TY - BOOK TI - Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program SN - 9780309550420 AV - QC981.8.C5 T46 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - National Academies Press KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Electronic books N1 - FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lessons Learned from Developing Metrics -- 3 Principles for Developing Metrics -- 4 Characterizing and Reducing Uncertainty -- 5 Process of Developing Metrics -- 6 Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program -- 7 Conclusions and Next Steps -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Measuring Government Performance -- Appendix B Case Study Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program -- Appendix C Pool of Generic Metrics for Science and Technology -- Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix E Abbreviations and Acronyms UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3377995 ER -