3 options
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.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Mathematical models.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Forecasting.
- Ocean-atmosphere interaction--Mathematical models.
- Ocean-atmosphere interaction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (115 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- GOALS for predicting seasonal-to-interannual climate
- GOALS for predicting seasonal-to-interannual climate.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "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.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-103).
- ISBN:
- 9786610193141
- 9781280193149
- 128019314X
- 9780309587495
- 0309587492
- 9780585142975
- 0585142971
- OCLC:
- 44966052
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.