The GCOS at 20 years: The origin, achievement and future development of the Global Climate Observing System

Weather

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Houghton, John ^a   Townshend, John ^b   Dawson, Kirk ^c   Mason, Paul ^d   Zillman, John ^e   Simmons, Adrian ^f  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Canadian Institute for Climate Studies   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84865685279     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.1964     Document Type: Article

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