Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems (Compass Series) - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Board On Atmospheric Sciences And Climate; Commission On Geosciences, Environment, And Resources; Climate Research Committee; Panel On Climate Observing Systems Status

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309063906 ISBN 13: 9780309063906

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• 1 Questions and Answers
• 2 Findings and Recommendations
• 3 Concluding Remarks
• References
• Appendix A Message from the 1997 Conference on the WCRP
• Appendix B Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Appendix C Statement of Task
• Appendix D Letter to Thomas Karl
• Appendix E Decision 14/CP.4
• Appendix F Acronyms

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Panel on Climate Observing Systems Status, Climate Research Committee, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0309063906
• ISBN 13: 9780309063906
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66