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the DOE global change program is focused primarily on climate and ecosystem response research.  The FY 1990 budget proposes $27.2 million for DOE, a 35 percent increase over FY 1989.

• Department of the Interior/United States Geological Survey (DOI/USGS):  DOI/USGS carries our research in past climate change, regional hydrology, the carbon cycle, coastal erosion, volcanic activity, and glaciology.  The FY 1990 budget proposes $10.3 million for DOI/USGS, a 94 percent increase over FY 1989.

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration: (NASA) is responsible for earth sciences research from space, including broad scientific studies of the planet as an integrated system.   This research effort supports advanced technology development studies of the Earth Observing System (EOS).  These studies will focus on defining the remote sensing instruments, space infrastructure, and data management systems needed to study a broad range of global change processes.  EOS is under consideration as a new initiative sometime over the next several years.  The FY 1990 budget proposes $21. million for NASA, a 48 percent increase over FY 1989.

• Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC/NOAA):  Building on its base of oceanic and atmospheric science and services, DOC/NOAA's focused programs emphasize improving predictions of climate change and its regional implications, on time scales from a single season to centuries.  NOAA's mission-directed activities include research on physical and biogeochemical processes in the climate system, in situ measurements, climate modeling, and diagnostic techniques for detecting global changes.  The FY 1990 budget proposes $20.0 million for DOC/NOAA, roughly doubling the FY 1989 level.