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Title and Description:
CCSP Product 2.4 Trends in emissions of ozone-depleting substances, ozone-layer recovery, and implications for ultraviolet radiation exposure
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), established in 2002 to coordinate climate and global change research conducted in the United States and to support decision-making on climate-related issues, is producing twenty-one synthesis and assessment reports that address its research, observation, and decision-support needs. This report, produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in coordination with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other agencies, will focus on updating trends of stratospheric ozone and ozone-depleting gases and improving model evaluations of the sensitivity of the ozone layer to changes in tropospheric composition and climate. This information is key to ensuring that international agreements to phase out production of ozone-depleting substances are having the expected outcome:   recovery of the protective ozone layer. In addition, it has to provide information needed for U. S. decision makers in regards to any action by the Montreal Protocol parties and industry on the acceptability of substitutes.

ID:  17 Info. Type:  HISA
Contact Person:  Linda Suttora NOAA Locator
Estimated Dissemination Date:  11/13/2008 (Actual)

Date First Posted in Peer Review Agenda:  6/16/2005

Estimated Peer Review Start Date:  8/24/2007
Review type:  NAS review
Expected number of peer reviewers:  4-10
Peer reviewers will be selected by:  a designated outside organization

Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers?  yes

Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed?  yes

How?  First, a public comment period on the document prospectus will occur. Lead authors may then solicit input from stakeholders on the development of the product.  Public comment on the product will take place after peer review, for no less than 45 days.  From this comment period, the lead authors will prepare a final draft of the product.

When?  Public comment on the prospectus occurred in October-November 2006. Subsequent public comment on the product was a 45-day review (March 18, 2008 – May 2, 2008).

Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review?  no

Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review:  Geophysical sciences, including: physics, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry; statistics.

Comments on Peer Review:
Public comments go back to the Author Team for responses to each comment suggestion. Author Team will respond and will document responses, and make those available upon request.

The charge statement is included in the Prospectus. The prospectus is posted on the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Web site (http://www.climatescience.gov and specifically, http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-4/sap2-4prospectus-final.htm).

The final report of the NRC Review Panel is posted at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12076.

The agency response to the NRC Review Panel’s peer review report is posted on the CCSP Web site:
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-4/public-review-draft/sap2-4-prd-compiled-response.pdf

The draft assessment for public comment is posted on the CCSP Web site: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-4/public-review-draft/sap2-4-prd.pdf