Project Title: NEWS Science Integration Team (NSIT)

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Project Title NEWS Science Integration Team
(NSIT) Project team J.Entin (NASA Hq), P.R.
Houser (GMU), R.A. Schiffer (UMBC), W.B.Rossow
(CUNY), C.A.Schlosser (MIT), W.M.LaPenta (NASA
MSFC), B.Lin (NASA LaRC), E.G. Njoku (JPL)
Project status Establishment of a NEWS Data
Integration Center (NDIC) at IGES to serve the
entire NEWS team and its partners by compiling,
integrating, diagnosing and disseminating water
and energy observational data and model results
relevant to NEWS investigations. NSIT
assignments as Points of Contact (POC) for
individual NEWS investigations to ensure
communications, coordination and timely
reporting Initiation and leadership of
cross-cutting NEWS integration projects to
demonstrate the unique contributions of NEWS
(1) Coupling of land and atmosphere on daily time
scale (lead Rossow,Njoku) (2) Exploring
water and energy cycle variability and extremes
(lead Houser, LaPenta, Schiffer) (3) Water
and energy cycle assessments on annual and longer
time scales (lead Lin, Schlosser)
Science issue The NEWS program recognizes the
need for a comprehensive effort to integrate
model and data products and theory to quantify
the rates and variations of water and energy
cycling throughout the global climate
system. Approach NSIT is responsible for
Integration of science activities to serve the
overall purpose of NASA by acting as an interface
with other NASA Earth Science research foci and
activities, coordinating the execution of the
NEWS Science Integration Plan, and leading
specific studies needed for integration of the
results of independent product-driven and
discovery-driven investigations. Specific NSIT
Responsibilities NEWS Science and data
product Integration NEWS PI Coordination
Linkages to NASA Earth Science system and
technology components Science advocating
Organizing water and energy cycle related
scientific meetings and conferences NEWS
scientific planning Representing NEWS to
national and international partners Support of
NEWS administration functions
NEWS linkages Continuing coordination with the
national and international scientific community
through Service as PI of the WCRP/GEWEX
International Project Office Routine
participation at the meetings of the NRC Climate
Research Committee Organizing sessions at
national meetings of the American Geophysical
Union (AGU)
NEWS IP
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Updated November 1, 2007