GFDL Scientists Prepare to Welcome Lab Review Team

June 19, 2009

GFDL's research programs will undergo a comprehensive external review, from June 30 to July 2, 2009.  All research labs of NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) are subject to review by a panel of outside experts, approximately once every four years.  GFDL's last review was in 1999.  The purpose of these reviews is to provide an external assessment of the effectiveness of the labs in meeting OAR goals and objectives, and NOAA's strategic and operating plans. 

Members of the review panel will evaluate the quality, relevance and value of the lab’s research to both internal and external interests.  These evaluations help to strategically position NOAA's labs for science planning in the future.  The confirmed members of the review panel are senior scientists from NSF, MIT, University of Washington, Duke University, University of Exeter, Max Planck Institute, and NCAR.

GFDL's research will be grouped into 3 broad categories for the review:   (1) Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling; (2) Physical Climate Change: Understanding and Prediction; and (3) Carbon, Biogeochemistry, and Climate.  Organized by these categories, a series of presentations over two and a half days will highlight accomplishments from the past several years.   Each presentation will be followed by discussion with the review panel.

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