Peer Review Plans |
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