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The COST 723 Action
Author(s) -
Lahoz W. A.,
Buehler S. A.,
Legras B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.158
Subject(s) - stratosphere , successor cardinal , action (physics) , troposphere , meteorology , environmental science , geography , mathematics , mathematical analysis , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract An overview is provided of the COST 723 Action, ‘Data Exploitation and Modelling of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere’. The three working groups are introduced and a summary of Action activities within them is provided. The achievements of the Action are: three international workshops; the LAUTLOS humidity measurement campaign; dedicated meetings to discuss the quality of upper troposphere/lower stratosphere ozone and humidity measurements; two journal special issues; more than 90 papers in the peer‐reviewed literature; one international summer school; and a successor COST Action which builds on COST 723. The recommendations made are: for COST to continue to support the short‐term scientific missions instrument, as they are perceived to be value for money; to encourage the use of COST money to increase links between COST Actions and other scientific communities; and for the COST secretariat to recommend that Actions consider a summer school instead of a final workshop or meeting. Copyright © 2007 Royal Meteorological Society