Decision support experiments and evaluations using seasonal to interannual forecasts and observational data

Do you wish to receive announcements relating to Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP) 5.3? Add your email address to the SAP 5.3 mailing list. Existing subscribers can use the same link to unsubscribe, get a password reminder, or change the email address to which updates are sent.

For further information regarding this Synthesis and Assessment Product, please contact Dr. Fabien Laurier at . Please include "SAPinfo" in the subject line.

Status & Details

Estimated publication date for final report: 8/2008

ScheduleNote: This schedule lists in chronological order the public postings related to this report. We provide exact dates for past postings; and our best estimate for the next posting (highlighted in red). Dates for subsequent releases (i.e. beyond the next posting) are left blank.
Start of 30-day Public Review of Draft Prospectus	12/14/2005
Final Prospectus Posting	4/25/2006
Start of 45-day Public Review of Draft Report	3/18/2008
Third Draft Report Posting	7/2008 (est)
Final Report Posting
NEXT Step >>	Third Draft Report Posting 7/2008 (est)
*** est scheduled dates, subject to revision

See also the product page hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In reverse chronological order.

10 September 2008. Final (third) review draft [PDF] is posted. See also: Public review comments on second review draft.

18 March 2008. Public review draft of report is posted. Comments will be accepted from 18 March through 2 May 2008. See also invitation to comment and Federal Register notice (both dated 18 March 2008). (link posted 18 March 2008)

10-11 January 2008. Tucson, Arizona. Meeting of the Product Development Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3 (CPDC-S&A 5.3). Meeting information will be available online on the CPDC-S&A 5.3 Web site. See also the Federal Register notice published on 10 December 2007.

18 December 2007. National Research Council releases Review of CCSP Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3: Decision-Support Experiments and Evaluations Using Seasonal to Interannual Forecasts and Observational Data.

10 December 2007. Federal Register notice published announcing 10-11 January 2008 meeting of the Product Development Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3 (CPDC-S&A 5.3). The meeting will be held in Tucson, Arizona, on 10 and 11 January 2008. Meeting information will be available online on the CPDC-S&A 5.3 Web site.

8-10 January 2007. Open meeting of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee (CPDC) for S&A Product 5.3. See the Federal Register notice published on 18 December 2006. See: meeting minutes.

29 December 2006. Notes from 11 December 2006 meeting [PDF] are posted.

18 December 2006. Federal Register notice announces open meeting of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee (CPDC) for S&A Product 5.3. The meeting will take place 8-10 January 2007.

11 December 2006. Meeting of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee (CPDC) for S&A Product 5.3. "The meeting will include, but not be limited to, the following topics: (1) Discussion of procedures for completion of the first draft of the Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3; (2) Discussion of plans for completion and submission of future drafts and procedures; (3) Discussion of a stakeholder workshop to be held in early January." Details will be posted on the NOAA S&A Product 5.3 Web site. See also the Federal Register notice (dtd 20 November 2006). See the meeting notes. (updated 29 December 2006)

20 November 2006. Federal Register notice announces 11 December 2006 meeting of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee (CPDC) for S&A Product 5.3

18 September 2006. Federal Register Notice announces Product Development Committee (CPDC) under the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the General Services Administration (GSA) rule of Federal Advisory Committee Management.

24 April 2006.

Public review comments on draft prospectus posted.
Final prospectus published.

14 December 2005: Draft prospectus released along with invitation for public review and comment.

17 June 2005. Peer Review Plan. Document from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.