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Official Solicitation for Climate Process and Modeling
Teams Proposals

The official solicitation for proposals for the Climate Process and Modeling Teams (CPT) is now available on the NSF website.

The key aim of the Climate Process Modeling Team concept is to speed development of global coupled climate models and reduce uncertainties in climate models by bringing together theoreticians, field observationalists, process modelers and the large modeling centers to concentrate on the scientific problems facing climate models today.

CPT activities are supported by NOAA, NASA and NSF. All proposals should be submitted to NSF by September 24. Proposals seeking funding from NOAA should also be submitted to NOAA by that same date.

Summary of 'Conversations on Climate and Water' workshop
now available
The Communications and Education team of NOAA's Climate Program Office (CPO) worked with the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) and Arizona Science Center to develop and hold a pilot workshop in Phoenix called "Community Conversations on Climate and Water." Held on Saturday, May 9, 2009, the goal of the workshop was to join Arizona citizens with local experts in climate and water, including NOAA personnel, through facilitated dialogs. The workshop aimed to help participants better understand the causes and effects of climate variability and change, with a particular emphasis on current and future trends in Arizona's water supply.

Read a summary report of the event here.

NOAA-Led U.S. Global Change Research Program Report Released

News Article; U.S. Global Change Research Program Report Cover

On June 16, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the NOAA-led study, "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States" - a state of knowledge report about the observed and projected consequences of climate change for our nation and people. The document is an authoritative scientific report written in plain language, with the goal of better informing public and private decision making at all levels.

The report draws from a large body of scientific information including the set of 21 synthesis and assessment products from the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It also includes recent information published since these assessments were released. This report provides a single coherent analysis of the current understanding of climate change science and identifies gaps that remain in climate science.

NOAA Climate Program Funding Opportunities

In preparation for the early July publication of the 2010 funding opportunity announcement, information on individual programs that will be accepting project applications and the optional Letter of Intent process is now available.

Presentations from the ClimateWatch Editorial Workshop
Click below to view the presentations from this event.

Paper from cross-RISA drought project appears in Southwest Hydrology

The journal Southwest Hydrology recently published a paper titled "Reconciling Projections of Colorado River Streamflow." The paper describes the first-year work of a cross-RISA Coping with Drought project. The project's researchers are working to reconcile modeled projections of climate-change-induced reduction in flow of the Colorado River for 2050. The paper will be of significant interest to western water managers who depend on water from the Colorado Basin.