CWG COA Program Review Panel #5 User Communities

1. CWG COA Program ReviewPanel #5User Communities Panel Moderator: Lee Branscome Panel Chair: Eileen Shea April 12, 2007

2. ENVIRONMENT Resilience Perspective NATURAL FORCES SOCIETY ECONOMY FUTURECAST FORECAST NOWCAST HINDCAST USERS Tailored Information Products Data Analysis and Integration Derived Data Products Data Collection and Analysis Coastal Inundation and Erosion Integrating Architecture PHENOMENA TSUNAMI FLOODING and EROSION SEA LEVEL AIR SEA HUMAN FORCES Risk Perspective LAND

3. ENVIRONMENT Resilience Perspective NATURAL FORCES SOCIETY ECONOMY FUTURECAST FORECAST NOWCAST HINDCAST USERS Tailored Information Products Data Analysis and Integration Derived Data Products Data Collection and Analysis An Integrating Architecture for Climate Services? PHENOMENA Variability Biogeochemical Cycles Climate Change AIR SEA HUMAN FORCES Risk Perspective LAND

4. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesUnderstanding & Addressing User Requirements • Direct Customer Requests • Data Users Conferences and Stakeholder Workshops • COA Partnership with Regional Decision Support (RDS)—Using ‘Trusted Information Brokers’ • NWS (Climate Services Division, regional focal points, local offices) • RISA’s, RCC’s, state climatologists • University and Private Sector Partners

5. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesUnderstanding & Addressing User Requirements • Collaboration in problem-focused NOAA (and national) programs • Hazard-resilient (coastal) communities • Weather and water • NOAA Regional Teams • Contributions to global and regional observing system programs -- GCOS, GOOS, IOOS • Program Collaboration with key scientific user communities • IPCC, WMO/WCP/WCRP, USCCSP, NCAR/UCAR, CORE, university-based programs

6. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesRole of Major Climate Assessments • IPCC • UNFCCC Parties, national leaders & ministries • Multi-national regional & intergovernmental organizations • International and national NGOs • Scientists and educators • Sector and industry associations • National Assessment and CCSP Synthesis Products • National, state and local governments • Selected economic sectors and businesses • Resource managers • Scientists and educators

7. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesRole of Major Climate Assessments • Regional Assessment Programs • State and local governments and communities • Regional intergovernmental organizations • Individual businesses, industry & professional associations • Local NGOs • State and local resource managers • State, local and business risk (disaster) managers • Universities (research and education roles) • Formal and informal educators (schools, museums, aquaria) • General public • Consider Products, Programs and Processes

8. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesIntegrating User Requirements in Products & Services • User Feedback on Select Products • Targeted outreach for select products • Analysis of customer feedback • User Engagement in Product Development • Proactive user engagement • Product Integration Teams (e.g., PRICIP) • Information Needs identified through & used to guide assessment programs and processes • Special role of regional partners (RISAs, RCCs, state climatologists, NWS) • Guidance from key partners (government, industry, academia)

9. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesSelected Challenges • Sustained dialogue and interaction with users • Establishing trust and credibility • Collaborative, participatory processes; engagement at all stages • Currently limited resources • Understanding decision-making context and information needs – problem-focused approach • Information to support proactive adaptation and risk management • Continuum of timescales (“hindcasts, nowcasts forecasts, futurecasts”) • Research, analysis, assessment

10. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesSelected Challenges • Co-evolution of public and private sectors in a climate services enterprise • Integration of Climate Program Elements in the context of an end-to-end “climate service” • Mechanisms for routine user input to observing system design and product development • Strengthen connections between COA, Predictions & Projections and Regional Decision Support • User input integrated at all phases of program development, implementation and evaluation • Example -- Pacific Climate Information System

11. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User Communities • Lee Branscome (Moderator) • Bruce Wielicki (NASA) • Greg Carbone (University of South Carolina) • Dave Goodrich (GCOS) • Tim Owen (NCDC) • Ken Hubbard (High Plains RCC) • Paul Knight (AASC) • Nancy Beller-Simms (CPO)

12. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesClimate Services—Pacific Climate Information System • Clarify information needs to guide education, outreach, observations, research, assessment, products & services • Provide access to critical data, research and new climate information products and services • Translate research and assessment results into useful and usable climate information • Interpret global and regional forecasts and projections for local applications

13. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesClimate Services—Pacific Climate Information System • Enhance regional and local capabilities to manage risks and support sustainable development in the context of climate variability and change • Enhance collaboration among national, regional and international institutions and programs involved in climate services • Work undertaken through three working groups: • User engagement, education and outreach • Observations and operational products and services • Research and assessment

14. COA Program Review Panel #5 -- User CommunitiesClimate Services—Pacific Climate Information System The PaCIS Vision Resilient and sustainable Pacific communities using climate information to manage risks and support decision making in the context of climate variability and change

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