Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
PICCC
Name/Title
Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Description
The research program of the PICCC is focused on providing original science products and syntheses that will assist managers of natural and cultural resources in adapting to climate change and related large-scale threats. The PICCC seeks to coordinate its research program with other entities funding and disseminating basic and applied science in the Pacific Islands. The PICCC awards research grants through annual solicitations, directly funds specialized projects, and creates products in-house. The research results are then disseminated to our Members and external partners via workshops and trainings, presentations, and publications. In this way the PICCC fosters a dialogue across our membership and with key stakeholders, thus supporting a community of learning that can adapt to new knowledge and practices.
Objectives/Outcomes
Current projects include: climate model downscaling for Hawaii; observations of montane climate and related vegetation changes across and above the trade-wind inversion; development of rainfall and temperature proxies; future sea-level and wave impacts to wetlands and coastlines; basin- and archipelago-scale oceanographic climatologies; coral responses to changes in temperature, ocean chemistry and light in both laboratory and field conditions, and projections of such impacts for the Pacific Basin; effects of environmental change on forest birds and seabirds; a watershed model that integrates effects of invasive species and climate change; the role of Hawaiian traditional ecological knowledge in community resiliency to climate change; and a climate change vulnerability assessment for the native Hawaiian flora and forest birds using a new Bayesian network approach.
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
HCA, USFWS, USGS, NPS, NOAA, OIA
Contacts(names, emails)
Jeff Burgett, Science Manager, jeff.burgett@piccc.net Deanna Spooner, Coordinator, deanna.spooner@piccc.net
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Required Resources
Projected Timelines
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Url
http://piccc.net/
Worksheet
PnA_PICCC.doc
Keywords
Western North Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Guam Republic of Palau Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) American Samoa South Pacific Central North Pacific State of Hawaii Fresh Water Resources and Drought Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems Ongoing Social and Cultural Resources Community Planning and Development Ecosystems Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Impacts Climate Adaptation Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Assessment and Evaluation Projections (modeling and downscaling) Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies) Research/Development Seasonal (outlook) Intra-annual to Decadal Multi-decadal (scenarios) Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color) Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton) Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind) (e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass) Understanding Climate Variability and Change Research/Development Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies) Projections (modeling and downscaling) Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach