GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate

A Program of Observation, Modeling, and Analysis

National Research Council author Division on Earth and Life Studies author Climate Research Committee author Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:National Academies Press

Published:1st Feb '94

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GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate cover

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.

Table of Contents
  • FRONT MATTER
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2 THE GOALS PROGRAM AND ITS SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
  • 3 LARGE-SCALE INTERACTIONS AMONG THE UPPER OCEAN, ATMOSPHERE, AND LAND
  • 4 ELEMENTS AND GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM
  • 5 DATA MANAGEMENT
  • 6 RELATIONSHIP OF GOALS TO OTHER PROGRAMS
  • 7 GOALS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX A: PRESENT STATUS OF SHORT TERM CLIMATE PREDICTION
  • APPENDIX B: THE 1993 GOALS STUDY CONFERENCE
  • APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS AND OTHER INITIALS
  • REFERENCES
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ISBN: 9780309051804

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116 pages