Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling -- BACKGROUND -- POLICY CONTEXT -- CURRENT SMALL AND INTERMEDIATE MODELING CAPABILITIES -- CURRENT HIGH-END MODELING CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS -- ACCESS TO FOREIGN MODEL OUTPUT -- PRIORITY SETTING -- COORDINATION -- ALLOCATING RESOURCES -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS RELEVANT TO THIS REPORT: COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND COORDINATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Appendix A -- 1. THE CRISIS IN U.S. CLIMATE MODELING -- 2. THREE OPTIONS FOR PROGRESS -- Option 1: Further increase funding at existing modeling centers -- Option II: A new center for climate modeling -- Option III: A distributed national climate modeling program -- 3. A THREE-TIER STRUCTURE FOR THE DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM -- Tier 1: The U.S. National Climate Model -- Tier 2: Model development research -- Tier 3: Research on climate variability -- 4. IMPLEMENTATION -- Appendix B Statement of Task -- Appendix C CRC Climate Modeling Workshop Invitation and Agenda -- AGENDA OF CLIMATE MODELING WORKSHOP -- Executive Session -- Public Session -- The Quality and Infrastructure of Climate Modeling in the United States -- Appendix D Examples of Access Restrictions on Foreign Atmospheric Data -- Memorandum -- Appendix E -- NCAR MEASUREMENTS OF SINGLE PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE -- High-end Processors -- (64-bit Results) -- A SAMPLING OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS IN MAJOR ATMOSPHERIC MODELING CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD -- I. Introduction -- II. Systems Currently Installed -- III. Future Developments Abroad -- IV. A Sample of Computing Systems in Universities Abroad -- V. Impact on U.S. Atmospheric Science -- VI. Summary -- COMMENTS FROM UCAR TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION HEARING -- Members of the Commission:.

Background -- A New NCAR Climate Model -- The RFP -- Performance Expectations in the BAFO Guidelines. -- The BAFO from the Federal Computer Corporation (FCC) -- The BAFO from Cray Research -- Basis for Selection -- If An Antidumping Order is Issued -- Summary -- Bibliography.