NOAA CLIMAS NASA EOS NSF SAHRA NOAA GAPP Forecast Assessment:
Tactics, Techniques, and Tools Holly C. Hartmann Department of
Hydrology and Water Resources University of Arizona
[email protected][email protected] NASA HyDIS Raytheon
Synergy
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NOAA CLIMAS NASA EOS NSF SAHRA NOAA GAPP NASA HyDIS Raytheon
Synergy Concepts of integration Our hydrology teams experience
Examples of usable science Lessons learned Forecast Assessment:
Tactics, Techniques, and Tools
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Calls for Societally Relevant Research and Products Information
is appropriate to the knowledge and concerns of the recipient.
Ensure that.. modeling improvements and data products are useful to
the water resources management community. Develop a strategy for
how these could be made more useful for [user] purposes. Need
studies of the benefits and costs of [hydroclimatic] information
services. Increase the value of weather and related information to
society. Bring scientific outputs and users needs together. Make
climate forecasts more socially useful. Stronger sense of
responsibility for delivering timely and relevant tools. Accelerate
activities to integrate science with the needs of decision makers.
Integrate user needs and ensure that research results are provided
in a form useful for users. Sources: Various USGCRP and NRC
reports, 1997-2004
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CLIMAS: A Regional Integrated Science Assessment Purpose of
NOAA RISAs Assess impacts of climate variability on human &
natural systems Improve the ability of stake- holders to anticipate
& respond to climate variability & change - lower risk
(vulnerability) - increase opportunity - ensure sustainability
Educate a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists
www.ispe.arizona.edu/CLIMAS A Research Process Not a Research
Product
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CLIMAS: A Regional Integrated Science Assessment
www.ispe.arizona.edu/CLIMAS Purpose of NOAA RISAs Pilot for climate
services Hydroclimatology research to address regional priorities
driven by stakeholders hand-in-hand with social science research
& sustained stakeholder interactions A Research Process Not a
Research Product A Real Partnership with Users
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Four Types of Integration 1. Integration of decision makers,
researchers & other stakeholders in developing research agenda
One-on-One Interviews Town Hall Meetings Conferences and Workshops
Product Evaluation
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Four Types of Integration 1. Integration of decision makers,
researchers & other stakeholders in developing research agenda
2. Disciplinary integration of research team to address science
questions Stakeholders Information needs, understanding, access
Social Science Effective communication Natural Science Forecast
skill, interpretation
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Four Types of Integration 1. Integration of decision makers,
researchers & other stakeholders in developing research agenda
2. Disciplinary integration of research team to address science
questions 3. End-to-end integration of climate issues Variability
Impacts Response Options Global ocean/atmosphere/land Regional
climate hydrology water resources and demand water management
Multiples stresses, multiple pathways
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Four Types of Integration 1. Integration of decision makers,
researchers & other stakeholders in developing research agenda
2. Disciplinary integration of research team to address science
questions 3. End-to-end integration of climate issues 4.
Integration of research and services Research Operations Decision
Makers Public groups
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Issue: So Many Stakeholders! Continental Scale: Focus of much
research Watershed/Local Scale: Where impacts happen Where
stakeholders exist Different Scales (time & space) Different
Issues Different Stakeholders
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Issue: Many Space & Time Scales
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Changed decisions & decision processes Transferability,
Scalability (products and process) to enable systemic change Public
support for climate research Concerns for Climate Science
Enterprise Project Objectives Affect Metrics Structure of
stakeholder interactions Research products Perceptions of climate
science enterprise Research funding Evaluating Societally Relevant
Research and Products
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Objective: Economic Efficiency Metrics: Cost/benefits. Return
on Investment. Stakeholder Interaction Structure: Consultant-client
relationship with high-value clients (e.g., hydropower). Research
Products: Customized Decision Support Systems. System optimization
rules. Perceptions: Science serving special interests. Increasing
competitive imbalances. Research Funding: By clients through
private sector.
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Objective: Agency Impact Metrics: Policy and regulatory impact.
Stakeholder Interaction Structure: Work with agencies. Important
role for policy analysts/scientists. Research Products: Traditional
products. Refereed methodology and results. Hold up in court.
Perceptions: Science serving special interests, agendas. Increasing
regulatory burden. Research Funding: By managed sector, perhaps
public.
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Objective: Societal Equity Metrics: Breadth/diversity of
applicability, accessibility, usability. Sectoral market
penetration. Stakeholder Interaction Structure: Engagement with
diversity of stakeholders. Important role for social scientists.
Potentially huge demand on researchers time. Research Products:
Diverse. Non-traditional, but not dumbed down. Note: data