SICPP
Program Announcement: NOAA invites interested institutions to submit letters of intent indicating interest in establishing a cooperative agreement with NOAA to participate in a multinational network of Research Centers within the proposed Seasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction Program (SCPP). The proposal to establish an end-to-end, multinational SCPP is based on the evolution of existing program efforts to observe, understand, predict, and assess the ocean and the atmosphere. The programmatic strength of these efforts has been derived from the support of individual federal agencies working together within the context of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (GCRP). These interrelated efforts provide the foundation which has enabled the research community to provide useful predictions of climate variability on seasonal to interannual time scales and are each a component of a comprehensive Program. The U.S. proposes to initiate a multinational planning process intended to lead to the establishment of the multinational infrastructure needed to generate and transfer useful climate information and forecasts. This Announcement of Opportunity is intended to result in the establishment of NOAA-designated Research Centers to pursue the development of ENSO forecast techniques in anticipation of the full multinational structure which will evolve for SCPP. NOAA intends to ask one or a group of such Centers selected through this announcement to assume specific responsibilities for establishing a center to prepare and disseminate regularly an experimental forecast to all interested countries. Recognizing the value of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forecasting to countries throughout the world, this center is referred to as the International Research Institute (IRI) in the U.S. proposal to establish a Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction Program. This action on the part of U.S. will represent the first step in the process of initializing the participation of all interested countries, and therefore NOAA wishes to emphasize that extensive multinational consultation will be an integral part of the process leading to a U.S. site for an International Research Institute for SCPP. Funding for activities supported under this announcement will be provided through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate and Global Change Program administered by the NOAA Office of Global Programs. Link to the Program Announcement at "http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/1995/March/Day-13/pr-352.html" [Summary provided by NOAA]
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