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See also:
Invitation to Review the Strategic Plan
Notice of availability and request for public comment. Federal
Register Notice (dtd 7 January 2003) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).
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Instructions for Submission of Comments on the CCSP
Strategic Plan
Thank you for
participating in the review process.
In your review, we
ask you to provide a perspective on the content, implications, and
challenges outlined in the plan as well as suggestions for any alternate
approaches you wish to have considered, and the types of climate and
global change information required by policy makers and resource
managers. We also ask that you comment on any inconsistencies within or
across chapters, and omissions of important topics. For any shortcomings
that you note in the draft, please propose specific remedies. To
participate, it is not necessary that you review the entire plan.
Comments are due by
18 January, 2003. All comments
submitted by that date will be posted on this web site for public review.
While we are unable to promise detailed responses to individual comments,
we confirm that all submitted comments will be considered when we develop
the final version of the Strategic Plan.
Please follow the instructions for
preparing and submitting your review. Using the format guidance described
below will facilitate our processing of reviewer comments and assure that
your comments are appropriately considered. An example of the
format is also provided.
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Select the chapter(s) or sections of chapters which you wish to
review. It is not necessary that you review the entire plan. In your
comments, please consider the following issues:
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Overview: overview on the content, implications, and
challenges outlined in the plan;
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Agreement/Disagreement:
areas of agreement and disagreement, as appropriate;
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Suggestions: suggestions
for alternative approaches, if appropriate;
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Inconsistencies: inconsistencies within or across chapters;
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Omissions: omissions of important topics;
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Remedies: specific remedies for identified shortcomings of the
draft plan;
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Stakeholder climate information: type of
climate and global change information required by
representative groups;
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Other: other comments not covered above.
- Please do not comment on grammar, spelling, or punctuation.
Professional copy editing will correct deficiencies in these areas for
the final draft.
- Use the format guidance that follows for organizing your comments.
- Submit your comments by email to
comments@climatescience.gov. by 18 January, 2003.
Format Guidance for Comments
Please provide background information about yourself on the first page
of your comments: your name(s), organization(s), area of expertise(s),
mailing address(es), telephone and fax numbers, and email address(es).
Overview comments on the chapter should follow your background
information and should be numbered.
Comments that are specific to particular pages, paragraphs or lines
of the chapter should follow your overview comments and should
identify the page and line numbers to which they apply.
Comments that refer to a table or figure should identify the table
or figure number. In the case of tables, please also identify the row
and column to which the comment refers.
Order your comments sequentially by page and line number.
At the end of each comment, please insert your name and affiliation.
Sample Format for Comments
I. Background Information
Name(s): John Doe
Organization(s): University College
Mailing Address(es): 101 1st Street, New York, New
York, 10001
Phone(s): 800-555-5555
Fax(es): 800-555-6666
E-mail(s): John.Doe@univ.edu
Area of Expertise: Atmospheric Composition
II. Overview Comments on Chapter 5:
Atmospheric Composition
First Overview Comment: (Comment)
Reviewer's name, affiliation: John Doe, University College
Second Overview Comment: (Comment)
Reviewer's name, affiliation: John Doe, University College
III. Specific Comments on Chapter 5:
Atmospheric Composition
Page 57, Line 5: (Comment)
John Doe, University College
Page 58, Line 32 - Page 59, Line 5: (Comment)
John Doe, University College
Table 1-4, Row 3, Column 6: (Comment)
John Doe, University College |
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