Open AccessIntegrated research program endorsed for prediction of atmospheric, hydrologic change
Author(s) -
Shuttleworth W. James,
Shukla J.
Publication year - 1998
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 - 10.1029/98eo00049
Subject(s) - research program , atmosphere (unit) , global change , climate change , government (linguistics) , water cycle , scale (ratio) , environmental science , environmental resource management , meteorology , geography , oceanography , geology , ecology , cartography , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , biology
More than 60 oceanographic, atmospheric, and hydrologic scientists from academia and the government have endorsed the creation of an integrated U.S. research program forseasonal‐to‐interannual prediction over North America. The endorsement came at a workshop whose primary focus was on modeling studies of mutual interest to the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment Continental‐ Scale International Project (GCIP) and the Pan‐American Climate Study (PACS). However, workshop participants recognized that developing the ability to improve seasonal‐tointerannual predictions within the North American continent requires a coordinated U.S. research program. In such a program, PACS will focus primarily on improving the understanding of interactions between the atmosphere and oceans in the Pan‐American region, while GCIP will focus primarily on improving the understanding of interactions between the atmosphere and the land‐surface hydrologic system within North America.