<div dir="ltr">Please see the below message from Jim Hurrell:<div>------------------------------------------------------</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Dear Colleagues,</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> Please see below the link to the draft report on NSF/GEO Priorities and Frontiers 2015-2020, and note the request for comments. I certainly encourage you to send comments as individuals, if you wish. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> However, I would also like to offer the opportunity to send your overarching comments and impressions to me by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">5 September</span></span>. I will be working to produce a document that presents an overarching NCAR perspective on the draft GEO vision, as this is a great opportunity for us to provide some constructive and useful comments to NSF/GEO.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> All the best,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> Jim</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br><br>For the past several months, the NSF GEO Advisory Committee has been working with GEO staff on an update to its 2009 report, GEO Vision. This draft report, Dynamic Earth: GEO Priorities and Frontiers 2015-2020, takes a different perspective than the last report. In the current climate of limited resources, this document seeks to set actionable goals and objectives for the next five years. It is not meant to be a comprehensive document of all GEO programs but rather a near-term plan of GEO-wide priorities. More detailed information on specific programs and thrusts is currently part of each of the four GEO divisions' planning activities (Atmosphere/Geospace, Earth, Ocean, and Polar).<br>
<br>The draft report is available at <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/geo/adgeo/advcomm/gpf-draft/" target="_blank">http://www.nsf.gov/geo/adgeo/advcomm/gpf-draft/</a>. We are very interested in receiving your feedback on this document and encourage you to not only review and comment but also to share the draft with your colleagues. Please send your comments to <a href="mailto:geovision@nsf.gov" target="_blank">geovision@nsf.gov</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:geovision@nsf.gov" target="_blank">geovision@nsf.gov</a>> by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Friday, September 12th</span></span>.<br>
<br>Thank you. We look forward to hearing from you.<br><br>George Hornberger, Chair, AC GEO<br>Roger Wakimoto, Assistant Director, GEO<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br>
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-- <br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div><div><div><b>James W. Hurrell</b><br></div><div>NCAR Director<br></div><div><br></div>PO Box 3000 </div><div>Boulder, CO <br></div>
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