The US Department of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) is pleased to announce the release of the strategic plan for the Climate and Environmental Sciences Division (CESD). This five year plan can be found at http://science.energy.gov/~/media/ber/pdf/CESD-StratPlan-2012.pdf.
Office of Biological and Environmental Research within the Office of Science, is the intellectual home for fundamental research to understand the energy-environment-climate connections and their implications for energy production, use, sustainability, and security. This strategic plan addresses the mission and goals of nine CESD programs/user facilities: * Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Program * Subsurface Biogeochemical Research (SBR) Program * Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) Program * Earth System Modeling (ESM) Program * Regional and Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) Program * Integrated Assessment Research (IAR) Program * Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility * Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) * Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) __________________________________________ Daniel B. Stover, PhD Program Manager, Terrestrial Ecosystem Sciences Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Office of Biological and Environmental Research SC-23.1 / Germantown Building U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20585 tel. 301-903-0289 fax. 301-903-8519 email: daniel.sto...@science.doe.gov http://science.energy.gov/ber/research/cesd/ http://tes.science.energy.gov/ BER advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and scientific facilities for DOE missions in energy, environment, and basic research.
