Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Core Support

这是一笔赠款，用于支持美国国家科学院大气科学与气候委员会(BASC)继续开展核心活动。这项工作的目标包括：(1)为大气科学提供一个国家和国际论坛，侧重于研究需要、政策问题、教育影响和问题以及增进对大气层及其与人类社会和地球系统其他组成部分相互作用的了解所需的资源；(2)协调和监督巴斯卡委员会的研究单位，参与制定和出版探索《进入21世纪的大气科学报告》所述边界的学科评估，以及各机构要求就具体问题进行的其他研究；(3)作为大气层科学界向联邦机构和其他有关决策者提供信息和咨询的持续资源，并与大气层科学界的所有部门建立联系。为此，BASC提议发起年度论坛，讨论联邦大气科学和气候相关研究的计划和预算。(Iv)协调国家研究委员会(NRC)的其他单位(最常见的是与海洋研究委员会、极地研究委员会、地球科学与资源委员会、环境研究和毒理学委员会、空间研究委员会和全球变化研究委员会，但根据需要与其他单位)、国际项目办公室以及其活动涉及大气科学且其行动可能影响大气科学政策、社会影响和教育问题的机构。与全球变化研究委员会的关系特别密切，巴斯C主席和气候研究委员会主席都是成员。(V)创建一个国家论坛，就社会立即和日益关注的一些大气科学现象进行响应性对话，包括针对新出现的科学问题和联邦机构的需求进行具体研究和研讨会。这些活动很重要，因为它们向联邦大气和气候科学资助机构提供建议和审查。

This is a grant to support the continuation of the core activities of the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) of the National Academy of Sciences. The objectives of the effort include:(i) providing a national and international forum for the atmospheric sciences, focusing on research needs, policy issues, educational implications and issues and the resources required to improve understanding of the atmosphere and its interaction with human societies and other components of the Earth System;(ii) coordinating and overseeing the BASC study units involved in developing and publishing disciplinary assessments that probe the frontiers articulated in the Atmospheric Sciences Entering the Twenty-First Century report, and other studies requested by agencies on specific issues;(iii) serving as a continuing resource to inform and provide advice from the atmospheric sciences community to federal agencies and other relevant decision-makers, and to serve as a linkage to the entire cross-section of the atmospheric sciences community. To this end, BASC proposes to initiate annual forums to discuss the Federal plans and budgets for the atmospheric sciences and climate related research. The resulting forums will serve as major mechanisms for improving the coordination of the entire Federal program in these vital areas.(iv) coordinating atmospheric science expertise for other National Research Council (NRC) units (most frequently with Ocean Studies Board, Polar Research Board, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Space Studies Board, and the Committee on Global Change Research, but others as needed), international project offices, and bodies whose activities involve atmospheric sciences and whose actions may impact atmospheric science policy, societal impacts and educational issues. The relationship with the Committee on Global Change Research is particularly close with both the BASC chair and the chair of the Climate Research Committee serving as members.(v) creating a national forum for responsive dialogue on a number of atmospheric science phenomena of immediate and growing concern to society, including the conduct of specific studies and workshops in response to emerging science issues and Federal agency needs.These activities are important because they provide advice to and review of the Federal atmospheric and climate sciences funding agencies.