Scoping Workshop
Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes
U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.2
10-11 May 2005
Lakewood, Colorado
For further information or to indicate your intention to attend, please
contact:
Dr. Joan Fitzpatrick, Deputy Regional Director
U.S. Geological Survey
E-mail: jfitz [at] usgs.gov
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) is producing synthesis
and assessment products to support informed discussion and decision
making regarding climate variability and change by policy makers,
resource managers, stakeholders, the media, and the general public.
One of the CCSP goals is to "improve 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."
As part of this goal, the U.S. Geological Survey has been given the lead
responsibility for coordinating the effort to produce a report on "Past
Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes" also
referred to as Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.2. The purpose of this
synthesis report is to provide a long-term context for recent observed
changes in the climatically sensitive arctic regions. The purpose of
this workshop is to scope the content and structure of the required
prospectus and final report and identify appropriate technical leads to
take the responsibility for specific content of the final synthesis and
assessment product.
The workshop will be held in Building 810 in the Denver Federal Center
in Lakewood, Colorado. Public and private stakeholders are invited to
participate. A first agenda for this workshop will be released in early
April on the CCSP website:
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap1-2/default.htm
Sponsors:
U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)
U.S. Geological Survey in coordination with NOAA, NASA, DOE and NSF