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Climate Working Group
Final report on Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge Strategic Plan Review
(August 2020)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Opportunity for COVID-19-related Earth System monitoring and prediction efforts as a result of worldwide shelter in place/stay at home policies
(April 2020)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Seasonal-to-Subseasonal-to-Decadal (S2S2D): A Pathway to Improved Prediction
(December 2019)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Assessment of the "NOAA Ocean and Great Lakes Acidification Research Plan 2020-2029"
(December 2019)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report of the Response to the External Review Report of the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
(February 2019)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on "A Vision and Model for NOAA and Private Sector Collaboration in a National Climate Services Enterprise
(October 2011)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report of the Review of NOAA’s Climate Information Products and Applications
(November 2009)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Options for Developing a National Climate Service
(May 2009)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report of the Review of the NOAA National Climate Services Strategy
(September 2008)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report of the Review of the NOAA Climate Research and Modeling Program
(March 2008)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report of the Review of the NOAA Climate Observations and Analysis Program
(May 2007)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Data Archive and Access Requirements Working Group
Report on "Preparing for a Cloudy Future"
(December 2019)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Report on "Archiving of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) R Series Level 0 Data"
(August 2015)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
DAARWG White Paper - On the need for a NOAA Environmental Data Management Framework
(January 2012)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on "Assessing the use of data from non-NOAA sources"
(January 2012)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Report to NOAA from the SAB Data Access and Archiving Requirements Working Group
(April 2011)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Recommendations on Data Archiving and Access Requirements across NOAA
(December 2007)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Ecosystem Sciences and Management Working Group
Final Report on Improving Fish Stock Assessments
(December 2019)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Potential for Citizen Science in Support of Data Needs for Ecosystem-Based Science
(November 2018)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Indigenous and Local Ecological Knowledge and NOAA
(May 2017)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Emerging Technologies for NOAA Ocean Research, Operations and Management in an Ecosystem Context
(December 2016)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Review of the High Arctic Program in NOAA
(September 2016)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on An Assessment of the Use and Potential Use of Ecosystem Service Valuation within NOAA
(May 2016)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Exploration of Ecosystem Based Fishery Management in the United States
(July 2014)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Restoration of Coastal Habitats
(May 2014)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Strategic Advice on Designing and Implementing Coastal and Marine Spatial Plans
(June 2011)
Appendices: Final Report on Strategic Advice on Designing and Implementing Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Letter on Development of Guidelines for Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
(April 2010)
NOAA Response
Letter on Ecosystem Approach to Management, Integrated Ecosystem Assessments, and Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
(April 2010)
NOAA Response
Final Recommendations on NOAA Ocean Color Satellite Continuity Mitigation Study
(November 2009)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Report on NOAA Coastal Strategy Initiative
(May 2009)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Environmental Information Services Working Group
Report and Recommendations to the NOAA SAB concerning the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program
(Oct 2020)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
2020 EISWG Report to the United States Congress
(July 2020)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report and Recommendations to the NOAA SAB concerning the Earth Prediction Innovation Center
(September 2019)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
2019 EISWG Report to the United States Congress
(July 2019)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report Review and Recommendations to NOAA of the “Report to Congress – Tornado Warning Improvement and Extension Program Plan (TWIEP)”
(July 2019)
NOAA Response
Final Report on Use of Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) at NOAA
(April 2019)
NOAA Response
2018 EISWG Report to the United States Congress
(March 2018)
Transmittal Letter
EISWG Response to Requests From NOAA OAR and NWS Assistant Administrators For Assistance
(March 2018)
Transmittal Letter
A Review of the NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information
(March 2016)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on Toward Open Weather and Climate Services
(December 2011)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Final Report on A Vision and Model for NOAA and Private Sector Collaboration in a National Climate Services Enterprise
(October 2011)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Tsunami Science & Technology Advisory Panel
Coming soon.
CI Reviews
Cooperative Institute/ Joint Institute Reviews
Northern Gulf Institute (NGI)
June 2020
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
December 2016
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
December 2015
Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR)
December 2015
Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS)
August 2015
Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
March 2015
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
September 2014
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and the Ocean (JISAO)
July 2014
Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystems and Climate (CIMEC)
July 2014
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
November 2013
Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology (CIOERT)
March 2013
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites University of Maryland (CICS-MD)
January 2013
Cooperative Institute for North Atlantic Research (CINAR)
December 2012
Cooperative Institute for Climate Science-Princeton (CICS-P)
March 2012
Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR)
August 2011
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
October 2010
Northern Gulf Institute (NGI)
October 2009
Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR)
April 2007
Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS)
October 2006
Cooperative Institute for Climate Science(CICS-P)
January 2006
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Observations (CICOR)
November 2005
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)
June 2005
Joint Institute for Marine Observations (JIMO)
May 2005
Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)
May 2005
Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR)
November 2004
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
(CIMMS) October 2004
Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR)
July 2004
Past working Groups and Other Reports
CHRONOLOGICAL
RESTORATION SCIENCE PROGRAM ADVISORY WORKING GROUP
Comments and Recommendations on the RESTORE Act Science Program's Performance Metrics Plan and Coordination Plan
(December 2015)
Transmittal Letter
Initial Comments and Recommendations on the NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program Draft Science Plan
(August 2014)
NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program Draft Science Plan
Annotated NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program Draft Science Plan
(August 2014)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
SAB Issue Papers August 2016
SAB Issue Papers for Discussion (August 2016)
The Science of Risk Communication
Exascale Computation in NOAA for Predicting Weather and Simulating Climate Change
Data Science
Potential impact of 'omic and other emerging genetic technologies on NOAA's mission
Compressive Sensing
Research and Development Portfolio Review Task Force
Final Report from the Research and Development Portfolio Review Task Force
(April 2013)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Ocean Exploration Advisory Working Group
Final Report from the Review of the Ocean Exploration Program
(December 2012)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Satellite Task Force
Final Report from the Satellite Task Force
(December 2012)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Climate Partnership Task Force
A Vision and Model for NOAA and Private Sector Collaboration in a National Climate Services Enterprise
(October 2011)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Science Advisory Board Census of Marine Life Committee
Final Report from the Science Advisory Board Census of Marine Life Committee
(May 2010)
Transmittal Letter
Oceans and Health Working Group
Draft Report for Public Comment
(January 2010)
Federal Register Notice
Final Report on Oceans and Health
(April 2010)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Social Sciences Working Group
Final Report on Integrating Social Science into NOAA Planning, Evaluation and Decision Making: A Review of Implementation to Date and Recommendations for Improving Effectiveness
(April 2009)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Fire Weather Research Working Group
Final Report on Fire Weather Research: A Burning Agenda for NOAA
(October 2008)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Working Group to Examine Advisory Options for Improving Communications among NOAA’s Partners
Final Report of the Partnerships Working Group to NOAA
(September 2008)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Extension, Outreach, and Education Working Group
Final Report on Engaging NOAA's Constituents
(March 2008)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
NOAA Update
External Ecosystem Task Team
Final Report on Evoloving an Ecosystem Approach to Science and Management Throughout NOAA and its Partners
(July 2006)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
Hurricane Intensity Research Working Group
Final Majority Report of the Hurricane Intensity Research Working Group
(October 2006)
Final Minority Report of the Hurricane Intensity Research Working Group
(October 2006)
Transmittal Letter
NOAA Response
NOAA Update
Letter Reports
Comments from Working Groups on the NWS draft Strategic Plan
(September 2010)
Transmittal Letter
Comments from the Working Groups on the draft NOAA Next Generation Strategic Plan
(August 2010)
Transmittal Letter
SAB Comments on NOAA's High Performance Computing Needs
(April 2007)
SAB Comments on Ocean Acidification Research in NOAA
(May 2007)
NOAA Response
The Organization of and Management of research at NOAA
Review of the Organization and Management of Research in NOAA
(August 2004)
The Evaluation of NOAA's Response to the Research Review Report
(September 2005)
NOAA Response
Other Reviews
Final Comments on the NOAA Draft Research and Development Plan Outline
(February 2019)
Review of the National Center for Environmental Prediction Ocean Modeling
(July 2004)
NOAA Response
Social Science Research Within NOAA: Review and Recommendations
(March 2003)