Observing Systems at NOAA**
- Systems are inadequate for climate observations
- Current thrusts focus on atmospheric composition rather than Climate  forcing [even though forcing is 20% of budget]

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Meeting notes (2)

**NOAA Arctic Issues FY08 - FY12**
- Approaches to Modeling, Reanalysis, etc. need discussion
**Climate impacts on Fisheries**
- Bering Sea focus
- NCPREP information is being provided to various groups
- Range/regime shifts need to be investigated
- PMEL providing climate change predictions for the next 3-5 years

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Meeting notes (3)

**Planning for Climate Data Records**
- Greater Integration across NOAA programs including observations, validation and modeling
- Need for improved inter-agency collaboration, e.g., NASA
- Long Term Data Records - efforts should include prospective and retrospective activities, not simply retrospective
- Should maintain a summary of NRC recommendations and NOAA responses
- SDS should document CDRs it will be responsible for
- Performance measures need development /linkage to societal benefits
- Validation needs more visibility in the overall CDR process
- Reanalysis - a national strategy and the SDS role need definition
- Community Reanalysis Code and Reanalysis product linkage should be developed
- Data management strategy to support reanalysis should be defined
- Data and Observation systems - WG needs regular updates on CLASS
- Relationships between CLASS and GEOSS need to be articulated with respect to data synthesis and analysis

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Meeting notes (4)

**Community Re-analysis Project**
- Community Re-analysis - Phil Arkin proposal
- Explore a Community Reanalysis Code (CRC) and a Community Reanalysis Database (CRD)
- Coordination with Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
- May require a WG to develop the concept of a CRC/CRD fully

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## SAB Actions

- Articulate linkages between CWG and other SAB activities, *i.e.,* Working Groups
- Accept the Climate Working Group Report and provide feedback on the commentary