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Appendix A
Questionnaire Results

In conducting its review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office (USCPO), the committee wanted to solicit input from as many people in the atmospheric and climate communities as possible; thus, it developed a questionnaire. With 26 primarily multiple choice questions, the committee requested of each respondent his or her (1) demographic information; (2) assessment of the USCPO’s performance in the areas of communication and publications, program support, and international and national coordination; and (3) general thoughts about the utility and efficacy of the USCPO.

The questionnaire was posted on a National Academies web page for two weeks. Over 800 people were contacted by email and asked to respond to the web-based questionnaire, including (1) recipients of the U.S. CLIVAR newsletter, (2) current and past U.S. CLIVAR panel and working group members, (3) attendees of past U.S. CLIVAR workshops, (4) U.S. registrants of the First International CLIVAR Science Conference held in June 2004, and (5) the heads and chairs of atmospheric science departments at U.S. universities. The committee received over 160 anonymous responses in that two-week period; they are summarized below.

DEMOGRAPHICS

	Question	Response	Percentage of Total Responses
Q1:	Please describe your educational background by selecting the box that indicates your highest completed education.	High school/GED	0%
		Some college	0%
		2-year College Degree	0%
(Number of responses = 162)		4-year College Degree	4%
		MA/MS	7%
		PhD	88%
		MD	1%
		JD	0%
		Other	1%
Q2:	Please classify your employer.	Federal government	21%
(Number of responses = 160)		State/provincial government	1%
		Local government	0%
		Corporation	1%

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		Small business	1%
		University/college	58%
		Research laboratory	13%
		Non-governmental organization	4%
		Self-employed	1%
		Student	1%
		Other	0%
Q3:	Please indicate which of the following best describes your level of employment.	Director	6%
		Manager	7%
		Administrative	1%
(Number of responses = 162)		Principal researcher	38%
		Professor	35%
		Postdoctoral	6%
		Graduate student	4%
		Other	4%
Q4:	Please indicate your country of residence.	USA	91%
(Number of responses = 162)		Other	9%
Q5:	Please indicate if you had or currently have a formal role in U.S. CLIVAR as a member of the following groups.	Inter-Agency Group	22%
		Scientific Steering Committee	24%
		Pacific Implementation Panel	17%
(Number of responses^a, ^b = 46)		Atlantic Implementation Panel	9%
		Pan American Implementation Panel	13%
		SIMAP	2%
		U.S. PAGES/CLIVAR Working Group	2%
		Asian-Australian Monsoon Working Group	7%
		CLIVAR-SEARCH Working Group	4%
Q6:	Please indicate if you had or currently have a formal role (i.e., steering groups, project offices, science panels) in any of the following World Climate Research Program activities.	International CLIVAR	30%
		GEWEX	17%
		CliC	3%
		SPARC	5%
		SOLAS	5%
(Number of responses^a^,^b = 88)		WOCE	22%

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		TOGA	19%
Q7:	Please indicate which of the three International CLIVAR streams that your research falls into, if any.	GOALS	48%
Q7:		DecCen	35%
(Number of responses^a^,^b = 225)		ACC	18%
^a Number of responses equals the total number of responses minus the number of “not applicable” responses. ^b Respondents were allowed to select more than one option in response to this statement.

ASSESSMENT OF THE U.S. CLIVAR PROJECT OFFICE

		Yes	No	Total number of responses
Q8:	I am aware of the existence of the U.S. CLIVAR program.	99%	1%	162
Q9:	I am aware of the existence of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office.	96%	4%	161
Q10:	I receive or have received the CLIVAR newsletters and/or email newsgrams	78%	22%	160

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		Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Number of responses^a
Q11:	The USCPO is communicating appropriate content (i.e., the range of topics) about CLIVAR.	28%	47%	20%	4%	1%	152
Q12:	The USCPO is using appropriate media (e.g., the Web, email) to communicate information about CLIVAR.	32%	44%	20%	4%	0%	158
Q13:	The USCPO is communicating information about CLIVAR activities in a timely manner.	25%	42%	28%	5%	0%	153
Q14:	CLIVAR-related publications (e.g. scientific plans, status and workshop reports) are easily accessible.	26%	42%	24%	7%	1%	157
Q15:	Information about CLIVAR-related events such as workshops and/or conferences is easily accessible.	29%	49%	17%	4%	1%	159
Q16^b:	What additional means and/or types of information would you like the USCPO to employ or to disseminate about CLIVAR and CLIVAR-related activities?

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Q17:	CLIVAR-related workshops and/or conferences planned by the USCPO are well organized.	40%	39%	17%	4%	0%	140
Q18:	The USCPO is effective and prompt with its coordination of travel support for U.S CLIVAR representatives.	38%	26%	34%	1%	0%	73
Q19:	The USCPO adequately supports the U.S. Scientific Steering Committee and its various panels.	27%	37%	33%	4%	0%	83
Q20:	The USCPO adequately represents U.S. CLIVAR interests to the International CLIVAR Project Office.	22%	36%	38%	4%	0%	98
Q21:	The USCPO is effective at organizing the U.S. component of CLIVAR-related international conferences.	32%	32%	32%	3%	0%	117
Q22:	The USCPO is effective at organizing the U.S. component of CLIVAR-related field programs.	14%	38%	38%	8%	3%	111
Q23:	The existence of the USCPO has enhanced my research and interaction with CLIVAR-related activities.	18%	34%	28%	15%	4%	136

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Q24:	The USCPO compares favorably with other organizations that have a similar type of program.	23%	30%	42%	4%	2%	130
Q25:	The USCPO is effective at facilitating interagency climate research and joint funding.	13%	34%	34%	17%	2%	122
Q26:	There are structural impediments that prevent the USCPO from being more effective.	8%	22%	55%	14%	1%	103
^a Number of responses equals the total number of responses minus the number of “not applicable” responses. ^b Question 16 was an open-ended question and did not have multiple choice responses. The text of the question is included here so the reader is aware that this question was asked, but the anonymous responses to this question are not included.