Research and Networks for Decision Support in the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program (Paperback)

This study recommends a definition of "decision support" that emphasizes communication rather than translation and a strategy by which the small NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program can advance decision support. The book emphasizes that seasonal climate forecasts provide fundamentally new kinds of information and that integrating this information into real-world decisions will require social innovations that are not easily accomplished. It recommends that the program invest in (a) research to identify and foster the innovations needed to make information about climate variability and change more usable in specific sectors, including research on the processes that influence success or failure in the creation of knowledge-action networks for making climate information; (b) workshops to identify, catalyze, and assess the potential of knowledge-action networks in particular resource areas or decision domains; and (c) pilot projects to create or enhance these networks for supporting decisions in climate-affected sectors. It recommends that evaluation of the program be addressed with a monitoring approach. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary 1 Introduction: The Sectoral Applications Research Program 2 Climate Forecasts as Innovations and the Concept of Decision Support 3 Use-Inspired Science and Communication 4 Principles for Selecting Activities and Modes of Support 5 Evaluating SARP References Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

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Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	National Research Council • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change • Panel on Design Issues for the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program
Editors:	Paul C Stern • Helen M. Ingram
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	98
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-11202-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General
LSN:	0-309-11202-8
Barcode:	9780309112024

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