Appendix B. Synthesis and Assessment Products By CCSP Goal
CCSP Goal 1
Extend knowledge of the Earth’s past and present climate and environment, including its natural variability, and improve understanding of the causes of observed variability and change.
1.1 Temperature trends in the lower atmosphere: Steps for understanding and reconciling differences.
1.2 Past climate variability and change in the Arctic and at high latitudes.
1.3 Reanalyses of historical climate data for key atmospheric features: Implications for attribution of causes of observed change.
CCSP Goal 2
Improve quantification of the forces bringing about changes in the Earth’s climate and related systems.
2.1 A. Scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric concentrations; and B. Global-change scenarios: Their development and use.
2.2 North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle.
2.3 Aerosol properties and their impacts on climate.
2.4 Trends in emissions of ozone-depleting substances, ozone layer recovery, and implications for ultraviolet radiation exposure.
CCSP Goal 3
Reduce uncertainty in projections of how the Earth’s climate and related systems may change in the future.
3.1 Climate models: An assessment of strengths and limitations for user applications.
3.2 Climate projections based on emissions scenarios for long-lived radiatively active trace gases and future climate impacts of short-lived radiatively active gases and aerosols.
3.3 Weather and climate extremes in a changing climate
3.4 Abrupt climate change.
CCSP Goal 4
Understand the sensitivity and adaptability of different natural and managed ecosystems and human systems to climate and related global changes.
4.1 Coastal elevations and sensitivity to sea-level rise.
4.2 State-of-knowledge of thresholds of change that could lead to discontinuities in some ecosystems and climate-sensitive resources.
4.3 The effects of climate change on agriculture, biodiversity, land, and water resources.
4.4 Preliminary review of adaptation options for climate-sensitive ecosystems and resources.
4.5 Effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States.
4.6 Analyses of the effects of global change on human health and welfare and human systems.
4.7 Impacts of climate variability and change on transportation systems and infrastructure: Gulf coast study.
CCSP Goal 5
Explore the uses and identify the limits of evolving knowledge to manage risks and opportunities related to climate variability and change.
5.1 Uses and limitations of observations, data, forecasts, and other projections in decision support for selected sectors and regions.
5.2 Best practice approaches for characterizing, communicating, and incorporating scientific uncertainty in decision making.
5.3 Decision-support experiments and evaluations using seasonal-to-interannual forecasts and observational data.
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