NSF Support for CLIVAR Project Office Activities, 2009-2014

NSF 对 CLIVAR 项目办公室活动的支持，2009-2014 年

• 批准号: 0961146
• 负责人: Karyn Sawyer
• 金额: $ 28.58万
• 依托单位: University Corporation For Atmospheric Res
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-02-01 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0961146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Support; CLIVAR; Project; Office

The International and U.S. CLIVAR (CLImate VARiability and predictability) Project Offices (USCLIVAR PO) provide critical infrastructure support leading to the coordinated planning and implementation of U.S. and international research activities that address CLIVAR goals which are to: - describe and understand the physical processes responsible for climate variability and predictability on seasonal, inter-annual, decadal, and centennial time-scales, through the collection and analysis of observations and the development and application of models of the coupled climate system, in cooperation with other relevant climate-research and observing programs;- extend the record of climate variability over the time-scales of interest through the assembly of quality-controlled paleoclimatic and instrumental data sets;- extend the range and accuracy of seasonal to inter-annual climate prediction through the development of global coupled predictive models; and - understand and predict the response of the climate system to increases of radiatively active gases and aerosols and to compare these predictions to the observed climate record in order to detect the anthropogenic modification of the natural climate signal.This award supports the USCLIVAR PO staffing, travel by U.S. scientists to participate in CLIVAR meetings, funds for open science workshops, and costs associated with outreach and communications necessary to communicate CLIVAR findings and opportunities. The intellectual merit of this proposal enables development of new community-driven scientific plans, coordination of research activity implementation, and provides assistance to U.S. research program agencies so their programs more effectively contribute towards mutually agreeable challenges. The broader impacts resulting from this proposed activity are that the scientific community identifies emerging climate science research topics of interest to the community, sponsoring agencies, and to the nation; assesses current activities to identify program gaps; and catalyzes (interagency sponsored) research activities. Complementary co-support is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

国际和美国 CLIVAR（气候变化和可预测性）项目办公室 (USCLIVAR PO) 提供关键的基础设施支持，以协调规划和实施美国和国际研究活动，以实现 CLIVAR 目标，这些目标是： - 描述和理解负责的物理过程通过合作收集和分析观测数据以及开发和应用耦合气候系统模型，研究季节性、年际、十年和百年时间尺度的气候变化和可预测性与其他相关的气候研究和观测计划合作； - 通过整合质量控制的古气候和仪器数据集，在感兴趣的时间尺度上扩展气候变化的记录； - 将季节性气候的范围和准确性扩展到年际气候通过开发全局耦合预测模型进行预测； - 了解和预测气候系统对辐射活性气体和气溶胶增加的反应，并将这些预测与观测到的气候记录进行比较，以检测自然气候信号的人为修改。该奖项支持 USCLIVAR PO 人员配置，美国科学家参加 CLIVAR 会议的差旅费、开放科学研讨会的资金，以及与传播 CLIVAR 发现和机会所需的外展和沟通相关的费用。 该提案的智力价值使得能够制定新的社区驱动的科学计划、协调研究活动的实施，并为美国研究计划机构提供援助，以便他们的计划更有效地应对双方都能接受的挑战。 这项拟议活动产生的更广泛影响是，科学界确定​​了社区、赞助机构和国家感兴趣的新兴气候科学研究主题；评估当前活动以确定计划差距；并促进（机构间赞助的）研究活动。 美国国家海洋和大气管理局以及美国国家航空航天局提供补充性合作支持。