National Research Council Review of the Strategic Plan for the Climate Change Science Program Chapter 8 - Ecosystems

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Climate Change Science Program Observations
Data Systems Robert F. Cahalan, Chair,
Observations Working Group (OWG), CCSP
Coordinating Earth Observations CCSP
IWGEO Observations Working Group US Plan for
Earth Observations
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NSTC Structure
CCSP USGCRP CCRI
IWGEO US Implementation Plan --gt Intl GEO Plan
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Structure of the U.S. Climate Change Science
Program (CCSP)

• CCSP - 2.0 Billion distributed over 13 Federal
  Agencies
• Primarily Climate Observations, also analysis
  modeling

• CCTP - 2.0 Billion distributed over 9 Agencies,
  85 DOE
• Primarily climate adaptation, especially energy
  technologies

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Budget Figures by Agency
FY 2002 FY 2005 (Discretionary budget authority
in millions)
Not Including Weather
Fullcost



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USGCRP Budget Figures
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CCSP Observations Working Group (OWG)
Data Information Systems Subgroup
(OWGDIS)OWGDIS CoChairs Bruce Barkstrom John
Bates
R. Cahalan, NASA, Chair H. Diamond, NOAA,
Co-Chair W. Ferrell, DOE K. Bork, DOT J.
Scheraga, EPA M. Gant, HHS M. Kurylo, NASA M.
Maiden, NASA L. Tsaoussi, NASA B. Wielicki,
NASA M. Gregg, NOAA M. Johnson, NOAA S.
Piotrowicz, NOAA C. Jacobs, NSF T. Spence, NSF J.
Andrews, DOD P. Neale, SI M. Jawson, USDA G.
Johnson, USDA M. Dettinger, USGS J. Faundeen,
USGS L. Pettinger, USGS K. Barrett, USAID L.
Ruppe, USAID

• Purpose stewardship for an observation system
  that will
• document the evolving state of the climate
  system,
• allow improved understanding of its changes,and
• contribute to improved predictive capability for
  society

Other Working Group CoChairs Atmospheric
Composition Dan Albritton, NOAA Phil
DeCola, NASA Climate Variability Change Jay
Fein, NSF Randy Dole, NOAA Carbon Cycle
Diane Wickland, NASA Roger Dahlman, DOE Water
Cycle Jared Entin, NASA Ecosystems Bryce
Stokes, USDA Susan Julius, EPA Human
Contributions Responses Catlin Simpson,
NOAA Janet Gamble, EPA Land
Use/Land Cover Tom Loveland, USGS Garik
Gutman, NASA Communications/Internatl/State
Kathryn Parker, EPA
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Draft US government plan for Global Earth
Observations

• Expected Release Fall 2004
• Input to Intl GEO
• Earth Summit 3-
• Brussels, Feb 2005
• Societal Benefit Areas

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Appendices of IWGEO Plan

• Appendix 1 Near - Term Opportunities Data
  Management, Improved Observations for Disaster
  Warnings, Next Generation Global Land Observing
  System, Sea Level Observing System, National
  Integrated Drought Information System, Air
  Quality Assessment and Forecast System
• Appendix 2 Technical Reports for the 9 Societal
  Benefit Areas
• Climate Section Scope National and
  International
• CCSP Strategic Plan GCOS 2nd Adequacy Report
• http//www.climatescience.gov
• http//www.wmo.ch/web/gcos/gcoshome.html
• Deployed/Known Observing Systems U.S. National
  GCOS Report
• http//www.eis.noaa.gov/gcos/soc_long.pdf
• Future Systems (Not Yet
  Deployed), dependence on existing systems
• Gaps Land, Ice, Aerosol, Carbon,
• Water Cycle, Radiation Budget,
• Temperature Profiles, Paleoclimate

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Major Gaps and Challenges
Adapt/Mitigate
Understand
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Roles of Suborbital Earth Observations

• Unique Observations
• In Situ Atmospheric
• Adaptable, Mobile
• Remote (e.g. Polar, Ocean)
• Resolve Surface, Boundary layers
• Unique technology
• Development of new systems
• Steps towards space
• Steps towards other planets