Briefings on Climate Programs
by CCSPO Agencies
July 2002

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  By Michael Slimak  and Joel D. Scheraga (24 July 2002)  (PDF, 2.8 Mb)

Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey. (25 July 2002). (MS Powerpoint, 24.7 Mb) 

Department of State.  (dtd 26 July 2002).  By Harlan L. Watson. (MS Powerpoint, 126 kb) 

US Agency for International Development (AID).  (dtd 31 July 2002).  By Emmy B. Simmons. (MS Powerpoint, 2.5 Mb) 

US Department of Energy.  (dtd 12 July 2002).  By Ari Patrinos. (MS Powerpoint, 6.2 Mb) 

US Department of Agriculture (dtd 2 Aug 2002)

1. USDA Global Change Activities. By William Hohenstein. (MS Powerpoint, 0.2 Mb) 
2. Global Change Research in the Agricultural Research Service.  By Steven R. Shafer. (MS Powerpoint, 12.0 Mb) 
3. Global Change Program, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service.  By Raymond Knighton. (MS Powerpoint, 1.3 Mb) 
4. The USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program.  By Jim Reaves, Sue Conard, Richard Birdsey, Steve McNulty, & Linda Joyce.  (MS Powerpoint, 7.4 Mb) 
5. Global Change Research at the Economic Research Service.  By Carol Jones. (MS Powerpoint, 67 kb) 
6. USDA NRCS Soil Carbon Prediction and Measurement Activities.  By Maurice J. Mausbach. (MS Powerpoint, 0.6 Mb) 

Department of Defense (DoD):

1. Department of Defense.  By James Andrews, Office of Naval Research (dtd 31 July 2002) (MS Powerpoint, 2.2 Mb)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (dtd 23 July 2002)

1. NASA Earth Science Enterprise Role in Global Change Research & the Climate Change Research Initiative (MS Powerpoint,  19.1 Mb) 
2. Earth Sciences Applications.  By R. Birk (MS Powerpoint,  13.5 Mb)
3. Carbon, Ecosystem, & Land Cover/Use Sciences.  By D. Wickland.(MS Powerpoint,  13.1 Mb)
4. Water Cycle.  By J. Entin (MS Powerpoint,  26.8 Mb) 
5. Climate Variability.  By W. Abdalati  (MS Powerpoint,  6.5 Mb)
6. Atmospheric Composition.   By P. DeCola (MS Powerpoint,  6.5 Mb) 
7. Computational Earth System Modeling.  By R. Rood (MS Powerpoint, 4.1 Mb) 
8. Summary.  By J. Kaye (MS Powerpoint, 31 kb) 

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)   By Mary Gant (dtd 16 July 2002)  (MS Powerpoint, 125 kb) 

Department of Commerce (DOC/NIST, DOC/NOAA)

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)   By Hratch G. Semerjian (dtd 22 July 2002)  (MS Powerpoint, 18.0 Mb) 
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (dtd 22 July 2002) (MS Powerpoint, 61.7 Mb) 

• Overview.  By D. Evans  (MS Powerpoint, 159 kb)
• Science
  • Atmospheric Composition. By D. Albritton.  (MS Powerpoint, 6.5 Mb)
  • Carbon Cycle.  By D. Hofmann.  (MS Powerpoint, 14.7 Mb)
  • Climate Variability.  By J. Laver.  (MS Powerpoint, 3.0 Mb)
  • Climate-Ecosystem Interactions.  By W. Fox.  (MS Powerpoint, 459 kb)
• Observation/Monitoring Systems.  By T. Karl.(MS Powerpoint, 33.3 Mb)
• Decision Support
  • Climate Models and Simulation.  By A. Leetmaa.  (MS Powerpoint, 1.8 Mb)
  • Decision Support/Services.  By R. Livezey.  (MS Powerpoint, 2.1 Mb)
• Wrapup.  By D. Evans.   (MS Powerpoint, 55 kb)

National Science Foundation (NSF)    By Margaret Leinen (dtd 31 July 2002)  (MS Powerpoint, 18.9 Mb) 

Smithsonian Institution.  By Patrick Neale (dtd 11 July 2002) (MS Word, 30 kb)