Review of NOAA's plan for the scientific stewardship program / Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meteorology.

Climatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (37 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To better understand our climate system, it is important that we have climate data records (CDRs)--time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to determine climate variability and change--that possess the accuracy, longevity, and stability to facilitate credible climate monitoring. In 2004, the National Research Council (NRC) published Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with initial guidelines on how to develop and implement an effective CDR program. NOAA used this book to draft a plan for a new Scientific Data Stewardship (SDS) program, and then asked NRC to review it. The new program will be responsible for processing, archiving, and distributing observations from satellite and supporting ground-based platforms for monitoring, diagnosing, understanding, predicting, modeling, and assessing climate variation and change. The NRC review outlines several ways in which to improve NOAA's draft plan, most importantly by clarifying advisory mechanisms, providing more detail about how NOAA will coordinate with important partners in generating CDRs, articulating how the program will prioritize its activities, and developing ways to realistically project future costs. However, the draft plan is sound overall and NOAA should immediately begin implementing the SDS program while revising the plan as recommended in the book.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SCIENTIFIC DATA STEWARDSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS""; ""CLIMATE DATA RECORD GENERATING ELEMENTS""; ""SUSTAINING CLIMATE DATA RECORDS PROGRAMS""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""A COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE DATA RECORDS FROM NOAA OPERATIONAL SATELLITES

STATEMENT OF TASK""; ""B EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF CLIMATE DATA RECORDS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES""; ""C BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612083495

9780309182034

0309182034

9781282083493

128208349X

9780309552028

0309552028

OCLC:

923274958