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PAPERBACK price:$21.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling When Weather Matters:Science and Service to Meet Critical Societal Needs Other Related Titles A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future (2001) Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix A: Statement of Task." A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001. Please select a format: Page 71   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix A STATEMENT OF TASK The Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate will convene a workshop and subsequently produce a report that articulates the fundamental elements that are required in the delivery of climate services. The audiences for this study are those federal, academic, and private individuals and organizations that are currently providing or are capable of providing climate information on all time scales. This study will: Define climate services. Describe potential audiences and providers of climate services. Describe the types of products that should be provided through a climate service. Outline the roles of the public, private, and academic sectors in a climate service. Describe fundamental principles that should be followed in the provision of climate services. The workshop will include a broad array of both providers and users of climate information. An informal discussion paper that outlines fundamental issues concerning the provision of climate services will be prepared in advance of the meeting. Page 71 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-7) 1 Introduction (8-22) 2 Evolution of Climate Services in the United States (23-31) 3 Guiding Principles for Climate Services (32-38) 4 First Step Toward an Effective Climate Service (39-57) References (58-60) Acronyms and Abbreviations (61-62) Board Members' Biographies (63-70) Appendix A: Statement of Task (71-71) Appendix B: Workshop Participants (72-73) Appendix C: Agenda (74-76) Appendix D: Examples of Areas of Climate Information Requests (77-84)

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A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future Appendix A STATEMENT OF TASK The Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate will convene a workshop and subsequently produce a report that articulates the fundamental elements that are required in the delivery of climate services. The audiences for this study are those federal, academic, and private individuals and organizations that are currently providing or are capable of providing climate information on all time scales. This study will: Define climate services. Describe potential audiences and providers of climate services. Describe the types of products that should be provided through a climate service. Outline the roles of the public, private, and academic sectors in a climate service. Describe fundamental principles that should be followed in the provision of climate services. The workshop will include a broad array of both providers and users of climate information. An informal discussion paper that outlines fundamental issues concerning the provision of climate services will be prepared in advance of the meeting.

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