Report Library
Science Advisory Board Reports
Priorities for Weather Research
- Report on the Priorities for Weather Research (Dec 2021)
- Report in Brief
- Correction Notice (Jan 2022)
- Final Charge to the PWR Study Team (March 2021)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
SAB Work Plan
- Report on Public-Private Partnerships (P3) (March 2024)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- Report on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) at NOAA (April 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- SAB Outline for a Study of the Net Zero Emission Fleet (April 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- Open Data/Open Science Report (December 2022)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- NOAA Letter on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (December 2022)
Current Working Groups Reports
Climate Working Group
- Final report on Organizing US Civilian Operational Oceanography Forecasting Services (November 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- White Paper on Air Quality in a Changing Climate: NOAA’s Role (April 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- White Paper on Climate Information Needs for 5-10 Year Hazard Mitigation Planning Cycles (April 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- Review of the NOAA Climate and Fisheries Initiative Implementation Approach (August 2021)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- Review of the Coastal Inundation at Climate Timescales White Paper (August 2021)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- 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
Data Archive and Access Requirement Working Group
- DAARWG Recommendations Concerning the NOAA Cloud Strategic Plan Actions (March 2021)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- DAARWG Recommendations Concerning the NOAA Data Strategy Implementation Plan (March 2021)
- 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
Ecosystem Sciences and Management Working Group
- 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 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 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
Environmental Information Services Working Group
- Report on NOAA Investment in Deep Learning Numerical Weather Prediction (June 2024)
- Transmittal Letter
- 2024 EISWG Report to Congress (March 2024)
- Transmittal Letter
- Final report on a NESDIS Observing System Backbone Framework (November 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- Final report on Radar Gaps (November 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- 2023 EISWG Report to Congress (July 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- Statement on Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) and its Successor Data Source for Space Weather Operations (April 2023)
- Transmittal letter
- NOAA Response
- Report Concerning the NOAA Report to Congress: Subseasonal and Seasonal (S2S) Forecasting Innovation: Plans for the Twenty-First Century (August 2022)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- Statement Concerning the Ongoing NWS Data Dissemination Challenges (June 2021)
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
- Report and Recommendations to the NOAA SAB concerning the Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (Oct 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
- 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
- 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
Tsunami Science & Technology Advisory Panel
- TSTAP 2023 Annual Report (March 2024)
- White Paper on Prioritizing Upgrades to Tsunami Forecast Capabilities to Protect Public Safety in Large Coastal Population Centers and Complicated Waterways (March 2024)
- Transmittal letter
- TSTAP 2022 Annual Report (April 2023)
- Transmittal Letter
- Post Tsunami Review Report (April 2022)
- Transmittal Letter
CI Reviews
Cooperative Institute / Joint Institute Reviews
- Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration (OECI) September 2023
- Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR) July 2023
- Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) July 2023
- Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS) April 2023
- Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth Systems (CIMES) July 2022
- Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) July 2021
- 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 North Atlantic Research (CINAR) December 2012
- Cooperative Institute for Climate Science-Princeton (CICS-P) March 2012
- Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites University of Maryland (CICS-MD) January 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)
- Initial Comments and Recommendations on the NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program Draft Science Plan (August 2014)
- NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program Draft Science Plan
- Transmittal Letter
- NOAA Response
SAB Issue Papers August 2016
Research and Development Portfolio Review Task Force
Ocean Exploration Advisory Working Group
Satellite Task Force
Climate Partnership Task Force
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
Social Sciences Working Group
Fire Weather Research Working Group
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
External Ecosystem Task Team
Hurricane Intensity Research Working Group
Letter Reports
The Organization of and Management of Research at NOAA