date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:16:06 -0400
from: "Bamzai, Anjuli" <Anjuli.Bamzai@science.doe.gov>
subject: Scientific Accomplishment as potential input for CCSP Our Changing
to: "Bamzai, Anjuli" <Anjuli.Bamzai@science.doe.gov>

 
Dear PI,

I just got back from 2 weeks of Annual Leave, hence the delay in getting
this request to you.

I'm looking for items in the category Highlights of Recent Research for
OCP FY 10. (see email below).

If you have something  you like to submit as potential input  please
send across by Sept 20. That way I will make the deadline of Sept 25.

You may include figures. The submission should be based on a
peer-reviewed publication(s); exciting new results intelligible to a lay
audience are particularly encouraged. If the result is somewhat
difficult to communicate to the OCP audience, despite its intrinsic
value, we're probably best not to send up for consideration. A highlight
that includes more than one reference will work fine. 

I'm attaching the CVC chapter from OCP FY09 so you get an idea of length
and level of the write-up. The references are at the end of the chapter.
Right for now, you could send a highlight with its corresponding
reference(s).  The final number is small, 7-10, and will depend on
balance of topics, etc. 

If you have something that falls in one of the other research elements
of OCP (e.g. Water Cycle, Atmos Composition), you can indicate that. OCP
FY 09 is available at  www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2009 

Thanks for your help. 
Anjuli
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From: cvc-bounces@usgcrp.gov [mailto:cvc-bounces@usgcrp.gov] On Behalf
Of Rick.Rosen
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:21 AM
To: cvc@usgcrp.gov
Cc: Robert Curran; cvcplus@usgcrp.gov; Mary Glackin
Subject: [cvc] Call for OCP FY10 by 25 September


Dear CVC IWG,

As described in the attached memo from Bob Curran (CCSPO), the CCSP
Principals have agreed to a release schedule and format for the FY2010
issue of Our Changing Planet.  Our Changing Planet FY2010 will look very
much like the FY09 edition (available at
<www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2009/>), although efforts to make the
document more concise and readable will continue. To meet the goal of
releasing OCP FY10 next spring, please submit your contributions to me
(with copies to Randy Dole and Anjuli Bamzai) by September 25, 2008, so
we can organize your inputs and fill in possible gaps before providing a
final package to Bob by the date he requests.

We seek inputs from you in two categories:  Highlights of Recent
Research, and Highlights of Plans for FY2010.  In each case, please
provide a paragraph of no more than 3-4 sentences describing the
highlight, following the attached guidance from Bob (note, in
particular, his additional guidance on style).  Because our chapter in
OCP FY 09 covered work published primarily in 2007, your highlights of
recent research should focus on papers published in the peer-reviewed
literature during 2008 or in press for 2009.  Please note that only
papers published, or in press, in the refereed literature should be
included in your submission.  Highlights reporting on our CCSP
priorities dealing with integrated Earth system analysis or abrupt
change and other highlights reflecting interagency collaborations are
especially welcome and will be given priority if we receive more than
the 7-10 highlights allowed in each category for our chapter.

The research highlights selected for our chapter in OCP FY10 will help
form the basis for introductory text to be drafted by CCSPO on the
progress made toward achieving the CCSP Goals.  It would be helpful,
therefore, if you were to identify which of the Goals in the CCSP
Strategic Plan your research highlight best aligns with.  Similarly,
please cite the specific "Questions" from the Strategic Plan that each
of your submitted highlights of plans for FY2010 is intended to address.
Finally, although the number of figures will again be limited to two per
chapter, we welcome your submitting relevant graphics along with your
highlights.  At this stage, a low-resolution figure is acceptable, but
if your graphic is selected for inclusion in the final OCP, please be
prepared to provide a high-resolution version.

As you are aware, each year's edition of Our Changing Planet receives
wide circulation, both within government and beyond.  With the
transition in administration taking place next January, progress and
plans in our field may well be of particular interest.  Your help in
making OCP for FY2010 as compelling as possible will, therefore, help
advance the science you promote in your agencies and across the CCSP as
a whole.  Randy, Anjuli, and I look forward to receiving your inputs by
September 25.

Sincerely,

Rick
CVC IWG coordinator


-- 
Richard D. Rosen, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Climate Research
NOAA Climate Program Office
SSMC3, Room 12872
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-734-1250


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