A Scientific Strategy for U.S. Participation in the GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) Component of the CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Programme - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Scientific Strategy for U.S. Participation in the GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) Component of the CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Programme write by National Research Council. This book was released on 1998-08-13. A Scientific Strategy for U.S. Participation in the GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) Component of the CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Programme available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Comments on Catalyzing U.S. World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Activities
Comments on Catalyzing U.S. World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Activities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Comments on Catalyzing U.S. World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Activities write by Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources. This book was released on 2001-01-01. Comments on Catalyzing U.S. World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Activities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The purpose of this letter report is to state the findings and recommendations of the Climate Research Committee's (CRC) brief review of the U.S. contributions to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). The primary objectives of the review were to: (1) assess the coordination (national-international and project-to-project) of the U.S. scientific contributions to the WCRP; (2) identify potential science gaps and/or redundancies in the U.S. contributions to the WCRP, and; (3) identify existing or emerging issues and needs that might require more in-depth attention. Due to the limited time available for this review, the CRC focused on the first of these objectives.
Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2005-01-16. Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A growing appreciation for how variations in climate affect society and the environment has increased the demand for fast and accurate predictions of climate variability. The Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) program, established internationally in 1995 and expanded to include a U.S. component in 1998, focuses on improving understanding and skill in predicting climate variability on seasonal to centennial time scales. This report evaluates the performance of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office (PO) in fulfilling its charge from supporting agencies. The report concludes that the project office is vital for coordinating US CLIVAR activities and is effective despite limited resources. It also provides suggestions for enhancing the communications from and visibility of US CLIVAR activities and for developing strategic directions for the future.
Our Common Journey
Our Common Journey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Common Journey write by National Research Council. This book was released on 1999-11-09. Our Common Journey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. World human population is expected to reach upwards of 9 billion by 2050 and then level off over the next half-century. How can the transition to a stabilizing population also be a transition to sustainability? How can science and technology help to ensure that human needs are met while the planet's environment is nurtured and restored? Our Common Journey examines these momentous questions to draw strategic connections between scientific research, technological development, and societies' efforts to achieve environmentally sustainable improvements in human well being. The book argues that societies should approach sustainable development not as a destination but as an ongoing, adaptive learning process. Speaking to the next two generations, it proposes a strategy for using scientific and technical knowledge to better inform future action in the areas of fertility reduction, urban systems, agricultural production, energy and materials use, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation, and suggests an approach for building a new research agenda for sustainability science. Our Common Journey documents large-scale historical currents of social and environmental change and reviews methods for "what if" analysis of possible future development pathways and their implications for sustainability. The book also identifies the greatest threats to sustainabilityâ€"in areas such as human settlements, agriculture, industry, and energyâ€"and explores the most promising opportunities for circumventing or mitigating these threats. It goes on to discuss what indicators of change, from children's birth-weights to atmosphere chemistry, will be most useful in monitoring a transition to sustainability.
Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks
Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2004-01-02. Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the past decade, scientists have learned much about the complex natural processes that influence climate variability and change, and our ability to model climate has increased significantly. We also have begun to better identify those parts of the climate system that are particularly important and not well understood and that therefore limit our ability to project the future evolution of Earth's climate. One of these critical areas is our understanding of the role of feedbacks in the climate system and their role in determining climate sensitivity. Feedbacks are processes in the climate system that can either amplify or dampen the system's response to changed forcings. This study looks at what is known and not known about climate change feedbacks and seeks to identify the feedback processes most in need of improved understanding. It identifies key observations needed to monitor and understand climate feedbacks, discusses ways to evaluate progress in understanding climate feedbacks, recommends ways to improve climate modeling and analysis for climate feedbacks research, and identifies priority areas for research.
