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Strategic Plan for the
Climate Change
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Review draft, November 2002
 

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 Invitation to Review the Strategic Plan

Notice of availability and request for public comment.  Federal Register Notice (dtd 7 January 2003) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

 

 

 

 

Instructions for Submission of Comments on the CCSP Strategic Plan

Thank you for participating in the review process.

In your review, we ask you to provide a perspective on the content, implications, and challenges outlined in the plan as well as suggestions for any alternate approaches you wish to have considered, and the types of climate and global change information required by policy makers and resource managers.  We also ask that you comment on any inconsistencies within or across chapters, and omissions of important topics.  For any shortcomings that you note in the draft, please propose specific remedies.  To participate, it is not necessary that you review the entire plan. 

Comments are due by 18 January, 2003.  All comments submitted by that date will be posted on this web site for public review.  While we are unable to promise detailed responses to individual comments, we confirm that all submitted comments will be considered when we develop the final version of the Strategic Plan.

Please follow the instructions for preparing and submitting your review.  Using the format guidance described below will facilitate our processing of reviewer comments and assure that your comments are appropriately considered. An example of the format is also provided. 

  • Select the chapter(s) or sections of chapters which you wish to review. It is not necessary that you review the entire plan. In your comments, please consider the following issues:
    • Overview: overview on the content, implications, and challenges outlined in the plan;
    • Agreement/Disagreement: areas of agreement and disagreement, as appropriate;
    • Suggestions: suggestions for alternative approaches, if appropriate;
    • Inconsistencies: inconsistencies within or across chapters;
    • Omissions: omissions of important topics;
    • Remedies: specific remedies for identified shortcomings of the draft plan;
    • Stakeholder climate information: type of climate and global change information required by representative groups;
    • Other: other comments not covered above.
  • Please do not comment on grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Professional copy editing will correct deficiencies in these areas for the final draft.
  • Use the format guidance that follows for organizing your comments.
  • Submit your comments by email to comments@climatescience.gov. by 18 January, 2003.

Format Guidance for Comments

Please provide background information about yourself on the first page of your comments: your name(s), organization(s), area of expertise(s), mailing address(es), telephone and fax numbers, and email address(es).

  • Overview comments on the chapter should follow your background information and should be numbered.
  • Comments that are specific to particular pages, paragraphs or lines of the chapter should follow your overview comments and should identify the page and line numbers to which they apply.
  • Comments that refer to a table or figure should identify the table or figure number. In the case of tables, please also identify the row and column to which the comment refers.
  • Order your comments sequentially by page and line number.
  • At the end of each comment, please insert your name and affiliation.

    • Sample Format for Comments

    I. Background Information

    Name(s):  John Doe
    Organization(s): University College
    Mailing Address(es): 101 1st Street, New York, New York, 10001
    Phone(s): 800-555-5555
    Fax(es): 800-555-6666
    E-mail(s): John.Doe@univ.edu
    Area of Expertise: Atmospheric Composition

    II. Overview Comments on Chapter 5: Atmospheric Composition

    First Overview Comment:  (Comment)
    Reviewer's name, affiliation: John Doe, University College

    Second Overview Comment: (Comment)
    Reviewer's name, affiliation: John Doe, University College

    III. Specific Comments on Chapter 5: Atmospheric Composition

    Page 57, Line 5: (Comment)
    John Doe, University College

    Page 58, Line 32 - Page 59, Line 5: (Comment)
    John Doe, University College

    Table 1-4, Row 3, Column 6: (Comment)
    John Doe, University College

    Please send comments by email to: comments@climatescience.gov

     

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