Open AccessClimate Data Guide Spurs Discovery and Understanding
Author(s) -
Schneider David P.,
Deser Clara,
Fasullo John,
Trenberth Kevin E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo130001
Subject(s) - data science , climate change , diversity (politics) , climate science , climate system , earth system science , climate model , research council , climatology , geography , computer science , environmental resource management , meteorology , environmental science , political science , ecology , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , law , biology , geology
Highly accurate and stable observations—beyond those provided by routine weather monitoring—are essential for understanding the behavior of the climate system, developing and validating Earth system models, and attributing extreme weather events and long‐term trends to causes [ National Research Council , 2012; Trenberth et al ., 2013]. In parallel with an exploding volume of climate data, ready access to data in user‐friendly formats is important to an expanding number and increasing diversity of individuals worldwide across public, private, and academic sectors [ Overpeck et al ., 2011].