Uses and limitations of observations, data, forecasts, and other projections in decision support for selected sectors and regions

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Status & Details

Estimated publication date for final report: COMPLETED 9/9/2008  

ScheduleNote: This schedule lists in chronological order the public postings related to this report. We provide exact dates for past postings; and our best estimate for the next posting (highlighted in red). Dates for subsequent releases (i.e. beyond the next posting) are left blank.
Start of 30-day Public Review of Draft Prospectus	12/14/2005
Final Prospectus Posted	2/28/2006
Start of 45-day Public Review of Draft Report	9/24/2007
Third Draft Report Posted	5/08/2008
Final Report Posted	COMPLETED 9/9/2008
NEXT Step >>	COMPLETED
*** est scheduled dates, subject to revision

In reverse chronological order. 

8 September 2008. Final Report posted online. See also press release from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (links posted 8 Sep 2008)

7 May 2008. Final (third) review draft [PDF] is posted.

• Public review comments on second review draft.

24 September 2007.  Public review draft of report is posted.  Comments will be accepted from 24 September 2007 through 8 November.  See also invitation to comment and Federal Register notice (both dated 24 Sep 2007).  (link posted 24 Sep 2007)

24 September 2007.  Draft online catalog of decision-support demonstration projects is posted (as called for in the prospectus).  The catalog will be updated as additional experiments are conducted and new approaches to incorporating and benchmarking application of observations and other global change research products evolve.

17 May 2006: Peer review plan posted by NASA. (link posted 14 Aug 2007)

28 February 2006:

• Final prospectus released.  Also available as PDF file. 
• Public review comments on the draft prospectus are released.

14 December 2005: Draft prospectus released along with invitation for public review and comment.