Table of Contents

Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Participating Agencies and Executive Offices

Ad hoc Working Group on Climate Modeling

Foreword

Executive Summary

1. Background

2. Summary of Findings

3. Summary of recommen- dations

4. Final Comments

Charge to the Working Group 

Main Report

1. Purpose

2. Current Situation

3. Scope of Document / Underlying Definitions and Assumptions

4. Elements of Climate Science

5. Issues of Computational Systems

6. Human resources

7. Management / Business Practices / Institutional models

8. Recommen- dations

9. Reference Documents

10. Endnotes

Full Report (PDF)

Ad hoc Working Group on Climate Modeling

Richard B. Rood, Chair
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Goddard Space Flight Center

Jeffrey L. Anderson
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

David C. Bader
Department of Energy (DOE)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Maurice L. Blackmon
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Timothy F. Hogan
Department of Defense (DOD)
Naval Research Laboratory

Patricia K. Esborg
Organizational Consultant/Strategic Change Management