Scientific Theme: Advanced Modeling and Observing Systems

Scientific Theme: Integrating Activities
Scientific Theme: INTEGRATING ACTIVITIES
IA-01: Science and Society
CSD10: Scientific Assessments for Decision Makers
Policy01: Science Policy Lecture Series
IA-02: Western Water Assessment
WWA01: Scientific Assessments
WWA02: Climate Products
WWA03: Climate and Water Affairs
WWA04: Management
IA-03: Resource Development for Educators and Decision Makers
Policy02: Outreach to Decision Makers through the Internet
Policy03: Outreach to Decision Makers through Newsletters
IA-01: Science and Society
CSD10: Scientific Assessments for Decision Makers
GOAL:
Plan, lead, prepare, and disseminate assessments for the decision making communities associated with ozone-layer
depletion, greenhouse warming, and regional air quality.
MILESTONE CSD10.1
Serve as authors, reviewers, and coordinating editor to accomplish the final preparation and
printing of the World Meteorological Organization/United Nations Environment Programme 2006
scientific state-of-understanding assessment of the ozone layer for the U.N. Montreal Protocol.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR CSD10.1
The 2006 international state-of-understanding report on the science of
the ozone layer was completed in December 2006 and printed in April
2007, a major milestone in the work of the Scientific Assessment Panel
of the U.N. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer. The report (―Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006‖)
is the sixth in a series of periodic assessments that are prepared for the
United Nations Montreal Protocol. The report will be distributed to the
more than 190 nations (including the United States) that are parties to
the Montreal Protocol, who use it as the scientific basis for their
discussions regarding protection of the ozone layer.
The 2006 report, approximately 500 pages in length, describes past and
expected future levels of ozone-depleting substances, past and expected
future behavior of the ozone layer in polar regions and throughout the
globe, implications for ultraviolet radiation at the Earth‘s surface,
short-lived ozone-depleting substances, and interrelationships between
climate and ozone depletion.
The 2006 report updates findings of the previous report in 2002 and builds upon the foundation of knowledge forged
in earlier reports in 1988, 1991, 1994, and 1998. This regular series is the output product of updated knowledge on
this topic. Each of the reports is prepared by hundreds of scientists worldwide who participate as authors,
contributors, and reviewers.
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