Observation needs for climate information, prediction and application: Capabilities of existing and future observing systems

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-205

  Karl, T R ^a   Diamond, H J ^a   Bojinski, S ^b   Butler, J H ^c   Dolman, H ^d   Haeberli, W ^e   Harrison, D E ^a   Nyong, A ^f   Rosner S ^g   Seiz, G ^h   Trenberth, K ⁱ   Westermeyer, W ^b   Zillman, J ^j  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g Office of the President and International Affairs   (Germany)

^h FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Climate observations; ECV; Essential climate variables; GAW; GCOS; GEO; GEOSS; GOOS; GTOS

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH (PLANET); INFORMATION SERVICES; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; ECV; GAW; GCOS; GEO; GEOSS; GOOS; GTOS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 78650788145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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