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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973753803321

Titolo

Adequacy of climate observing systems / / Panel on Climate Observing Systems Status, Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

9786610186082

9780309184557

030918455X

9781280186080

1280186089

9780309570749

0309570743

9780585057798

0585057796

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Disciplina

551.6/07/2073

Soggetti

Meteorology

Climatic changes - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 36-38).

Nota di contenuto

Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Questions and Answers -- CLIMATE MONITORING PRINCIPLES -- 2 Findings and Recommendations -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendis A Message from the 1997 Conference on the  World Climate Research Programme to the  Third Conference of the Parties… -- Appendix B Relevant Sections from the Framework Convention on Climate Change -- Article 2 Objective -- Article 4 Commitments -- Article 5 Research and Systematic Observation -- Appendix C Statement of Task -- Appendix D U.S. Global Change Research Program -- Appendix E Decision 14/CP.4 -- Research and



systematic observation -- Appendix F Acronyms.

Sommario/riassunto

The 1997 Conference on the World Climate Research Programme to the Third Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded that the global capacity to observe the Earth's climate system is inadequate and is deteriorating worldwide. As a result, the chair of the subcommittee of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) requested a National Research Council study to assess the current status of the climate observing capabilities of the United States. This report focuses on existing observing systems for detection and attribution of climate change, with special emphasis on those systems with long time series.