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Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
Appendix B
The Management of U.S. CLIVAR
The U.S. CLIVAR Interagency Group (IAG) consists of members from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The current members, who are appointed by their own agencies, and their affiliations are listed in Table B.1. Although its terms of reference do not appear to be defined, the overarching purpose of the IAG is to coordinate and promote the U.S. CLIVAR project. The IAG members meet, either in person or by phone, every month or more often as needed.
TABLE B.1 U.S. CLIVAR Interagency Members
Member
Affiliation
Anjuli Bamzai
Department of Energy
Jay Fein
Eric Itsweire
National Science Foundation
Ming Ji
Mike Johnson
Mike Patterson
Jim Todd
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Don Anderson
Eric Lindstrom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
To further facilitate the development and direction of the U.S. CLIVAR project, the IAG appointed a Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). When the time comes for new appointments, the SSC members suggest new members and co-chairs, but the IAG members approve and appoint them. The current members and their affiliations are listed in Table B.2. The SSC meets every 912 months or as needed, and the IAG members often attend these meetings to provide input. The stated terms of reference of the SSC are to:
provide overall scientific and programmatic guidance to ensure that U.S. CLIVAR progresses towards achieving its scientific objectives using individual experts or expert groups as necessary;
develop and update as needed an implementation strategy to prioritize and sequence U.S. CLIVAR activities, and comment on agency implementation of the U.S. CLIVAR Program;
promote balance within the various elements (theory, modeling, empirical studies, long-term observations and field campaigns) of the program and identify scientific gaps;
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Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
Appendix B
The Management of U.S. CLIVAR
The U.S. CLIVAR Interagency Group (IAG) consists of members from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The current members, who are appointed by their own agencies, and their affiliations are listed in Table B.1. Although its terms of reference do not appear to be defined, the overarching purpose of the IAG is to coordinate and promote the U.S. CLIVAR project. The IAG members meet, either in person or by phone, every month or more often as needed.
TABLE B.1 U.S. CLIVAR Interagency Members
Member
Affiliation
Anjuli Bamzai
Department of Energy
Jay Fein
Eric Itsweire
National Science Foundation
Ming Ji
Mike Johnson
Mike Patterson
Jim Todd
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Don Anderson
Eric Lindstrom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
To further facilitate the development and direction of the U.S. CLIVAR project, the IAG appointed a Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). When the time comes for new appointments, the SSC members suggest new members and co-chairs, but the IAG members approve and appoint them. The current members and their affiliations are listed in Table B.2. The SSC meets every 912 months or as needed, and the IAG members often attend these meetings to provide input. The stated terms of reference of the SSC are to:
provide overall scientific and programmatic guidance to ensure that U.S. CLIVAR progresses towards achieving its scientific objectives using individual experts or expert groups as necessary;
develop and update as needed an implementation strategy to prioritize and sequence U.S. CLIVAR activities, and comment on agency implementation of the U.S. CLIVAR Program;
promote balance within the various elements (theory, modeling, empirical studies, long-term observations and field campaigns) of the program and identify scientific gaps;
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ensure that U.S. CLIVAR activities are coordinated with international CLIVAR activities and other U.S. GCRP elements;
provide oversight and coordination of and guidance to U.S. CLIVAR working groups;
provide advice for and implement, in consultation with other advisory bodies, effective transition of sustained observations initiated during CLIVAR to operational entities after they have demonstrated their usefulness for climate predictions;
keep the National Research Council’s Climate Research Committee apprised of the status of U.S. CLIVAR, and acts as U.S. liaison to the International CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group; and
provide oversight of and guidance to the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office.
TABLE B.2 U.S. CLIVAR Scientific Steering Committee Members
Member
Affiliation
James Carton
University of Maryland
Tom Delworth
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Lisa Goddard
International Research Institution for Climate Prediction
James Hurrell (co-chair)
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dick Johnson
Colorado State University
Jerry Meehl
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dean Roemmich
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Paul Schopf
George Mason University-COLA
Max Suarez
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert Weller (co-chair)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bruce Wielicki
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center
Although the IAG is comprised of four agencies, only NASA, NOAA, and NSF collaborated to form and financially support the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office (USCPO). DOE neither funds the USCPO nor is it an active participant in U.S. CLIVAR activities. NASA provides some financial support to the USCPO, but it is not actively involved in U.S. CLIVAR. The USCPO meets with the IAG monthly and with individual IAG members as needed. The USCPO has monthly teleconferences with the SSC co-chairs, and also exchanges email with them for more regular interaction.
