Project Plans by Topic

Each year the science leaders of ICP research teams prepare plans to guide their endeavors. All the projects contribute to core research areas at GISS and priorities of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. In many instances research is designed to continue projects from the previous summer. However, some plans mark the beginning of a new research team or initiate a new project for an existing team.

Climate Forcings and Modeling

• 1994: The Mount Pinatubo Eruption: Impact on Climate Change
• 1995: Pinatubo's Impact on Climate
• 1996: Pinatubo and Other Forcings on the Earth's Climate
• 1997: Modeling the Earth's Climate
• 1998: Validation of the GISS General Circulation Model SI97 Version
• 1999: Forcings and Chaos: Climatic Characterization of Urban Warming
• 2000: Forcings and Chaos: Climatic Characterization of Urban Warming
• 2000: Microclimate Climate Change Case Studies (Urban Heat Island)

Evolution of Cloud Structure over Storm Lifecycles

• 1994: Evolution of Cloud Structure over Storm Lifecycles
• 1995: Cloud Structures in Storm Lifecycles
• 1996: Cloud Structures in Storm Lifecycles
• 1997: Cloud Structures in Storm Lifecycles
• 1998: Clouds over Storm Lifecycles
• 1999: Tracks and Cloud Structures in Midlatitude Storms
• 2000: Tracks and Cloud Structures in Midlatitude Storms
• 2001: Storms in the Future: Changes in Intensity, Cloudiness, Rainfall and Economic Costs
• 2002: Storms in the Future: Relating Changes in Intensity, Cloudiness, Rainfall and Economic Costs
• 2003: Clouds Education

Tracking Storms: Observations and Simulations

• 1994: Storm Tracks: Observations and Simulations
• 1995: Storm Tracks: Observations and Simulations
• 1996: Storm Tracks: Observations and Simulations

Atmospheric Aerosols

• 1994: Investigation of Stratospheric Aerosols in the Atmosphere of Jupiter
• 1995: Stratospheric Aerosols in Jupiter's Atmosphere
• 1996: Stratospheric Aerosols in Jupiter's Atmosphere
• 1996: Solar Irradiance Research Network
• 1997: Radiative Forcing of the Earth's Climate
• 1998: Trends in Tropospheric Aerosol Forcing 1950-1990
• 1999: Investigation of Aerosol Variability and Trends in NYC
• 2000: Aerosols and Climate
• 2000: Student Polarimeter Aerosol and Cloud Experiment
• 2000: Urban Measurement of Aerosols and Asthma Project
• 2001: Climate, Aerosols and Health: Environmental Effects on Asthma Burden
• 2001: Mapping Urban Aerosols and Emissions to Study Climate and the Environment
• 2002: Urban Measurement of Aerosol an Asthma Project

Impacts of Climate Change

• 1995: Impacts of Climate Change
• 1996: Impacts of Climate Change
• 1997: Climate Variability Impacts on Water Resources and Agriculture
• 1998: Climate Change in the Northeastern United States and Caribbean: Implications for Energy and Water Resources
• 1999: Climate Change and New York State Agriculture: Projections, Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
• 1999: Assessing the Impact of Climate and Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes on New York City's Water Supply System
• 2000: Climate Change Impacts on Runoff, Soil Moisture and Erosion Within the New York City Water Supply System
• 2002: Historical and Projected Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding in the NY Metro Area
• 2003: Climate Impacts

Oceans and Climate Modeling

• 1996: Tropical Atlantic Ocean Climate Variability
• 1997: Ocean Variability in the Coupled GCM
• 1998: Evaluation of the Trenberth Mechanism for Displacement of the Jet Stream Pattern During ENSO Events and the Ensuing Weather Anomalies
• 2001: Ocean-Atmosphere Models: Connecting Regional and Global Climate
• 2001: Oceans: The Ocean Down to Its Last Eddie
• 2002: Ocean-Atmosphere Connections

Global Methane Inventory

• 1996: Global Methane Inventory
• 1997: Global Methane Inventory
• 1998: Global Methane Inventory
• 1999: Global Methane Inventory
• 2000: Global Methane Inventory
• 2001: Methane Emissions: A Fairer Accounting and Historical Trends from Fossil Fuel Consumption
• 2002: Methane Emissions: An Alternative Scenario for Fossil Fuel

History of New York's Vegetation and Climate

• 1998: Manhattan Pollen Signature and Its Relationship to Weather
• 1999: The History of New York's Vegetation and Climate - Ties to the Present
• 2000: Pollen Records of the Past and Present
• 2001: New York City's Vegetational History - Climate Change and Human Impact

Carbon Initiative in Black Rock Forest

• 2000: Carbon Initiative in Black Rock Forest
• 2001: Connecting Forest Carbon Sequestration to Atmospheric Carbon Levels
• 2002: Examining Forest Carbon Sequestration: Is More Stored in the Trees or Soils?
• 2003: Carbon Processes in the Climate System and Forest Ecosystems

Alternative Climate Scenarios

• 2001: An Alternative Climate Scenario: Energy Choices for the 21st Century
• 2002: Alternative Energy Scenario: The Quandary: An Imaginary Situation Defines a Research Education Objective
• 2003: Alternative Scenarios for CO₂