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Peer Review Plans |
Title and Description:
CCSP Product 5.2 Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making
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 other agencies, will focus on best practices for characterizing, communicating and incorporating scientific uncertainty to policy makers. One purpose of the report is to synthesize and communicate the current state of understanding about the characteristics and implications of uncertainty related to climate change and variability to an audience of policymakers with an interest in developing a fundamental understanding of the issue. Such an understanding could contribute sound scientific underpinnings to an informed discourse about the nature and implications of climate change and variability. The purpose of the report is to provide recommendations for best practices for characterizing and analyzing uncertainty and communicating it to scientists, science managers, and technical operational entities involved in conducting and producing climate information in the context of decision support, based on a thorough, state-of-the-art assessment of the current state of understanding.
ID: 51 Info. Type: HISA
Estimated Dissemination Date: 2/15/2009
Contact Person: Linda Suttora NOAA Locator
Date First Posted in Peer Review Agenda: 6/16/2006
Estimated Peer Review Start Date: 9/19/2006 Completed: 2/28/2007
Review type: NAS review
Expected number of peer reviewers: more than 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? no
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.
When? Public comment on the prospectus will be at least a 30 day review beginning in May 2006. Subsequent public comment on the product will be a 45-day review (April 2008).
Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? yes
Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Social and physical sciences, including: decision analysis, policy studies, atmospheric studies, sociology, geography
Comments on Peer Review:
Guidelines for Producing the CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products may be found at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap-guidelines.htm.
The peer review report was completed in February 2007. Peer review (NRC report): http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11873
Charge statement, agency response to peer review report, and final work product can all be found here: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap5-2/