Our Changing Planet A U.S. Strategy for Global Change Research : a Report (1988) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Committee on Earth Sciences Charter
Appendix A: Committee on Earth Sciences Charter
Pages 29-41
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Purpose and Functions A goal of earth sciences is to understand, on a global scale, how the highly interactive system comprised of the solid Earth, the oceans, the atmosphere and magnetosphere, and the biosphere has evolved, how it functions today, and how it will evolve in the future. In addition to basic research, earth science R&D includes continued development of the technology needed for observations of the earth system and increased emphasis on collection, analysis, and archiving of data on a global scale from satellite and ground-based measurements needed for long-term research efforts and addressing national policy issues which depend on a characterization of humankind's impact, or potential impact, on the global environment.
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provides reviews, analyses, advice and recommendations to the Chairperson of FCCSET on Federal policies and programs concerned with earth sciences R&D, particularly in assessing human kind's impact on the global environment; g. develops the Administration's response to the call in the NSF Authorization Act of 1987 for a report to Congress, in the NSF Authorization Act of 1987, concerning Federal Government action with respect to the establishment of an International Year of the Greenhouse Effect mandated in calendar year 1991.
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Minutes of meetings are prepared by the Committee Executive Secretary and distributed to all members of the Committee, the leaders of task forces and working groups, and to the Executive Secretary of FCCSET. Compensation All members are full-time Federal employees who are allowed reimbursement for travel expenses by their agencies plus per diem or subsistence while serving away from their duty stations and in accordance with standard governmental travel regulations.
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The report contains, as a minimum, the Committee's functions, a list of members and their business addresses, the dates and places of meetings, and a summary of the Committee's activities and recommendations during the year. Termination date Unless renewed by the Chairperson of FCCSET prior to its expiration, the Committee on Earth Sciences of FCCSET shall terminate not later than December 31,1990.
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Under the Section "Structure," add the following new member: "Department of Transportation" August 24, 1988 Date William R Graham, Chairman Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
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It includes studies of plant succession, terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, extinctions, relationship with geological substrate, etc. Contemporary monitoring and specific ecosystem experiments can provide information on multiple stresses influencing the biota and on the biotic response to environmental stresses both natural and cultural; such information is needed to achieve the basic understanding required for the development of models.
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, cryosphere, land surface, and biosphere. These are clearly central to the description, understanding, and prediction of global change, particularly in terms of impacts on global climate conditions and upon the pervasive and critical hydrologic system.
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Research- The research element includes basic and applied science, theory, analysis, modeling, prediction, and assessment which are fundamental to understanding global change or some portion of the Earth system. Examples are process studies, analyses of processes, exploratory field measurement programs, measurements other than long-term sustained observations, and basic laboratory studies.
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This includes all activities related to global change data management beyond those short-term activities reported under the research activity.
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QC 981.8 .05 09 2000 C.1 Our changing planet
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. Land patterns represent the potential productivity averaged over 3 years and range from deep green (representing rainforests)
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