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

This presentation outlines the purpose, membership, and updates of the SAB Climate Working Group. It includes discussions on climate program updates, climate variability and predictability, upper air observing systems, NOAA Arctic issues, climate impacts on fisheries, planning for climate data records, and the Community Re-analysis Project.

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

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  1. SAB Climate Working Group A Presentation to the NOAA Science Advisory Board Otis Brown Chair Climate Working Group August 8, 2005

  2. Outline • Outline • Purpose • Membership • March Meeting notes • SAB Action

  3. Purpose • Provide an update on the SAB Climate Working Group • Ask the SAB to accept: • Climate Working Group Report

  4. Membership

  5. 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

  6. 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]

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

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