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Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities (1998)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)

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. "Front Matter." Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1998.

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Contents

Executive Summary

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Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling

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Background

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Policy Context

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Current Small and Intermediate Modeling Capabilities

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Current High-End Modeling Capabilities and Needs

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Access to Foreign Model Output

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Priority Setting

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Coordination

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Allocating Resources

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Recent Developments Relevant to this Report: Computational Capabilities and Coordination

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Conclusions

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References

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