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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971015903321

Titolo

GOALS, Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System, for predicting seasonal-to-interannual climate : a program of observation, modeling, and analysis / / Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994

ISBN

9786610193141

9781280193149

128019314X

9780309587495

0309587492

9780585142975

0585142971

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 p.)

Disciplina

551.6/01/1

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Mathematical models

Climatic changes - Forecasting

Ocean-atmosphere interaction - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ATM-9316824"--t.p. verso.

Spine title: GOALS for predicting seasonal-to-interannual climate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-103).

Nota di contenuto

GOALS Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- ENSO AND ITS IMPORTANCE -- TOGA -- 2 The GOALS Program and Its Scientific Objectives -- THE RATIONALE FOR GOALS -- SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES -- SCIENCE QUESTIONS -- 3 Large-Scale Interactions Among the Upper Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land -- SPATIAL VARIABILITY -- Tropics -- Tropical-Extratropical Interactions -- The Extratropics -- TEMPORAL VARIABILITY -- Subseasonal Variability -- The Annual Cycle -- Interannual Variability -- Decadal



Variability -- 4 Elements and Growth of the Program -- ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM -- PROGRAM GROWTH -- MODELING -- Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling -- Atmosphere-Land Coupling -- Experimental Prediction -- OBSERVATIONS -- Observations Over and In the Ocean -- Observations Over Land -- Satellite Observations Over Land and Ocean -- Expansions and Extensions -- EMPIRICAL STUDIES -- PROCESS STUDIES -- CONSORTIA AND PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR GROUPS -- 5 Data Management -- PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES -- DATA CENTERS -- 6 Relationship of GOALS to Other Programs -- COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS -- Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) -- Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) -- World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) -- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) -- Atlantic Climate Change Program (ACCP) -- Other Programs -- 7 GOALS Program Management -- Appendices -- A Present Status of Short-Term Climate Prediction -- B The 1993 GOALS Study Conference -- C Acronyms and Other Initials -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book lays out a science plan for a major, international, 15-year research program. The past 10 years have seen significant progress in studies of short-term climate variations, in particular for the region of the tropical Pacific Ocean and the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon. Some forecast skill with lead times as long as a year in advance has already been developed and put to use. The GOALS program plans to capitalize on this progress by expanding efforts on observations and seasonal-to-interannual predictions to the remainder of the tropics and to higher latitudes.