Ocean-Atmosphere Observations Supporting Short-Term Climate Predictions (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 1 OVERVIEW AND PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS 5 Terms of Reference, 5 TOGA Plans and Requirements for Observations, 6 Beyond TOGA: Ongoing Research on Short-Term Climate Variability and Prediction, 10 Principal Conclusions, 11 2 PANEL'S PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND 15 Terms of Reference, 15 Ocean-Atmosphere Observational System, 15 Appropriate Scales, 15 Observational Systems Required for Climate Prediction, 16 Development of Data Sets Required for the Use of Current and Anticipated Prediction Models, 17 3 THE PRINCIPAL OBSERVABLES 19 Order of Importance, 19 Surface Wind Stress, 21 Sea-Surface Temperature, 24 Upper-Ocean Thermal Structure, 27 xi
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We believe that to accomplish the next steps of that remaining work, as it relates to observations, the government agencies responsible for operational oceanic and atmospheric measurements, the agencies responsible for research programs in climate variability and prediction, and the scientific community interested in these problems all have important jobs to do. Specifically: 1.
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2. Operational agencies, research agencies, and the scientific community must arrest and reverse the alarming international decline of surface and upper-air observations that are primarily provided by the World Weather Watch's meteorological network (stations and aircraft reports)
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The best determinations of the geophysical fields of interest will be obtained by combining satellite and direct measurements, blending the unmatched spatial coverage of satellite sensors with direct observations of greater accuracy or more direct coMection to the geophysical parameters of concern. Therefore, a well-chosen network of direct observations will become more, not less, important as satellite techniques advance.
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