USGCRP Home Library High-End Climate Science Charge to the Working Group | | Search |
Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Participating Agencies and Executive Offices Ad hoc Working Group on Climate Modeling Executive Summary Charge to the Working Group Main Report |
The Working Group should develop a draft implementation plan for US Global Change Research Program climate modeling activities. The draft plan should be presented to the Subcommittee on Global Change Research by May 1, 1999. The plan should cover all USGCRP climate-modeling activities, and should address two time frames: FY2001-2005 and FY2006-2010. Two options should be developed:
The working group should, at a minimum, address the following set of questions. Issue Identification.
Management Approach. Should US weather and climate modeling efforts be more closely integrated? If so, what management structure should be developed to ensure that these efforts (weather, climate) are effectively integrated? Are modifications to the current "distributed" US approach warranted? How can weather and climate modeling efforts best be integrated into the broader IT effort? What types of IT resources are likely to be available in the next ten years, and how does climate modeling need to change to best take advantage of such resources? How can we ensure that the most cost-effective IT innovations are adopted and that the IT resources are properly allocated across the related science/IT communities? How can we ensure that common modeling and IT tools are developed and used effectively across the key modeling groups? What steps are needed to stimulate more effective interaction between climate modelers, researchers, and the larger IT community? How do we deal with the human resources issues (how can we get more stable funding for modeling groups)? Is it possible to engage smart young IT people in climate modeling over the long term? What steps are needed to ensure that climate modeling is prepared for the massively parallel architectures that are becoming predominant in the computing world?
|
|