DOE Support to Analyze Variability, Change and Predictability in the Earth System

这项研究活动是NSF和能源部之间的机构间协议，以支持NSF的国家大气研究中心（NCAR）。 分析地球系统可变性、变化和可预测性的合作协议（CATALYST）代表了能源部和大学大气研究公司（UCAR）的持续承诺，即利用模型、观测和过程研究，进行基础研究，以促进对可变性和变化模式的深入了解。基础科学主题与以往的合作协定保持连续性，包括评估地球系统在多个时间和空间尺度上的外部强迫变化，促进对可预测性和可变性的理解，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

This research activity is an interagency agreement between NSF and the Department of Energy to support the NSF's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The Cooperative Agreement to analyze variability, change and predictability in the earth System (CATALYST)represents a sustained commitment by the Department of Energy and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to perform foundational research toward advancing a robust understanding of modes of variability and change using models, observations and process studies. Fundamental science themes maintain continuity with the previous cooperative agreements, and include assessment of externally forced changes in the earth system over multiple time and spatial scales, advancing understanding of predictability and variability, and enhancement of fundamental process understanding.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.