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Enhancing Decision-Making through Integrated Climate Research: Alaska Region Meeting

February 18-19, 2004

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The workshop, "Enhancing Decision-Making Through Integrated Climate Research: Alaska Region Meeting", was sponsored by the Office of Global Programs (OGP), Climate and Societal Interactions Division, Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program. Partners for this meeting, included the National Weather Service in Anchorage; USGS-Alaska Science Center; and the National Park Service-Alaska Region. The steering committee was comprised of RISA researchers from the western U.S. and numerous academic, government, Native Alaskan and NGO communities.

The purpose of this workshop was to

1. identify how climate information could help decision-makers expand their options in the face of climate change and variability;
2. document opportunities for integrated, multi-disciplinary research on issues important to regional stakeholders; and
3. share the RISA program methodology with Alaskan researchers order to initiate new collaborations and potential partnerships.

For information on the RISA program, go to http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/risa.

Please contact Caitlin Simpson for more information.

Caitlin Simpson
Program Director
(301) 427-2345
caitlin.simpson@noaa.gov