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PAPERBACK price:$55.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY PDF Report Brief Display this book on your site! Related Titles Advancing the Science of Climate Change Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change Other Related Titles Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change (2009) Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009. Please select a format: Page 253   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix H Acronyms and Abbreviations CCSP Climate Change Science Program CCTP Climate Change Technology Program CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites CRA Comparative Risk Assessment DICE Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy DOE Department of Energy EIA Energy Information Administration ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation EOS Earth Observing System EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESA Endangered Species Act GCOS Global Climate Observing System GEOSS Global Earth Observing System of Systems GOOS Global Ocean Observing System GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing System; IAI Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Page 253 Front Matter (R1-R12) Summary (1-10) 1 Introduction (11-20) 2 Restructuring the Climate Change Science Program (21-84) 3 Future Priorities (85-122) References (123-146) Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress (147-152) Appendix B: U.S. Climate Change Science Program (153-158) Appendix C: Process for Identifying Priority Areas (159-166) Appendix D: Fundamental Research Priorities to Improve the Understanding of Human Dimensions of Climate Change (167-202) Appendix E: Research Priorities for Improving Our Understanding of the Natural Climate System and Climate Change (203-226) Appendix F: Workshop Agendas and Participants (227-242) Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (243-252) Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations (253-254)

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Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation PDSI Palmer Drought Severity Index RISA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments SAR synthetic aperture radar START Global Change System for Analysis, Research, and Training USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program WCRP World Climate Research Programme WHO World Health Organization