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Understanding Observational, Proxy, and Modeled Climate Data: Outreach, Training, and Support for Managers and Scientists

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2011

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Purpose

Produce informational products tailored for users with a diversity backgrounds and needs; Develop user awareness of strengths and weaknesses (i.e., uncertainties) in observed, protruey, and modeled climate data; Provide targeted workshops for GNLCC scientists and resource managers.

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valueProduce informational products tailored for users with a diversity backgrounds and needs; Develop user awareness of strengths and weaknesses (i.e., uncertainties) in observed, proxy, and modeled climate data; Provide targeted workshops for GNLCC scientists and resource managers.
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productDescriptionMirrored FAQ website providing general overview on differences, uncertainties, and appropriate uses of various GCM downscaling approaches and datasets: Specific to region, Provides links to specific project websites for data access and more in-depth information; USGS Fact Sheets covering regionally relevant downscaled GCM and RCM climate data, historic observed hydroclimatic data sets, and paleoclimatic and hydrologic datasets; A series of 2-3 targeted workshops on the use and utility of observed and downscaled climate data for vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning; Videos and webinars providing highlights from the workshops and information featured on the FAQ website; Annotated slide sets for use in internal agency trainings; Comprehensive outreach (i.e., in-person seminars, webinars and phone conferences) within the GNLCC to support understanding and use of data by regional managers and scientists.
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projectStatusIn Progress

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  • Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative
  • LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

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nameClimate Science & Modeling
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nameNorthwest CSC Agenda
urlhttp://www.doi.gov/csc/northwest/upload/NW-CSC-Science-Agenda-2012-2015.pdf

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