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The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2009

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FY09 OCP Overview

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Additional program budget information

Full report [pdf] [17 Mb]
[Front Cover: large image | pdf]

Table of Contents

Letter of Transmittal [PDF]

Officials of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [PDF]

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for FY 2009

• Introduction [PDF (158 kb)]
• Integrating Climate and Global Change Research [PDF (244 kb)]
• CCSP Goals and Analysis of Progress Toward These Goals [PDF (951 kb)]
• CCSP FY 2009 Key Interagency Implementation Activities [PDF (207 kb)]
• Decision Support: Information to Support Policy Development and Adaptive Management [PDF (280 kb)]
• Outline of Research Element Activities [PDF (315 kb)]
• Chapter References [PDF (55 kb)]

Highlights of Recent Research and Plans for FY 2009

1. Atmospheric Composition [PDF (697 kb)]
2. Climate Variability and Change [PDF (847 kb)]
3. Global Water Cycle [PDF (1.4 Mb)]
4. Land-Use and Land-Cover Change [PDF (1.2 Mb)]
5. Global Carbon Cycle [PDF (1.2 Mb)]
6. Ecosystems [PDF (1 Mb)]
7. Human Contributions and Responses and Decision-Support Resources Development [PDF (899 kb)]
8. Observing and Monitoring the Climate System [PDF (1 Mb)]
9. Communications [PDF (180 kb)]
10. International Research and Cooperation [PDF (676 kb)]

Appendices

Appendix A: The Climate Change Science Program Participating Agencies

• Introduction [PDF (186 kb)]
• Department of Agriculture (USDA) [PDF (347 kb)]
• Department of Commerce (DOC) [PDF (155 kb)]
• Department of Defense (DOD) [PDF (211 kb)]
• Department of Energy (DOE) [PDF (128 kb)]
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [PDF (110 kb)]
• Department of the Interior (DOI) [PDF (97 kb)]
• Department of State (DOS) [PDF (245 kb)]
• Department of Transportation (DOT) [PDF (97 kb)]
• Agency for International Development (USAID) [PDF (32 kb)]
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)[PDF (55 kb)]
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)[PDF (69 kb)]
• National Science Foundation (NSF) [PDF (56 kb)]
• Smithsonian Institution (SI) [PDF (45 kb)]

Appendix B: Climate Change Science Program FY 2009 Budget Tables

Note: In addition to being separately available as listed, all of the tables below are available as a single PDF (939 kb).

• Introduction [PDF (187 kb)]
• Table 1 shows the CCSP FY 2007 – FY 2009 budget by goal and focus area.
  [PDF (66 kb)]
• Table 2 shows the CCSP FY 2007 – FY 2009 budget by goal and participating agency/department.
  [PDF (57 kb)]
• Table 3 shows the CCSP FY 2007 – FY 2009 budgets by agency, with USGCRP and CCRI budget listed separately and also combined in a single CCSP total.
  [PDF (61 kb)]
• Table 4 shows the CCSP FY 2007 – FY 2009 scientific research budget by USGCRP research element.
  [PDF (56 kb)]
• Table 5 shows the CCSP FY 2007 – FY 2009 budget for the Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI)
  [PDF (50 kb)]
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  [PDF (346 kb)]
• Department of Commerce (DOC)
  [PDF (153 kb)]
• [Department of Defense (DOD).  Because DOD research activities are conducted for defense-related missions, they are not included in the CCSP budget crosscut.   Related DOD research does contribute to CCSP goals, however.]
• Department of Energy (DOE)
  [PDF (121 kb)]
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  [PDF (162 kb)]
• Department of the Interior (DOI)
  [PDF (162 kb)]
• Department of State (DOS)
  
• Department of Transportation (DOT)
  [PDF (108 kb)]
• Agency for International Development (USAID)
  [PDF (71 kb)]
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  [PDF (71 kb)]
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  [PDF (65 kb)]
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  [PDF (64 kb)]
• Smithsonian Institution (SI)
  [PDF (55 kb)]

Contact Information [PDF]

This document describes the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) for FY 2009. It provides a summary of the achievements of the program, an analysis of the progress made, and budgetary information. It thereby responds to the annual reporting requirements of the U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990 (Section 102, P. L. 101-606). It does not express any regulatory policies of the United States or any of its agencies, or make any findings of fact that could serve as predicates for regulatory action. Agencies must comply with required statutory and regulatory processes before they could rely on any statements in this document or by the CCSP as a basis for regulatory action.