PSD Collaborations, Partnerships and Scientific Program Input
Partnerships & Collaborations | Scientific Contributions | Collaborative Data ProjectsCurrent Partnerships and Collaborations
| Organization/Program | Description |
|---|---|
| C-CCAWWG: Federal Climate Change and Water Working Group | C-CCAWWG is a cross-organizational group that was formed to determine the needs of the water management community and foster collaborative efforts between federal and non-federal scientists. |
| Climate Attribution | NOAA's Climate Attribution is an attempt to provide an explanation of evolving climate conditions and to assess their impacts (particularly at the regional or local levels). |
| CLIVAR (US): Climate Variability and Predictability | CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) is an international, interdisciplinary research effort within the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) focusing on the variability and predictability of the slowly varying components of the climate system. |
| GCOS: Global Climate Observing System | GCOS's goal is to provide comprehensive information on the total climate system, involving a multidisciplinary range of physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological, cryospheric and terrestrial processes. PSD is a member of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS): Working Group on Surface Pressure. |
| HMT: NOAA's Hydrometeorological Testbed | HMT is a demonstration program that focuses the use of advanced observational and modeling tools on quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) and quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF) for the purpose of improving hydrologic forecasts and warnings. |
| ICOADS: International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set | ICOADS--the world's most extensive collection of global marine surface observations and monthly summary statistics, presenting extending from the late 17th century to near-real-time--is developed and maintained as a cooperative project, in the US between NOAA (PSD and the National Climatic Data Center) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), together with extensive international contributions. |
| IPY: 2007-08 International Polar Year | The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009. |
| NIDIS: National Integrated Drought Information System | NIDIS was established to ensure collaboration between different government agencies on drought-related issues. |
| NOAAWest: NOAA Western Region Collaboration | A Cross-NOAA interdisciplinary team connecting climate,weather,water and ecosystems to improve community, economic and environmental resiliency. |
| PACE: Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise Fellowship Program | PACE is a program to grow the pool of scientists qualified to transfer advances in climate science and climate prediction into climate-related decision framework(s) and decision tools. |
| SEARCH: A Study of Environmental Arctic Change | The NOAA Atmospheric Observatory program is establishing long-term, intensive measurements of clouds, radiation, aerosols, surface energy fluxes and chemistry in Eureka/Alert Canada and Tiksi, Russia. |
| WestFast: Western States Federal Agency Support Team | WestFAST is an organization that works together throughout the 17 state area to promote and educate the public on the benefits of sustainable and efficient use of water resources. |
Scientific Contributions
- 2010: At the request of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), developed a rapid-response assessment of climate observations and projections of change to support the FWS status review of the American Pika to determine if it is warranted for protection under the Endangered Species Act.
- 2007: Contributed to the IP-CC Fourth Assessment Report: Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis" and Working Group II Report "Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability".
- Participation as a chair of the Pan-Regional Systhesis:Climate/Circulation group of US GLOBEC.
- Assisted the Western Governors' Association (WGA) in the development of a
- Contributed to the NOAA 2003: Science Advisory Board Social Science Review Panel Report.
- Contributed to National Research Council 2001: Under the Weather: Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease. National Academy of Sciences Press.
- Contributed to the development of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) in, among other areas, providing climate diagnostics information and data in support of a health early warning system for the Americas.
- Contributed to the preparation and review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessments.
- Contributed to the development of the interagency Climate Change Science Program strategic plan.
- Responding to requests for scientific information from state and federal government leaders.
- Responding to requests for scientific reports and briefings.