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Innovations in information management and access for assessments

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  • Anne M. Waple

    (Second Nature)

  • Sarah M. Champion

    (North Carolina State U/NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information)

  • Kenneth E. Kunkel

    (North Carolina State U/NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information)

  • Curt Tilmes

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

Abstract

The third National Climate Assessment (NCA3) included goals for becoming a more timely, inclusive, rigorous, and sustained process, and for serving a wider variety of decision makers. In order to accomplish these goals, it was necessary to deliberately design an information management strategy that could serve multiple stakeholders and manage different types of information - from highly mature government-supported climate science data, to isolated practitioner-generated case study information - and to do so in ways that are consistent and appropriate for a highly influential assessment. Meeting the information management challenge for NCA3 meant balancing relevance and authority, complexity and accessibility, inclusivity and rigor. Increasing traceability of data behind figures and graphics, designing a public-facing website, managing hundreds of technical inputs to the NCA, and producing guidance for over 300 participants on meeting the Information Quality Act were all aspects of a deliberate, multi-faceted, and strategic information management approach that nonetheless attempted to be practical and usable for a variety of participants and stakeholders.

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  • Anne M. Waple & Sarah M. Champion & Kenneth E. Kunkel & Curt Tilmes, 2016. "Innovations in information management and access for assessments," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 135(1), pages 69-83, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:135:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s10584-015-1588-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1588-7
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    1. Xiaogang Ma & Peter Fox & Curt Tilmes & Katharine Jacobs & Anne Waple, 2014. "Capturing provenance of global change information," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(6), pages 409-413, June.
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    1. Katharine L. Jacobs & James L. Buizer & Susanne C. Moser, 2016. "The third US national climate assessment: innovations in science and engagement," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 135(1), pages 1-7, March.
    2. Katharine Jacobs & James Buizer & Susanne Moser, 2016. "The third US national climate assessment: innovations in science and engagement," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 135(1), pages 1-7, March.

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