Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System : International Meeting of Experts, Asheville, North Carolina, U. S. A., January 9-11, 1995

ISBN 10: 0792338561 / ISBN 13: 9780792338567

Editore: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1996

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Binding is extremely well preserved, though there is a small and relatively faint mark in red pen on top left of front. pages are clean and crisp, and printing is immaculate throughout. clean tight and bright.

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• Titolo: Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System : International Meeting of Experts, Asheville, North Carolina, U. S. A., January 9-11, 1995
• Editore: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792338561
• ISBN 13: 9780792338567
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket
• Tipo di libro: Clean Copy
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming

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Riassunto

Is the climate warming? Is the hydrological cycle intensifying? Is the climate becoming more variable or extreme? Is the chemical composition of the atmosphere changing? Is the solar irradiance constant? Answers to these questions are fundamental to understanding, predicting, and assessing climate from weeks to century time scales. Atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental scientists have primarily relied on an ad-hoc collection of disparate environmental observing and data management systems to address these problems. These systems were not designed to measure climate variations. As a result, our knowledge of changes and variations of the earth system during the instrumental climate record is far from unequivocal. This book develops a framework from which a Global Climate Observing System, now being discussed in international forums, can be implemented to monitor changes and variations of climate.
It is intended for administrators, policy makers, professionals, graduate students, and others interested in learning how we can ensure a long-term climate record for application to national economic development and understanding ecosystem dynamics.

Contenuti

Foreword; T. Karl. The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). An Editorial; T. Spence, J. Townshend. Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). An Editorial; T. Karl, et al. Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Report of Breakout Group A - Climate Forcings and Feedbacks. An Editorial; C. Miller, F. Bretherton. Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System. Report of Breakout Group B - Climate Responses and Feedbacks. An Editorial; K.E. Trenberth. Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). Report of Breakout Group C - Climate Impacts. An Editorial; W.E. Easterling. Critical Issues for Long-Term Climate Monitoring; T.R. Karl, et al. Toward a Scientific Centered Climate Monitoring System; J.D. Mahlman. Long-Term Climate Monitoring and Extreme Events; N. Nicholls. Low-Cost Long-Term Monitoring of Global Climate Forcings and Feedbacks; J. Hansen, et al. Regional Climate Changes as Simulated in Time-Slice Experiments; U. Cubash, et al. Monitoring Changes of Clouds; W.B. Rossow, B. Cairns. On Detecting Long-Term Changes in Atmospheric Moisture; W.P. Elliott. Long-Term Observations for Monitoring of the Cryosphere; J.E. Walsh. Satellite Monitoring of Global Land Cover Changes and Their Impact on Climate; R.R. Nemani, S.W. Running. Long-Term Observations of Land Surface Characteristics; C.F. Ropelewski. Atmospheric Circulation Climate Changes; K.E. Trenberth. Temperature above the Surface Layer; J.R. Christy. An Ocean Observing System for Climate. The Conceptual Design; N.R. Smith, et al. Observational Evidence of Interannual to Decadal-Scale Variability of the Subsurface Temperature-Salinity Structure of the World Ocean; S. Levitus, J. Antonov. Monitoring Sea Level Changes; V. Gornitz. Land Surface Temperatures &endash; Is the Network Good Enough? P.D. Jones. Marine Surface Temperature: Observed Variations and Data Requirements; D.E. Parker, et al. Documenting and Detecting Long-Term Precipitation Trends: Where We Are and What Should Be Done; P.Y. Groisman, D.R. Legates. Indexes of Leading Climate Indicators for Impact Assessment; W.E. Easterling, R.W. Kates.