Support for the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

大气科学与气候委员会（BASC）的使命是促进大气科学、气象学和气候相关领域的卓越发展，并就相关问题向联邦机构、科学界和国家提供客观的分析和建议。BASC致力于推进对大气科学、气象学和气候的理解；促进这些知识的应用，以造福公众；帮助确保美国的研究项目对科学机遇和国家需求做出反应；并帮助使科学信息在政府规划和决策中更有用。BASC在过去三年中取得了极大的成果：2002-2004年发布了11份报告，有6项研究正在进行中，还有一些正在开发中。该委员会是大气和气候科学领域一个日益引人注目和受到尊重的信息来源。知识优势：利用广泛的志愿者网络，BASC设计和监督研究和其他活动，这些活动对促进大气和气候科学知识的发展以及说明它们与社会的相关性至关重要。委员会的志愿成员是委员会所有工作背后的智力力量，他们是经过精心挑选的，以带来多样化的专门知识和经验；他们是广泛的思考者，既能对援助请求作出反应，又能预见需求，经常寻求创新的方法让科学界参与科学政策的制定。委员会的效率越来越高，开展的活动越来越引人注目，并赢得了客观、积极和致力于提高我们科学领域地位的声誉。通过董事会会议和特别活动，并基于国家科学院的严格程序，BASC向科学界和政府决策者提供有价值的信息。更广泛的影响：BASC本身不进行研究，但致力于帮助大气和气候科学对社会产生更广泛的影响。通过其工作，BASC增加了对许多当代关注的前沿重大问题的普遍理解，例如气候变化，平流层臭氧消耗，严重风暴，干旱和洪水。BASC成员和员工对这些问题的理解直接影响到国家的环境政策、能源选择、机动车和飞机制造决策、建筑规范、农业方法，甚至人类健康。在BASC下开展的活动为科学界、联邦和州决策者、教育工作者和公众服务，并广泛传播，包括发表报告和报告摘要、在会议上发言和分发电子通讯。BASC活动涉及各种各样的人，考虑到性别、种族、年龄、地理和制度的多样性。

The mission of the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) is to facilitate excellence in the atmospheric sciences, meteorology, and climate-related fields and to provide objective analysis and recommendations on related issues to federal agencies, the science community, and the nation. BASC strives to advance understanding of atmospheric science, meteorology, and climate; foster application of this knowledge to benefit the public; help ensure that US research programs are responsive to scientific opportunities and the needs of the nation; and help make scientific information more useful in government planning and decision-making. BASC has been extremely productive in the past three years: it released 11 reports in 2002-2004 and has 6 studies underway and others in the process of development. The Board is an increasingly visible and respected source of information in the atmospheric and climate sciences. INTELLECTUAL MERIT: Using an extensive network of volunteers, BASC designs and oversees studies and other activities that are extremely important to advancing knowledge about the atmospheric and climate sciences and illustrating their relevance to society. The Board's volunteer members are the intellectual force behind all the Board's work and they are selected with care to bring a diversity of expertise and experience; they are broad thinkers who can both react to requests for assistance and look ahead to anticipate needs, often seeking innovative methods to engage the science community in the science policy setting. The Board is increasingly effective, conducting increasingly visible activities and earning a reputation for objectivity, energy, and commitment to fostering the status of our fields of science. Through Board meetings and the ad hoc activities, and based on the rigorous processes of the National Academies, BASC provides information of value to both the science community and government decision makers. BROADER IMPACTS: BASC itself does not conduct research, but works to help the atmospheric and climate sciences have broader impacts on society. Through its work, BASC increases general understanding of significant issues at the forefront of many contemporary concerns, such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, severe storms, droughts, and floods. BASC members' and staff's understanding of these issues directly affect the nation's environmental policies, energy choices, motor vehicle and aircraft manufacturing decisions, construction codes, agricultural methods, and even human health. The activities conducted under BASC serve the science community as well as federal and state decision makers, educators, and the public and are disseminated widely, including publication of reports and report summaries, presentations at meetings, and distribution of an electronic newsletter. BASC activities involve a diverse range of people, with thought given to gender, ethnicity, age, geography, and institutional diversity.