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1 Background on CLIVAR and the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
1 Background on CLIVAR and the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
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· Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) - this project is the main focus for predicting climate variations on a range of time scales and refining estimates of anthropogenic climate change.
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Through these areas of research, the International CLIVAR Project aims to help understand the physical processes that are responsible for climate variability on all time scales through the collection and analysis of observations by using coupled climate system models in cooperation with other climate research and observing programs. Focus also is given to extending existing climate records by using quality controlled paleoclimate and instrumental data sets.
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CLIVAR Planning for the U.S. CLIVAR program was initiated through the GOALS and Natural Climate Variability on DecCen Time Scales panels of the National Research Council (NRC, 1995; 1998)
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: · identifying and understanding the major patterns of climate variability on seasonal, decadal, and longer time scales and evaluating their predictability; · expanding our capacity in short term (seasonal to interannual) climate predictability and searching for ways to predict decadal variability; · better documenting the record of rapid climate changes and the mechanisms for these events, and evaluating the potential for abrupt climate changes in the future; · evaluating and enhancing the models used to project climate change due to human activity, including anthropogenically induced changes in atmospheric composition; and · detecting and describing any global climate changes that may occur.
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CLIVAR IAG, including coordinating budgets between different agencies supporting CLIVAR and assisting in the drafting of interagency program announcements as requested by the IAG, sometimes preparing budget assessments and program tracking for the many U.S. CLIVAR activities sponsored by these agencies, and analyzing current funding trends within the CLIVAR community and providing the interagency group with advice as to areas of focus; · international and national program coordination, including serving as the U.S.
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With approval from the other IAG members, NSF commissioned the National Research Council to conduct this first review of the USCPO. The specific charge to the committee was to ask questions such as: · Is the USCPO effectively gathering and communicating information about U.S.
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