Briefing to NOAA Science Advisory Board

1. Briefing to NOAA Science Advisory Board July 16, 2003 Agenda item: Council on Long-Term Climate Monitoring (Tom Karl, Working Group Chair)

2. Briefing Topics • Current Membership • Recommendations Made at the January, 2003 CLTCM Meeting • Actions Proposed for SAB Approval at This Time • Plans for Next Climate Monitoring Working Group Meeting

3. Council Membership • Mark Abbott - Oregon State U. - remote sensing, ocean observations • Tony Busalacchi - U. Maryland - S/I forecasting, oceanography • Judy Curry - Georgia Tech - remote sensing, climate of the polar regions • Rainer Dombrowsky - NOAA/NWS - atmospheric observing systems • Bruce Douglas - Florida Int’l U. - sea level • Mike Johnson - NOAA/OGP - ocean observing systems • Tom Karl - NOAA/NCDC - climate data sets, detection/attribution • Martha Maiden - NWS/Hq - satellite observations, climate data sets • Chris Miller - NOAA/OGP - detection/attribution, (WG executive secretary) • Bob Murphy - NASA/NPP - remote sensing, NPP project scientist • Bill Murray - NOAA/OGP - climate data sets, (WG rapporteur) • Joyce Penner - U. Michigan - aerosols • Michael Prather - U. Cal/Irvine - atmospheric chemistry • Rick Rosen - AER - atmospheric dynamics, diagnostics • Bill Rossow - remote sensing, radiation, global water cycle • Stan Schneider - NASA/NPOESS/IPO - remote sensing • Dian Seidel - NOAA/ARL - tropospheric/stratospheric temp profile, water vapor • Soroosh Sorooshian - U. Arizona - hydrology • Kevin Trenberth - NCAR - climate variability, hydrological cycle, reanalysis • Ferris Webster - U. Delaware - oceanography, climate data sets

4. Recommendations Made at CLTCM Ninth Meeting (Jan 15/16, 2003) • Clarify Terms of Reference of CLTCM Relative to Climate & Global Change Working Group - CLTCM to focus on observing system and data management • C&GC Working Group to focus on climate research 2) Developing and Implementing an Optimal Observing System - Evaluate new observing systems components and improvements in an integrated manner

5. Actions Proposed for SAB Approval at This Time • Rotate Working Group Chairmanship to Mark Abbott • Change Name from “Council on Long-term Climate Monitoring” to “Climate Monitoring Working Group” • Approve Revision of Terms of Reference to More Accurately Reflect Complementary Relationship with “Climate & Global Change Working Group”

6. Next Climate Monitoring WG Meeting • Chicago, Illinois, Sept 17 (p.m.), 18, 19 (a.m.) • Joint Session with C&GC Working Group Sept 17 (p.m.) • Proposed Agenda Items To Be Discussed in Joint Session • Scientific Data Stewardship and Comprehensive Large-Array Stewardship System (CLASS) • Adaptation of Model Data for Use in Assessments • Sentinel Science Teams

7. Next Climate Monitoring WG Meeting (continued) Proposed Agenda Items, Sept 18-19 • Rotation of Working Group Chair • Revisions to Terms of Reference • Review of Action Items from Ninth Meeting of CLTCM • Continuation of Discussion of Joint Session Topics (as necessary) • Pacific Plus Observing System • Reactive and Indirect Greenhouse Agents (gases and aerosols) • NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Science Team • NWS Radiosonde Replacement System • GOES-R Data Requirements • Office of Ocean Observations • Tropospheric-Surface Temperature Reconciliation • Workshop on Ongoing Analysis of the Climate System • Recommendations for Consideration by SAB