1. Andy Baldus, Acting Chief Financial Officer SAB Climate Working Group
Climate Goal Budget
Andy Baldus, Acting Chief Financial Officer
SAB Climate Working Group
July 30, 2012

2. NOAA Climate Budget
USGCRP publicly available NOAA climate figures as agreed upon by DOC and OMB
OAR Competitive Research Program and Climate Data & Information had substantial decreases in FY 12 Spend Plan with partial restoration in FY13 Pres.Bud
USGCRP climate table as of 1/12/12
Operational Climate Programs include NESDIS Data Centers, Jason-3, Climate Sensors, NWS CPC and OAR HPC
FY 2009 Enacted includes Recovery Act funds including $165M for High Performance Computing
Includes both ORF and PAC

3. FY 2004-2013 OAR Budget and FTE Trends
In Real Dollars
In Constant FY04 Dollars (Consumer Price Index )

4. FY 2004-2012 OAR Budget Trends Enacted in Real $, Constant FY2004 $ (CPI & BRDPI)
ARRA is not included

5. FY 2013 OAR Budget ($ in millions) FY 2012 Spend Plan FY 2013 Base
FY 2013 Pres Bud
FY 2013 House Mark
FY 2013 Senate Apr. Com. Mark
Delta House Mark from Pres Bud
Delta Senate Apr Cmte Mark from Pres Bud
Climate Research
$183.0
$184.5
$212.7
$167.8
$212.8
($44.9)
$0.1
Weather and Air Quality Research
$67.8
$68.5
$69.5
$84.0
$70.5
$14.5
$1.0
Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research
$114.7
$115.7
$108.8
$122.2
$118.9
$13.3
$10.1
Information Technology R&D
$8.9
$12.4 $0
Subtotal ORF
$374.4
$378.0
$403.4
$386.4
$414.6
($17.0)
$11.2
Subtotal PAC
$10.3
$10.4
OAR Total
$384.7
$387.9
$413.8
$396.8
$425.0
President’s Budget: $413.8M for OAR, a $29.1M (7.1%) increase from the FY 2012 Spend Plan. The budget includes:
$25.9M in Program Changes
$3.2M for non-labor inflationary Adjustments to Base
House floor: $396.8M for OAR ($386.4M in ORF and $10.4M in PAC), $17.0M below the request.
Climate Research was reduced by $44.9M from the FY13 President’s Budget, leaving it $17M lower than the FY12 enacted level and $51.1M lower than the FY11 enacted level.
The House Appropriations Committee indicated an appearance of disproportionate funding for Climate Research and redistributed approximately $28.0M of research funding to the Weather and Oceans lines.
Senate Appropriations Committee Mark: $425.0M for OAR ($414.6M in ORF and $10.4M in PAC), $11.2M above the request.
OAR was recognized as the science engine for NOAA and received unrequested increases including:
UAS - $1.0M
Sea Grant Base - $0.4M
OER - $4.0M for partnerships in the Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific Region, $1.5M added to base.
Ocean Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes - $4.4M
*Note: For the FY 2014 Process “IT R&D” will be changed to “Innovative Research and Technology”
*The House Mark total includes cuts to Climate Portal ($0.5M) and Climate Competitive Research ($18M), although the extent to which the $18M will be taken from climate research rather than other NOAA ORF funding is still to be determined.