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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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 <
ISBN: 9780309051804
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116 pages