Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
The issues addressed by BASC are at the forefront of contemporary concerns. BASC's interests include advancing methodologies and technologies for supporting weather and climate science, improving understanding and prediction of weather and climate variability and related impacts on society, understanding atmospheric composition and chemistry, facilitating research on interactions between the atmosphere and land, ocean, and cryosphere, improving understanding of atmospheric and climate sciences and helping make this understanding relevant to national needs.
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Attribution of Extreme Weather Committee Meeting #6
- October 13 - 14, 2025
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Committee members met to discuss report development.
Functions and Criteria for a New Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events Virtual Committee Call 11
- October 10, 2025
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This is one in a series of virtual biweekly committee calls. The committee will be meeting entirely in closed session.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #1
- October 8, 2025
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
Air Pollution in India: Ramanathan Climate Conversation 2025
- September 29, 2025
- 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Join us for a discussion about the interactions between air pollution, climate change, and public health in India. A recording of the webinar is available below. Please take our Post Webinar Survey a...
Functions and Criteria for a New Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events Meeting 4
- September 29 - 30, 2025
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This is the fourth meeting of the committee on the Functions and Criteria for a New Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events.
Drought Study Information Gathering: Perspectives from the Interstate Council on Water Policy
- September 25, 2025
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
This is an open information gathering session with input from the Interstate Council on Water Policy. Please contact Dominique Jenkins (djenkins@nas.edu) for information on participation in this meeti...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Committee Meeting 3
- September 25 - 26, 2025
- Meeting
- Past
The study committee will meet in closed session to consider information received during public information gathering sessions, to deliberate on the statement of task, and to advance work on the consen...
Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Technoeconomic Analysis (TEA) of Emerging Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies
- September 23, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
This webinar will be the third of a 3-part webinar series titled Foundations for a Successful and Responsible Greenhouse Gas Removals Ecosystem with this conversation addressing questions including:...
Subgroup Meeting 27
- September 23, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Committee members met to discuss report development.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Drought Metrics and Indicators - subgroup planning meeting
- September 22, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
A subgroup of the committee will meet to plan of this upcoming information gathering session.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Non-Stationarity Subgroup Planning
- September 19, 2025
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Sub-group meeting to contribute to planning discussion around nonstationarity in the September committee meeting.
Functions and Criteria for a New Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events Virtual Committee Call 10
- September 19, 2025
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This is one in a series of virtual biweekly committee calls. The committee will be meeting entirely in closed session.
Subgroup Meeting 26
- September 16, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Committee members met to discuss report development.
Subgroup Meeting 25
- September 10, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Committee members met to discuss report development.
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate -- September Quarterly Meeting 2025
- September 8, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The Board will discuss potential topics for the fall open meeting and begin planning.