Science Review 2021
Purpose of the Review
Laboratory science reviews are conducted every five years to evaluate the quality, relevance, and performance of research conducted in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) laboratories. This review is for internal NOAA/OAR use for planning, programming, and budgeting, and external interests, and it helps the Laboratory in its strategic planning of future research directions. These reviews are also intended to ensure that OAR laboratory research is aligned with NOAA’s Research mission and priorities and other relevant strategic plans, is of high quality as judged by preeminence criteria, and is carried out with a high level of performance.
Summary Report of the 2021 Science Review of the NOAA Global Systems Laboratory (Final)
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Charge to Reviewers (PDF)
GSL Response to Review Panel Recommendation
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GSL's four thematic areas for this review are
- Organizational Excellence
- Advanced Technologies
- Earth System Prediction
- Decision Support