ASR 2002

NARRATIVES OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Oceanography Section - OS

Global Ocean Modeling
North Atlantic Basin Studies
Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling
Sea-Ice Modeling
Air-Sea-Ice Interactions

Climate Change Research Section   - CCR

Paleoclimate:
    Climate of the Past 1000 Years
    Climate Variability: Last Glacial Maximum to Present
    Past Warm Climates

Parallel Climate Model (PCM):
    Update
    PCM Climate Change simulations of the 20th and 21st Centuries:   
    Sensitivity and Decadal Variability
    Sea Ice and Polar Climate

Terrestrial Sciences Section - TSS

Community Land Model
Biogeochemistry
Land Cover and Land Use Change
Carbon Data Assimilation

Climate Dynamics and Predictability Section - CDP

Predictability and Prediction Studies of Weather and Climate Variations
Diagnostic and Theoretical Studies of Variability and Validation
Sensitivity, Development, and Assimilation Studies

Climate Modeling Section - CMS

CCM Development
WACCM Development
Climate Research
Climate and Chemistry

Climate Analysis Section   - CAS

Dataset Development
Climate Observations and Analysis
El Niņo-Southern Oscillation and Other Tropical Studies
Climate Diagnostics
Decadal Variability
North Atlantic Oscillation and Arctic Oscillation
Anthropogenic Climate Change and Detection

Geophysical Statistics Project -  GSP

Spatial and Spatio/Temporal Processes
Regression and Classification
Statistical Computing for Large Datasets
Dynamical Systems

Community Climate System Model - CCSM

Status of the new version of the CCSM
Atmospheric Component
Ocean Component
Land Component
Sea Ice Component
Biogeochemistry
Software Engineering