A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future describes the types of products that should be provided through a climate service; outlines the roles of the public, private, and academic sectors in a climate service; describe fundamental principles that should be followed in the provision of climate services; and describes potential audiences and providers of climate services.
- A CLIMATE SERVICES VISION
- Copyright
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE
- Contents
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- CLIMATE SERVICES DEFINITION
- EXAMPLES DEMONSTRATING THE BREADTH AND DEMAND6 FOR CLIMATE SERVICES
- SUMMARY
- 2 EVOLUTION OF CLIMATE SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES
- CONTEXT
- ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: A BIT OF HISTORY
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
- A POSSIBLE FUTURE
- 3 GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CLIMATE SERVICES
- THE FIVE MAJOR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
- 4 FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE CLIMATE SERVICE
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- REFERENCES
- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
- BOARD MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHIES
- Appendix A STATEMENT OF TASK
- Appendix B WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
- Appendix C AGENDA
- Appendix D EXAMPLES OF AREAS OF CLIMATE INFORMATION REQUESTS TO THE WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER
- AGRICULTURE/LIFE SCIENCES (GROUP 1)
- AGRICULTURE/LIFE SCIENCES (GROUP 2)
- ENGINEERING (GROUP 1)
- ENGINEERING (GROUP 2)
- LEGAL
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER
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