Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3, "Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate" (2007) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B Prospectus for Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3
Appendix B Prospectus for Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3
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Assessments have evaluated extreme weather and climate events in the context of climate change on a global basis. However, there has not yet been specific focus on those events in North America, where observing systems are among the best in the world.
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Since extreme weather and climate events on a global scale are regularly addressed in international assessments, this CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Report will focus on weather and climate extremes primarily across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, including its territories. In accordance with CCSP guidelines, the synthesis and assessment products are intended to support informed discussion and decision-making regarding climate variability and change by policy makers, resource managers, stakeholders, the media, and the general public.
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All materials made available to the Committee, as well as meeting reports, will be made available to the public unless subject to exemption under the Freedom of Information Act. The list of author team nominees presented in Appendix A is proposed based on their records of interest and accomplishment in framing the core issues related to changes, trends, and uncertainties in the occurrence of extreme climate events and their impacts, advancing relevant scientific arguments, and contributing to increased understanding of the behavior of respective components of the end-to-end system that provides the required data sets.
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Executive Summary Proposed Convening Lead Authors (CLA) : Gerald Meehl, Thomas Karl Proposed Lead Authors (LA)
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The synthesis and assessment product will include an Executive Summary that will present key findings from each of the report chapters. It will be written by a team consisting of the Executive Summary convening lead authors assisted by the convening lead authors from each of the chapters.
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Prospectus Approved by CCSP Interagency Committee - July 15 10) Draft Prospectus, Public Comments, and Final Prospectus Posted on CCSP Website - July
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Second Draft Public Comment Period Completed –October 1 15) Third Draft of the Synthesis and Assessment Product Report Completed and Submitted to CCSP for posting and Interagency Committee Review – December 20 CY 2008 16)
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Thomas R Karl Director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center; Program Manager, NOAA's Climate Observations and Analysis Program; Director, NOAA's Climate Change Data and Detection Applied Research Center.
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Stouffer has been a lead author in the past 2 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessment reports and is a lead author in the current IPCC report under development.
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44 REVIEW OF CCSP SAP 3.3 Peter Webster, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Francis Zwiers, Senior Research Scientist and Chief, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis; Adjunct Professor, University of Victoria.
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