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Updated 16 November 2007

OUR CHANGING PLANET
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program
for Fiscal Year 2008

A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and
The Subcommittee on Global Change Research
A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget
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Department of Commerce (DOC)

DOC

Program Title

FY 2006

FY 2007
Estimate

FY 2008
Request

USGCRP

NOAA

Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes

45.8 42.6 42.7
NOAA

Competitive Research Program

70.6 70.6 86.5

NOAA

Climate Data and Information

2.4 4.4 8.2
NOAA
Climate Operations 0.4 0.9 0.9

NOAA

Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity

1.5 1.5 2.0

NOAA

Operational Climate Programs

80.1 70.1 53.7

NIST

Measurements and Standards for the CCSP

0.0
0.0
5.0

USGCRP Total

200.9
190.0
199.0

CCRI

NOAA
Competitive Research Program
34.1 
45.7 
45.8 

CCRI Total

34.1
45.7
45.8

Department of Commerce Total

235.0
235.7

President’s Request

244.8

Notes:
1) Starting in FY 2006, funding to DOC/NOAA’s Laboratories was included as part of DOC/NOAA CCSP activities. This is a result of the evolution of
NOAA’s role in CCSP.
2) DOC/NOAA previously reported its climate research activities under its Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) line office and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) line office. For FY 2008, NOAA made a decision to report activities for the NOAA climate strategic goal, as defined in
the NOAA Strategic Plan (2005), to ensure consistent reporting and provide the most accurate picture of its climate funding to date. The climate goal
includes both research and operations funding under the following offices: OAR, NMFS, the National Weather Service, and the National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service.
3) Past reports have erroneously presented all of DOC/NOAA’s CCSP funding in the Operations, Research, and Facilities (ORF) account. Climate-related
activities have been and continue to be funded in both the ORF account and the Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction (PAC) account.
4) In FY 2008, DOC includes funding for new measurement and standards-related activities that DOC/NIST will undertake to support CCSP.

Mapping of Budget Request to Appropriations Legislation. In Appropriations Committee reports, funding for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration CCSP activities is specified in the Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes, Competitive Research Programs, Climate Operations, and Climate Data and Information
lines of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research budget; in the Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity line of the National Marine Fisheries Service budget; the Data Centers and Information Services line of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) budget; and the Local Warnings and Forecasts and
Central Forecast Guidance lines of the National Weather Service (NWS) budget within NOAA’s Operations, Research, and Facilities account. In addition, a portion of NOAA’s climate funding is found within the Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction account for NESDIS and NWS. Funding for National Institute of Standards and Technology CCSP activities is specified in the Scientific and Technical Research and Services account.

Also available:

PDF version of the DOC budget table

Appendix A: Details on DOC/NOAA contributions to the CCSP

PDF version of the full report

The hardcopy version of this report is available free of charge from the GCRIO Online Catalog

Additional program budget information

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