The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is initiating an
Interagency Special Report on Physical Climate Science (referred to
as "the Report" throughout this notice). The focus of the Report will
be an update to the physical climate science presented in the 2014
National Climate Assessment (NCA). Specifically, the Report will
update Chapter 2 and Appendices 3 and 4 of the 2014 NCA
(<http://www.globalchange.gov/nca3-downloads-materials>http://www.globalchange.gov/nca3-downloads-materials).
The report will provide updated climate science findings and
projections, and will be an important input to the authors of the
next quadrennial NCA, expected in 2018.
The Report will be a product of the USGCRP, organized and led by an
interagency team. This request for public engagement seeks
nominations for technical contributors with expertise in climate data
sets and trends, climate processes and feedbacks, global/regional
climate models and associated projections, climate extremes,
attribution and detection studies, and particular components of the
Earth system, as well as other physical science disciplines. Refer to
the Report prospectus (accessible via
<http://www.globalchange.gov/notices>www.globalchange.gov/notices for
further information on the goals, outline, and timeline for the
report, as well as the process for technical contributors' involvement.
The report will adhere to the Information Quality Act requirements
<http://www.cio.noaa.gov/services_programs/info_quality.html>http://www.cio.noaa.gov/services_programs/info_quality.html
for quality, transparency, and accessibility as appropriate for a
Highly Influential Scientific Assessment (HISA).
See
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/03/31/2016-07208/united-states-global-change-research-program
