This chart gives a summary and
classification of developing issues across NWS climate service centers and
divisions. Under NWS vision for climate service, science and
technology infusion should be conducted in all operational areas, such as
diagnostics and prediction, modeling, regional service, and climate data. The
developing issues in each area are further categorized as follows.
(with major conducting organization listed in the parentheses)
1. Diagnostics and prediction:
i). Known predictable information (NCEP)
ii). Unknown variability (NCEP)
iii).
Climate and weather connection (NCEP, OCWWS)
iV).
Link climate and water (NCEP, OCWWS, OHD)
2. Modeling: (NCEP)
i). Understanding of improvement
ii).
Improving physics, dynamics, chemistry and O-L-A-I coupling
iii).
Multi-model ensemble
iv).
Regional climate model
3. Regional services:
i). Regional predictability (OCWWS)
ii).
Downscaling (OCWWS)
iii).
Software development (OCWWS)
iv).
Education and outreach (OCWWS)
v).
Customer interface (OCWWS)
vi).
Stewardship of observing system and climate record (OCWWS)
4. Climate data:
i). Improving observing system (OCWWS)
ii).
Data continuity (OCWWS)
iii). Global
and regional reanalyses (NCEP)
iv). Land
and ocean data assimilation (NCEP)
v).
Precipitation data analysis (NCEP, OCWWS)
