A Climate Services Vision:

First Steps Toward the Future

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Size: 96 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2001

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A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future describes the types of products that should be provided through a climate service; outlines the roles of the public, private, and academic sectors in a climate service; describe fundamental principles that ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-7	(skim)
1 Introduction	8-22	(skim)
2 Evolution of Climate Services in the United States	23-31	(skim)
3 Guiding Principles for Climate Services	32-38	(skim)
4 First Step Toward an Effective Climate Service	39-57	(skim)
References	58-60	(skim)
Acronyms and Abbreviations	61-62	(skim)
Board Members' Biographies	63-70	(skim)
Appendix A: Statement of Task	71-71	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants	72-73	(skim)
Appendix C: Agenda	74-76	(skim)
Appendix D: Examples of Areas of Climate Information Requests	77-84	(skim)

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A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future describes the types of products that should be provided through a climate service; outlines the roles of the public, private, and academic sectors in a climate service; describe fundamental principles that should be followed in the provision of climate services; and describes potential audiences and providers of climate services.

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First Steps Toward the Future

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