Description
The goal of Climate Dynamics/Experimental Prediction (CDEP) program is to bring
the science of climate forecasts and information into policy and decision-making. The
program objectives are: (1) Enhance NOAA climate forecast operations, (2) Enhance
NOAA climate applications products and services, and (3) Provide evaluation for ocean
observing systems.
The CDEP program consists of a set of
Applied
Research Centers (ARCs), the
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), the
Climate Test Bed
(CTB) at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), and
a focused competitive R&D program.
The Applied Research Centers (ARCs) conduct mission oriented applied R&D with stable funding under
five year renewable Institutional Awards. Each center has a unique capability to
contribute to at least one of the program's objectives. The IRI
is an end-to-end climate prediction and applications institution that
demonstrates the US leadership in the area of climate prediction and applications
internationally. The Climate Test Bed at NCEP
is aimed at accelerating transition of research into NOAA climate forecast operations.
The CTB brings together external research
community and NCEP
scientists to work on high priority enhancements to climate forecast operations
through competitive transition projects. The competitive R&D program aims
at high priority NOAA and national climate program objectives. Its short-term focus
is to develop climate forecast application products through collaborations
with users and the applications research community.
Scientific guidance for the CDEP program is primarily provided by the ARCs
Council which consists of directors of ARCs, NOAA representatives from the
Climate Prediction Center (CPC), the Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), and
the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL),
representatives from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
and the NASA Global
Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO), and at large members from the broad
climate prediction and applications community.
CDEP Activities
Contribution to NOAA Climate Program Milestones
- Attribution Report: Climate of 2005 and the last decade (FY 2006)
- Report on IRI International Activities (FY 2006)
- Application of Seasonal Forecasts for Improving Energy and Hydro-Power Resource Management in the Western U.S. (FY 2006)
- Ocean Observing System Evaluation Report:
- The Impact of Argo Salinity Profiles on the NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (FY 2005)
- The Impact of Satellite Altimetry Data on the NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (FY 2005)
Attribution Report: Warm Oceans Raise Land Temperatures in 2004 (FY 2005)
Annual Report: Attribution of Annual Mean Atmospheric Anomalies for 2003 (FY 2004)
Ocean Data Assimilation Consortium for Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction (ODASI)
(FY 2004)
