--- - attributes: ~ caption: 'The first image from the Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument aboard Landsat 8 shows the area around Ft. Collins, CO, at 15 m resolution using natural color. A charcoal-colored burn scar from the 2013 Galena Fire is indicated with arrows. (Source: NASA) ' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 3: Federal Investments In Global Change Research' doi: ~ identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research number: 3 report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 sort_key: 30 title: Federal Investments In Global Change Research url: ~ chapter_identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research create_dt: 2013-03-18T13:40:00 description: 'The first image from the Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument aboard Landsat 8 shows the area around Ft. Collins, CO, at 15 m resolution using natural color. A charcoal-colored burn scar from the 2013 Galena Fire is indicated with arrows. (Source: NASA) ' display_name: '3.2: Burn Scar Outside Fort Collins, CO' identifier: burn-scar-outside-fort-collins-co lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 2 report: _featured_priority: ~ _public: 1 contact_email: ~ contact_note: ~ display_name: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2014' doi: ~ frequency: ~ identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 in_library: 1 publication_year: 2014 report_type_identifier: report summary: "In accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990, this annual report and supplement to the President's Budget gives an overview of USGCRP’s recent achievements, current status, future priorities, and budget information. It summarizes the Program's significant progress toward achieving its strategic research goals, supporting the President’s Climate Action Plan, and building a knowledge base that effectively informs human responses to global change. " title: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2014' topic: ~ url: https://downloads.globalchange.gov/ocp/ocp2014/our-changing-planet-FY14-final-high-res.pdf report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 source_citation: NASA 2013 (Arrows added in 2014 by U.S. Global Change Research Program National Coordination Office) submission_dt: ~ time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: 'Burn Scar Outside Fort Collins, CO' type: figure uri: /report/usgcrp-ocpfy2014/chapter/federal-investments-global-change-research/figure/burn-scar-outside-fort-collins-co url: ~ usage_limits: Free to use with credit to the original figure source. - attributes: ~ caption: 'Preparing equipment for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission. (Source: NASA)' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 3: Federal Investments In Global Change Research' doi: ~ identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research number: 3 report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 sort_key: 30 title: Federal Investments In Global Change Research url: ~ chapter_identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research create_dt: 2013-11-14T00:00:00 description: 'Preparing equipment for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission. (Source: NASA)' display_name: '3.3: Preparing for the GPM Mission' identifier: preparing-gpm-mission lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 3 report: _featured_priority: ~ _public: 1 contact_email: ~ contact_note: ~ display_name: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2014' doi: ~ frequency: ~ identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 in_library: 1 publication_year: 2014 report_type_identifier: report summary: "In accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990, this annual report and supplement to the President's Budget gives an overview of USGCRP’s recent achievements, current status, future priorities, and budget information. It summarizes the Program's significant progress toward achieving its strategic research goals, supporting the President’s Climate Action Plan, and building a knowledge base that effectively informs human responses to global change. " title: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2014' topic: ~ url: https://downloads.globalchange.gov/ocp/ocp2014/our-changing-planet-FY14-final-high-res.pdf report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 source_citation: 'Credit: NASA/GSFC/Rebecca Roth. Collected November 14, 2013 ' submission_dt: ~ time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: Preparing for the GPM Mission type: figure uri: /report/usgcrp-ocpfy2014/chapter/federal-investments-global-change-research/figure/preparing-gpm-mission url: ~ usage_limits: Free to use with credit to the original figure source. - attributes: ~ caption: 'An artist’s rendition of the Global Precipitation Measurement satellite in space. (Source: NASA)' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 3: Federal Investments In Global Change Research' doi: ~ identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research number: 3 report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 sort_key: 30 title: Federal Investments In Global Change Research url: ~ chapter_identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research create_dt: 2013-04-05T00:00:00 description: 'An artist’s rendition of the Global Precipitation Measurement satellite in space. (Source: NASA)' display_name: '3.4: Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite' identifier: global-precipitation-measurement-satellite lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 4 report: _featured_priority: ~ _public: 1 contact_email: ~ contact_note: ~ display_name: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2014' doi: ~ frequency: ~ identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 in_library: 1 publication_year: 2014 report_type_identifier: report summary: "In accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990, this annual report and supplement to the President's Budget gives an overview of USGCRP’s recent achievements, current status, future priorities, and budget information. It summarizes the Program's significant progress toward achieving its strategic research goals, supporting the President’s Climate Action Plan, and building a knowledge base that effectively informs human responses to global change. " title: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2014' topic: ~ url: https://downloads.globalchange.gov/ocp/ocp2014/our-changing-planet-FY14-final-high-res.pdf report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2014 source_citation: '"Visualization of the GPM Core Observatory satellite orbitting the planet earth." Credit: Britt Griswold. Collected April 5, 2013 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/10860068536/in/set-72157637675525645/' submission_dt: ~ time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite type: figure uri: /report/usgcrp-ocpfy2014/chapter/federal-investments-global-change-research/figure/global-precipitation-measurement-satellite url: ~ usage_limits: Free to use with credit to the original figure source. - attributes: ~ caption: 'This frame from an animation of GPM data shows the internal structure of Hurricane Arthur off the coast of South Carolina. This event marks the first time that a satellite has followed a hurricane through its full life cycle with high-resolution measurements of rain and ice. The GPM mission’s observations of storms like Arthur will help scientists answer pressing questions about hurricanes, such as how and why they intensify. (Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio/JAXA)' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 2: Federal Investments in Global Change Research' doi: ~ identifier: federal-investments-in-global-change-research number: 2 report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2015 sort_key: 20 title: Federal Investments in Global Change Research url: ~ chapter_identifier: federal-investments-in-global-change-research create_dt: ~ description: 'This frame from an animation of GPM data shows the internal structure of Hurricane Arthur off the coast of South Carolina. This event marks the first time that a satellite has followed a hurricane through its full life cycle with high-resolution measurements of rain and ice. The GPM mission’s observations of storms like Arthur will help scientists answer pressing questions about hurricanes, such as how and why they intensify. (Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio/JAXA)' display_name: '2.1: Internal Structure of Hurricane Arthur' identifier: internal-structure-hurricane-arthur lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 1 report: _featured_priority: ~ _public: 1 contact_email: ~ contact_note: ~ display_name: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2015' doi: ~ frequency: ~ identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2015 in_library: 1 publication_year: 2014 report_type_identifier: report summary: "The Fiscal Year 2015 edition of Our Changing Planet, USGCRP's annual report to Congress, includes an overview of the USGCRP research enterprise and recent highlights that illustrate how the Program is meeting the mandate of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 and fulfilling the 2012-2021 Strategic Plan. From collecting satellite observations and modeling near-term climate, to supporting adaptation in the Federal Government and building skills among informal educators, to delivering the National Climate Assessment and sustaining the Nation's assessment capacity, this plain-language report demonstrates USGCRP's reach across the spectrum of research, decision support, education, and communication." title: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2015' topic: ~ url: https://downloads.globalchange.gov/ocp/ocp2015/Our-Changing-Planet-FY-2015-full-res.pdf report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2015 source_citation: "NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio. Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission. Data used: GPM/DPR/Ku (7/3/2014), GPM/GMI/Surface Precipitation (7/3/2014), and Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Cloud Composite (7/1/2014 - 7/3/2014) " submission_dt: ~ time_end: 2014-07-03T23:59:00 time_start: 2014-07-01T00:00:00 title: Internal Structure of Hurricane Arthur type: figure uri: /report/usgcrp-ocpfy2015/chapter/federal-investments-in-global-change-research/figure/internal-structure-hurricane-arthur url: ~ usage_limits: Free to use with credit to the original figure source. - attributes: ~ caption: 'An example of a climate change indicator: variation in Antarctic land ice mass over time. (Credit: NASA) ' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 3: Leveraging Global Change Research for Societal Needs' doi: ~ identifier: leveraging-global-change-research-societal-needs number: 3 report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2015 sort_key: 30 title: Leveraging Global Change Research for Societal Needs url: ~ chapter_identifier: leveraging-global-change-research-societal-needs create_dt: ~ description: 'An example of a climate change indicator: variation in Antarctic land ice mass over time. (Credit: NASA) ' display_name: '3.3: Example Climate Indicator: Land Ice ' identifier: example-climate-indicator-land-ice lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 3 report: _featured_priority: ~ _public: 1 contact_email: ~ contact_note: ~ display_name: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2015' doi: ~ frequency: ~ identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2015 in_library: 1 publication_year: 2014 report_type_identifier: report summary: "The Fiscal Year 2015 edition of Our Changing Planet, USGCRP's annual report to Congress, includes an overview of the USGCRP research enterprise and recent highlights that illustrate how the Program is meeting the mandate of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 and fulfilling the 2012-2021 Strategic Plan. From collecting satellite observations and modeling near-term climate, to supporting adaptation in the Federal Government and building skills among informal educators, to delivering the National Climate Assessment and sustaining the Nation's assessment capacity, this plain-language report demonstrates USGCRP's reach across the spectrum of research, decision support, education, and communication." title: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2015' topic: ~ url: https://downloads.globalchange.gov/ocp/ocp2015/Our-Changing-Planet-FY-2015-full-res.pdf report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2015 source_citation: 'Credit: NASA (http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/land-ice/)' submission_dt: ~ time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: 'Example Climate Indicator: Land Ice ' type: figure uri: /report/usgcrp-ocpfy2015/chapter/leveraging-global-change-research-societal-needs/figure/example-climate-indicator-land-ice url: ~ usage_limits: Free to use with credit to the original figure source. - attributes: ~ caption: 'Land cover change, such as the rapid urban expansion of Las Vegas shown above (left: 1992; right: 2013), interacts with climate change in complex ways. Scenarios can be used to understand and plan for the plausible permutations of these and other interacting processes in the Earth system. (Source: USGS Landsat)' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 2: Federal Investments in Global Change Research ' doi: ~ identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research number: 2 report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2016 sort_key: 20 title: 'Federal Investments in Global Change Research ' url: ~ chapter_identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research create_dt: ~ description: 'Land cover change, such as the rapid urban expansion of Las Vegas shown above (left: 1992; right: 2013), interacts with climate change in complex ways. Scenarios can be used to understand and plan for the plausible permutations of these and other interacting processes in the Earth system. (Source: USGS Landsat)' display_name: '2.13: Land cover change in Nevada' identifier: land-cover-change-nevada lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 13 report: _featured_priority: ~ _public: 1 contact_email: ~ contact_note: ~ display_name: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2016' doi: ~ frequency: ~ identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2016 in_library: ~ publication_year: 2015 report_type_identifier: report summary: "This FY 2016 edition of Our Changing Planet, USGCRP's annual report, summarizes the Program's significant advancements toward achieving its scientific goals, delivering on its Congressional mandate, supporting the President’s Climate Action Plan, and building a knowledge base that effectively informs human responses to global change. It includes an overview of the USGCRP research enterprise and recent highlights that demonstrate progress on the 2012–2021 Strategic Plan. The report also spotlights progress in interagency research priority areas that intersect with the Climate Action Plan, such as climate predictions, drought and other hydrologic extremes, and actionable science. The highlights in this Our Changing Planet report represent the broad spectrum of USGCRP activities that extend from Earth system observations, modeling, and fundamental research through synthesis and assessment, decision support, education, and public engagement. " title: 'Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2016' topic: ~ url: https://downloads.globalchange.gov/ocp/ocp2016/Our-Changing-Planet_FY-2016_full.pdf report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2016 source_citation: 'Images collected by Landsat satellite on September 10, 1992 (left panel) and October 6, 2013 (right panel). Retrieved as a single image (panels not separated) in March 2015 from NASA Images of Change' submission_dt: ~ time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: Land cover change in Nevada type: figure uri: /report/usgcrp-ocpfy2016/chapter/federal-investments-global-change-research/figure/land-cover-change-nevada url: 'http://climate.nasa.gov/state_of_flux#Western_Las_Vegas_930x370.jpg. ' usage_limits: Free to use with credit to the original figure source.