Documents & Supporting Information

Charge to Reviewers

• Climate Program Office Review

Legislative Mandates and Strategic Documents

Congressional Mandates

• National Climate Program Act of 1978
• Global Change Research Act of 1990
• National Integrated Drought Information Services Act of 2006 and National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018
• Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017

Executive Orders

• Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad - EO 14008 211(d)
• Opportunities for Expanding and Improving Climate Information and Services for the Public
• Advancing the Nation’s Geospatial Capabilities to Promote Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Planning and Resilience

Department of Commerce and NOAA Strategic Documents

• Department of Commerce 2021 Climate Action Plan for Adaptation and Resilience and NOAA Strategic Plans
• Weather, Water, and Climate Strategy (2022-2026)
• OAR Strategy

CPO Strategic Documents

• CPO Strategic Plan 2015-2019

Advice from NOAA Science Advisory Board, Climate Working Group

• Review of the NOAA Climate and Fisheries Initiative Implementation Approach (August 2021)
• Review of the Coastal Inundation at Climate Timescales White Paper (August 2021)
• Final report on Advancing Earth System Prediction (March 2021)
• Final report on Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge Strategic Plan Review (August 2020)
• Opportunity for COVID-19-related Earth System monitoring and prediction efforts as a result of worldwide shelter in place/stay at home policies (April 2020)
• Final Report on Seasonal-to-Subseasonal-to-Decadal (S2S2D): A Pathway to Improved Prediction (December 2019)
• Final Report of the Response to the External Review Report of the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (February 2019)