Notice2024-27858
Notice of Request for Information; Downscaled Climate Projection Datasets Available To Be Considered for Use in the Sixth National Climate Assessment
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November 27, 2024
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With this notice, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) on downscaled climate projection datasets for possible use in the 6th National Climate Assessment (NCA6). USGCRP will use the information submitted in response to this RFI to identify downscaled datasets that may be used by NCA6 authors at their discretion and to develop an updated data atlas for NCA6.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93671-93672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27858]
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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Notice of Request for Information; Downscaled Climate Projection
Datasets Available To Be Considered for Use in the Sixth National
Climate Assessment
AGENCY: Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
ACTION: Request for Information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: With this notice, the U.S. Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP) is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) on downscaled
climate projection datasets for possible use in the 6th National
Climate Assessment (NCA6). USGCRP will use the information submitted in
response to this RFI to identify downscaled datasets that may be used
by NCA6 authors at their discretion and to develop an updated data
atlas for NCA6.
DATES: Comments and nominations must be submitted to the web address
specified below and received on or before January 17th, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submitted information will be accepted electronically via
the USGCRP Public Contribution System: <a href="https://contribute.globalchange.gov">https://contribute.globalchange.gov</a>. Instructions for submitting comments are
available on the website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Grade (202) 419-3488,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#076660756663624772746064757729606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f0e081d0e0b0a2f1a1c080c1d1f41080019">[email protected]</span></a>, U.S. Global Change Research Program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of
1990 mandates that USGCRP deliver a National Climate Assessment to
Congress and the President not less frequently than every four years
that ``(1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the
Program; (2) analyzes the effects of global change on the natural
environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water
resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social
systems, and biological diversity; and (3) analyzes current trends in
global change, both human-induced and natural, and projects major
trends for the subsequent 25 to 100 years.'' One of the ways that
projected changes across the United States are assessed is through the
use of downscaled datasets, which are used by chapter author teams to
support their understanding of the future impacts of climate change in
each of the 50 states and in the U.S. territories so as to inform the
assessment findings, narrative texts, and figures.
To date, five NCAs have been released. The most recent (NCA5) was
released in November 2023, and can be found at <a href="https://nca2023.globalchange.gov">https://nca2023.globalchange.gov</a>. NCA6 is being developed in a way that
maximizes transparency and inclusivity, offering opportunities for
diverse public participation throughout the process. The production and
review processes are designed to result in a report that is
authoritative, timely, relevant, and policy-neutral; valued by authors
and users; accessible to the widest possible audience; and fully
compliant with the GCRA and federal Information Quality Act
requirements.
A previous Federal Register Notice (<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/02/2024-09575/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-noaa-availability-for-public-comment-on-nca6-draft">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/02/2024-09575/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-noaa-availability-for-public-comment-on-nca6-draft</a>) called for public input on themes, information
for assessment, and volunteers to participate in the NCA6 development
process. This RFI asks for input from the public on the availability of
downscaled climate projection datasets that would advance NCA's efforts
to inform decisions at more localized scales.
This voluntary request for information is intended to support
USGCRP's selection, processing, aggregation, and use of downscaled data
in NCA6. NCA6 is currently under development, and it is projected to be
publicly released between late 2027 and early 2028. USGCRP intends to
use information from this RFI to plan for the appropriate volume and
methods of data processing, aggregation, and data display techniques
that reflect the expected increase in breadth of downscaled datasets
that could be contributed to NCA6.
Information submitted through this form will be reviewed by a
federal interagency group tasked with making recommendations to report
leadership for appropriate downscaled datasets for use in NCA6. The
USGCRP anticipates this process will require an ongoing dialogue with
the groups that provide the selected downscaled datasets and has
designed it to be as flexible as possible to be inclusive, while also
mindful of NCA6 requirements as a Highly Influential Scientific
Assessment. Responses to this request
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are strongly encouraged and will serve as a starting point for this
dialogue.
Information submissions will be accepted electronically via the
USGCRP Public Contribution System: <a href="https://contribute.globalchange.gov">https://contribute.globalchange.gov</a>.
Instructions for submitting technical inputs are available on the
website. Submitters may enter text or upload files in response to this
notice. See <a href="https://www.globalchange.gov/nca6">https://www.globalchange.gov/nca6</a> for more information.
While submissions to this RFI are not required, they are highly
encouraged for consideration for inclusion in NCA6. If you wish to
submit a downscaled data set to the NCA6 for consideration outside of
this RFI, please contact Aaron Grade, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73121401121716330600141001035d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8feee8fdeeebeacffafce8ecfdffa1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a> no later than
March 1, 2025.
Please note that submission in response to this RFI is entirely
voluntary. More information, as well as information on asking questions
beforehand, is available at <a href="https://www.globalchange.gov/nca6">https://www.globalchange.gov/nca6</a>. Please
also note that responses to this RFI may be made public as needed at
USGCRP's discretion.
Via a questionnaire, submitters can provide the requested
information on appropriate datasets that are either completed or in
progress. Creation of these datasets may use statistical, dynamical, or
other techniques, but are expected to be based on the latest generation
of global climate models (GCMs) used in the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project--Phase 6 (CMIP6). NCA6 will prioritize the
inclusion of datasets that fully encompass the entire conterminous
United States and/or specialize in or incorporate U.S. regions outside
of the conterminous United States (i.e., Alaska, Hawai[revaps]i, U.S.-
Affiliated Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico, and/or the U.S. Virgin
Islands) using a consistent and peer-reviewed technique. In addition to
seeking details on dataset attributes, the USGCRP Public Contribution
System (<a href="https://contribute.globalchange.gov">https://contribute.globalchange.gov</a>) includes important
requirements and considerations for the NCA timeline and project
management.
Given limited resources, considerations of overall fit for NCA
priorities, and scientific rigor, NCA6 may not include all information
submitted to through this RFI. Report leadership will make the final
decision regarding datasets used in NCA6, including potentially
combining information from multiple products. If a submission is
identified as relevant for potential use, USGCRP will engage with the
submitter to develop and format datasets and metadata for use. This
process is expected to become a recurring opportunity that will
accommodate the evolving science and the rapid expansion of downscaling
approaches and products for future NCAs and other federal products.
Dated: November 22, 2024.
Stacy Murphy,
Deputy Chief Operations Officer/Security Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-27858 Filed 11-26-24; 8:45 am]
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