J4B Expanding and Enhancing Climate Information and Services: A Whole-of-Government Framework and Action Plan II

Monday, 29 January 2024: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Holiday 5 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair:
Cochairs:
Sean Bath; Emily Sylak-Glassman, NASA, Washington, DC and Carolyn Enquist, USGS, Tucson, AZ

The Nation urgently needs a suite of expanded and enhanced Federal climate services to provide timely, easy-to-find, and understandable climate information and resources. A more nationally coherent approach to climate services is necessary to meet the diversity of user needs, coordinate across the Federal enterprise alongside non-Federal partners, and ensure users, including disadvantaged and underserved communities, are centered in this work.

This session highlights a recently released Federal Framework and Action Plan for Climate Services from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The plan clarifies the understanding of the scope of climate services across the Federal Government, provides an initial framework for coordinating Federal agencies through the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and identifies specific actions that can be taken to build a more effective system of climate services for the Nation. This session will also highlight how Federal agencies are already enhancing and expanding climate services to meet the needs of communities and decision makers across the Nation. Through the vigorous and sustained implementation of these actions, the Federal Government, along with non-Federal partners, will be well-positioned to inform and support actions that address climate variability and change.

Papers:
4:30 PM
Introductory Remarks

4:40 PM
J4B.1
NASA POWER: Providing Present and Future Climate Services Based on NASA Data for the Energy, Agricultural, and Sustainable Buildings Communities
Bradley M Hegyi, NASA, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., P. C. Taylor, F. Patadia, B. Macpherson, M. Broddle, C. Baldacci, A. J. Barnett, C. Higham, T. Zhang, J. Mikovitz, and N. Khadka

4:53 PM
J4B.2
Introduction to NASA's Western Water Applications Office
Stephanie Granger, NASA-JPL/CalTech, Pasadena, CA

5:06 PM
J4B.3
Advancing Collaborative Federal Sea Level Science & Information
Mark Osler, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and B. D. Hamlington, H. F. Stockdon, W. Veatch, W. Higgins, and S. Misra

5:19 PM
J4B.4
Seventeen Years of Strengthening Drought Information and Services - a Whole-of-Government Integrated Approach
Meredith Muth, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and M. Woloszyn, K. Satalino, B. A. Parker, and V. Dehaza

5:32 PM
J4B.5
Providing Equitable Drought Risk Assessment in a Changing Climate
Gretel Follingstad, CIRES, Santa Fe, NM; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and E. Ossowski

5:45 PM
J4B.6
Integrating Climate Science, Information, and Services at Multiple Scales: International Lessons from the Global to Local and Back Up the Value Chain
Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Timofeyeva-Livezey, W. Moufouma-Okia, and R. K. Kolli

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