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NOAA Climate Observations and Services Program. Dave Goodrich NOAA Climate Observations and Services Program. March 19, 2002. NOAA Climate Services. Overview. Vision and Mission Management and NOAA Roles Evolving Products and Services An Example: the Carbon Cycle Regional Services. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NOAA Climate Observations and Services Program
Dave GoodrichNOAA Climate Observations and Services
Program
March 19, 2002
OverviewOverview
Vision and MissionVision and Mission
Management and NOAA RolesManagement and NOAA Roles
Evolving Products and ServicesEvolving Products and Services
An Example: the Carbon CycleAn Example: the Carbon Cycle
Regional ServicesRegional Services
NOAA Climate Services
VisionVision
Seamless climate services enabling
–BBetter management of energy, agriculture, water, etc., through analyses, observations, and predictions
–AAssessment of environmental impacts of natural and anthropogenically induced changes, and the effects of remedial actions
MissionMission
Timely delivery to decision-makers ofTimely delivery to decision-makers of
•Data and productsData and products
•Expert assessmentsExpert assessments
•Predictions of climate variability and change Predictions of climate variability and change on intra-seasonal to centennial time scaleson intra-seasonal to centennial time scales
Basic ComponentsBasic Components
NOAA Climate ServicesManagementManagement
Executive Committee:AA’s for NWS, NESDIS, OAR
Climate Observations andServices Program Board
COS ProgramOffice
Advisory Panel
NOAA Climate Services
Climate Observations and Services Climate Observations and Services Program BoardProgram Board
Ants Leetmaa (Chair) – Geophysical Fluid Dyn. Lab.Daniel Albritton – Aeronomy Lab.Robert Livezey – NWS Climate ServicesJames Laver – Climate Prediction CenterThomas Karl – Natl. Climatic Data CenterArnold Gruber – Office of Research and ApplicationsDavid Goodrich – Climate Obs. and Svcs. Office
Present Lead Roles Within NOAAPresent Lead Roles Within NOAA
NESDIS
NWS
OAR
Product LineProduct LineMajor Supporting Major Supporting
ActivitiesActivities
Climatology, Assessments
S/I Prediction
Dec/Cen Assessments
Satellite Obs., Data Stewardship
Models,Surface ObservationsResearch, Ocean Obs., Models
Not inclusive; each line office has some responsibilities in each of these areas
Building to the FutureBuilding to the FutureExamples of New Products and ServicesExamples of New Products and Services
Building on CCRIBuilding on CCRI
Climate assessment scenarios – exploring options for managing greenhouse gases and aerosols
Regular documentation of carbon sources and sinks, with particular emphasis on North America
Regular attribution of recent climate trends between anthropogenic forcing and natural variability
Regular State of the Atmosphere reports
Improved local services through enhanced interactions with RISA’s, RCC’s, SC’s, and private sector
Where we were in 1998:• “3 box” world• Single 5 year period for “map”• Discrepancy between atmospheric and inventory methods
Where we’re going-- near term:• Continental scale resolution• Seasonal mapsNear term improvements needed:• Atmospheric transport models• Additional stations in under-sampled regions and over continents
Carbon maps of the future:• Fully dynamic, model-data fusion products globally• Local scale (10s of km)• Real timeFuture improvements needed:• Model-data fusion methods• Coupling with weather models• Satellite data/in situ validation
Product: “Maps” of Carbon Sources and SinksProduct: “Maps” of Carbon Sources and Sinks
Real-time Network Performance Monitoring
U.S. Climate Reference NetworkU.S. Climate Reference Network
•Partnership: CPC, NCDC, USDA, Univ. of Nebraska
•Grassroots engagement of local and regional field personnel
•“The Monitor serves as an excellent example of a collaborative effort to pull together the various sources of weather data and compile them in a single, comprehensive, national report.”
-INDC 2000 Report
Drought Status Drought Status