ATD Facilities Strategic Planning

ATD is responding to NCAR’s commitment to develop a new, 10-year, strategic plan for both observational and computation facilities. As part of our strategic facilities planning process, two internal advisory groups– the Scientific Advisory Group (SAC) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAC) will provide input on ATD’s future developments and directions. Additionally, an external advisory committee (EAC) has been established to review the subsequent plan at an early stage.

This site will provide ATD staff access to the materials, discussions and presentations taking place during the planning process. The site also provides links to the NCAR and NSF strategic plans, the NCAR Initiatives, and selected community planning documents that will help shape the final plan.

A message from Rit Carbone:

Dear ATD Staff,

The subject of this message is to define a 3-phase process that will lead to the development of our Facilities Strategic Plan (FSP). The FSP will define our focus for the next several years and establish the basis for future resource allocation. It is imperative for us to develop the best plan possible as part of the broader NCAR Facilities Strategic Plan, which includes observing, computing and community model facilities. (more...)

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ATD Facilities Strategic Planning:                                 Scientific Advisory Committe (SAC) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) External Advisory Committee (EAC) Schedules ATD Strategic Plan 1998-2003 1991 Excerpt	External Community Planning: NASA - Integrated Systems Solutions NSF - Facilities to Empower Geosciences Discovery 2004-2008 US Weather Research Prospectus Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Carbon Cycle Science Program US Global Climate Research Program Large-Scale CO2 Observing Plan (LSCOP) North American Carbon Program (NACP)
NCAR Strategic Planning and Initiatives:                    NCAR as an Integrator Biogeosciences Data Assimilation Geographic Information Systems Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere Water Cycles Across Scales Weather and Climate Impacts Assesment Wildland Fire	All Staff Meeting (2/17/2004): TAC Presentation SAC Presentation