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CCSP Goal 1: Improve knowledge of the Earth’s past and present climate and environment,
including its natural variability, and improve understanding of the causes of observed variability
and change.
Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere:
Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences
Thomas R. Karl, NOAA; Susan J. Hassol, STG Inc.; Christopher D. Miller, NOAA;
William L. Murray, STG Inc.
Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes
Richard B. Alley, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Julie Brigham-Grette, Univ. of Massachusetts;
Gifford H. Miller, Univ. of Colorado; Leonid Polyak, Ohio State Univ.; James W.C. White, Univ.of Colorado;
Joan J. Fitzpatrick, USGS
Re-Analysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features:
Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change
Randall M. Dole, Martin P. Hoerling, Siegfried Schubert, NOAA
CCSP Goal 2: Improve quantification of the forces bringing about changes in the Earth’s climate and
related systems.
Part A: Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations
Part B: Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use
Leon
E. Clarke, James A. Edmonds, Hugh M. Pitcher, Pacific Northwest
National Lab.; Henry D. Jacoby, MIT; John M. Reilly, MIT; Richard G.
Richels, Electric Power Research Institute; Edward A. Parson, Univ. of
Michigan; Virginia R. Burkett, USGS; Karen Fisher-Vanden, Dartmouth
College; David W. Keith, Univ. of Calgary; Linda O. Mearns, NCAR;
Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, NASA; Mort D. Webster, MIT; John C. Houghton
DOE/Office of Biological and Environmental Research
The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR)
North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle
Anthony W. King, ORNL; Lisa Dilling, Univ. of Colorado/NCAR; Gregory P. Zimmerman,ORNL;
David Fairman, Consensus Building Institute Inc.; Richard A. Houghton,
Woods Hole Research Center; Gregg Marland, ORNL; Adam Z. Rose,
Pennsylvania State Univ. and Univ. Southern California;
Thomas J. Wilbanks, ORNL
Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts
Mian
Chin, NASA; Ralph A. Kahn, NASA; Stephen E. Schwartz, DOE/BNL; Lorraine
A. Remer, NASA/GSFC; Hogbin Yu, NASA/GSFC/UMBC; David Rind, NASA/GISS;
Graham Feingold, NOAA/ESRL;
Patricia K. Quinn, NOAA/PMEL; David G. Streets, DOE/ANL; Philip DeCola, NASA HQ;
Rangasayi Halthore, NASA HQ/NRL
Trends in Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, & Implications for Ultraviolet
Radiation Exposure
A.R. Ravishankara, NOAA; Michael J. Kurylo, NASA; Christine Ennis, NOAA/ESRL
CCSP Goal 3: Reduce uncertainty in projections of how the Earth’s climate and related systems may change in the future.
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations
David
C. Bader and Curt Covey, Lawrence Livermore National Lab.; William J.
Gutowski Jr., Iowa State Univ.; Isaac M. Held, NOAA/GFDL; Kenneth E.
Kunkel, Illinois State Water Survey; Ronald L. Miller, NASA/GISS; Robin
T. Tokmakian, Naval Postgraduate School; Minghua H. Zhang, State Univ.
of New York Stony Brook; Anjuli S. Bamzai, U.S. DOE
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols
Hiram
Levy II, NOAA/GFDL; Drew Shindell, NASA/GISS; Alice Gilliland, NOAA
/ARL; M. Daniel Schwarzkopf, NOAA/GFDL; Larry W. Horowitz, NOAA/GFDL;
Anne M. Waple, STG Inc.
Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate:
Regions of Focus: North America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands
Thomas
R. Karl, NOAA; Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR; Christopher D. Miller, NOAA;
Susan J. Hassol, STG Inc.; Anne M. Waple, STG Inc.; William L. Murray,
STG Inc.
Abrupt Climate Change
John
P. McGeehin, USGS; John A. Barron, USGS; David M. Anderson, NOAA; David
J. Verardo, NSF; Peter U. Clark, Oregon State Univ.; Andrew J. Weaver,
Univ. of Victoria; Konrad Steffen, Univ. of Colorado; Edward R. Cook,
Columbia Univ.; Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA; Edward Brook, Oregon State
Univ.
CCSP
Goal 4: Understand the sensitivity and adaptability of different
natural and managed ecosystems and human systems to climate and related
global changes
Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region
James
G. Titus, U.S. EPA; K. Eric Anderson, USGS; Donald R. Cahoon, USGS;
Dean B. Gesch, USGS; Stephen K. Gill, NOAA; Benjamin T. Gutierrez,
USGS; E. Robert Thieler, USGS; S. Jeffress Williams, USGS
Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems
Daniel B. Fagre, USGS; Colleen W. Charles, USGS
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources and Biodiversity in the United States
Peter
Backlund, NCAR; Anthony Janetos, PNNL/Univ. of Maryland; David Schimel,
National Ecological Observatory Network; Margaret Walsh, USDA
Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources
Susan
Herrod Julius, U.S. EPA; Jordan M. West, U.S. EPA; Jill S. Baron, USGS
and Colorado State Univ.; Linda A. Joyce, USDA Forest Service; Brad
Griffith, USGS; Peter Kareiva, The Nature Conservancy; Brian D. Keller,
NOAA; Margaret Palmer, Univ. of Maryland; Charles Peterson, Univ. of
North Carolina; J. Michael Scott, USGS and Univ. of Idaho
Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States
Thomas
J. Wilbanks, ORNL; Vatsal Bhatt, Brookhaven National Lab.; Daniel E.
Bilello, National Renewable Energy Lab.; Stanley R. Bull, National
Renewable Energy Lab.; James Ekmann, National Energy Technology Lab.;
William C. Horak, Brookhaven National Lab.; Y. Joe Huang, Mark D.
Levine, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.; Michael J. Sale, ORNL; David
K. Schmalzer, Argonne National Lab.; Michael J. Scott, Pacific
Northwest National Lab.
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human System
Janet L. Gamble, U.S. EPA; Kristie L. Ebi, ESS LLC.; Anne E. Grambsch,
U.S. EPA; Frances G. Sussman, Environmental Economics Consulting;
Thomas J. Wilbanks, ORNL
Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure -- Gulf Coast Study
Michael J. Savonis, Federal Highway Administration; Virginia R. Burkett, USGS; Joanne R. Potter, Cambridge Systematics
CCSP
Goal 5: Explore the uses and identify the limits of evolving knowledge
to manage risks and opportunities related to climate variability and
change.
Uses
and Limitations of Observations, Data, Forecasts, and Other Projections
in Decision Support for Selected Sectors and Regions
John
Haynes, NASA; Fred Vukovich, SAIC; Molly K. Macauley, RFF; Daewon W.
Byun, Univ. of Houston; David Renne, NREL; Gregory Glass, Johns Hopkins
School of Public Health; Holly Hartmann, Univ. of Arizona
Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making
M.
Granger Morgan, Dept. of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon
Univ.; Hadi Dowlatabadi, Inst. for Resources, Environment and
Sustainability, Univ. of British Columbia; Max Henrion, Lumina Decision
Systems; David Keith, Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and
Dept. of Economics, Univ. of Calgary; Robert Lempert, The RAND Corp.;
Sandra McBride, Duke Univ.; Mitchell Small, Dept. of Engineering and
Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon Univ.; Thomas Wilbanks, Environmental
Science Division, ORNL
Decision
Support Experiments and Evaluations using Seasonal-to-Interannual
Forecasts and Observational Data: A Focus on Water Resources
Nancy
Beller-Simms, NOAA; Helen Ingram, Univ. of Arizona; David Feldman,
Univ. of California; Nathan Mantua, Climate Impacts Group, Univ. of
Washington; Katharine L. Jacobs, Arizona Water Institute; Anne M.
Waple, STG Inc.
Other Assessments Referenced
Working Group I - Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
Susan Solomon, Dahe Qin, Martin Manning, Zhenlin Chen, Melinda Marquis, Kristen B. Averyt,
Melina M.B. Tignor, Henry LeRoy Miller, Jr.
Working Group II - Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Martin L. Parry, Osvalda F. Canziani, Jean P. Palutikof, Paul J. van der Linden, Clair E. Hanson
Working Group III - Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change
Bert Metz, Ogunlade R. Davidson, Peter R. Bosch, Rutu Dave, Leo A. Meyer
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios
Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Robert Swart
Climate Change and Water
Bryson Bates, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Shaohong Wu, Jean P. Palutikof
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation
Henry
G. Schwartz, Jr., Alan C. Clark, G. Edward Dickey, George C. Eads,
Robert E. Gallamore, Genevieve Giuliano, William J. Gutowski, Jr.,
Randell H. Iwasaki, Klaus H. Jacob, Thomas R. Karl, Robert J. Lempert,
Luisa M. Paiewonsky, S. George H. Philander, Christopher R. Zeppie
Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
Jerry
M. Melillo, Anthony C. Janetos, Thomas R. Karl, Eric J. Barron,
Virginia Rose Burkett, Thomas F. Cecich, Robert W. Corell, Katharine L.
Jacobs, Linda A. Joyce, Barbara Miller, M. Granger Morgan, Edward A.
Parson, Richard G. Richels, David S. Schimel
Impacts of a Warming Arctic, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Robert
W. Corell, Susan J. Hassol, Pål Prestrud, Patricia A. Anderson, Snorri
Baldursson, Elizabeth Bush, Terry V. Callaghan, Paul Grabhorn, Gordon
McBean, Michael MacCracken, Lars-Otto Reiersen, Jan Idar Solbakken,
Gunter Weller
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