| Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author), Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309063906 ISBN-13: 9780309063906 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $44.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Nature | Weather - Science | Global Warming & Climate Change |
| Dewey: 551.607 |
| LCCN: 99199867 |
| Series: Compass Series |
| Physical Information: 66 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |