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OUR CHANGING PLANET
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program
for Fiscal Year 2008

A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and
The Subcommittee on Global Change Research
A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget
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National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

Program Title

FY 2006

FY 2007
Estimate

FY 2008
Request

USGCRP

Atmospheric Composition

85.1
79.9
77.0

Climate Variability

85.4
80.6
83.4

Carbon Cycle

50.6
46.2
48.9

Water Cycle

94.4
93.9
92.9

Ecosystems

45.3
39.7
40.1

Land-Cover/Land-Use Change

22.0
20.3
19.7

Human Contributions and Responses

38.8
28.4
28.1

USGCRP Scientific Research Sub-Total

421.6
389.0
390.1
 

Atmospheric Composition

51.6
48.9
50.7

Climate Variability

137.3
183.9
168.8

Carbon Cycle

84.0
141.3
119.3

Water Cycle

96.5
106.8
174.5

Ecosystems

36.1
41.4
47.4

Land-Cover/Land-Use Change

30.3
43.0
57.7

USGCRP Space-Based Observations Sub-Total

435.8
565.3
618.4

USGCRP Total

857.4
954.3
1,008.5

CCRI

Atmospheric Composition

2.4
2.6
2.7

Climate Variability

4.6
4.8
4.9

Carbon Cycle

6.3
6.5
6.6

Water Cycle

6.2
6.4
6.4

Ecosystems

1.9
2.1
2.2

Land-Cover/Land-Use Change

0.9
1.1
1.2

Human Contributions and Responses

16.1
11.6
11.4

CCRI Scientific Research Sub-Total

38.4
35.1
35.4
 

Atmospheric Composition (APS)

28.3
46.8
20.1

Climate Variability

28.3
46.8
20.1

CCRI Space-Based Observations Sub-Total

56.6
93.6
40.2

CCRI Total

95.0
128.7
75.6

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Total

952.4
1,083.0
President’s Request
1,084.1

NASA Notes:
1) NASA has revised the set of programs and projects it counts as supporting CCSP goals. Beginning in FY 2006, the funding levels presented do not include the Ground Network and Research Range assets or Congressional interest items but do include activities not previously counted such as the NPOESS Preparatory Project, portions (33%) of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), and the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), as well as portions of the High-End Computing and Scientific Computing projects.
2) NASA has also revised the set of projects it counts as supporting CCRI. The funding levels presented include activities that were previously not counted, including portions of the High-End Computing and Scientific Computing projects. The funding decrease from 2007 to 2008 is primarily due to the planned ramp-down of resources for the Glory mission, a major contributor to NASA CCRI funding, which is completing development in preparation for a December 2008 launch.
3) Prior to FY 2007, NASA linked the Applied Sciences and the Education and Outreach programs to USGCRP Focus Areas, but not to CCSP research elements; the current table identifies these programs as contributing to the CCSP Human Contributions and Responses element for the three fiscal years addressed.

Mapping of Budget Request to Appropriations Legislation. In the Appropriations Committee reports, National Aeronautics and Space Administration CCSP activities are funded under NASA Earth science and technology programs within Title III–Independent Agencies, as part of the Science, Aeronautics, and Technology account.


Also available:

PDF version of the NASA budget table

Appendix A: Details on NASA contributions to the CCSP

PDF version of the full report

The hardcopy version of this report is available free of charge from the GCRIO Online Catalog

Additional program budget information

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