Author: Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
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Category : Hydrologic cycle
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309060818
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 103

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Efforts to understand climate variability and predict future climate change have highlighted many aspects of the hydrologic cycle and the exchange of energy and water at the atmosphere-surface interface as areas of critically needed study. The very nature of weather and climate demands that an international perspective and a comprehensive research approach be applied to understand these important issues. In response to this need, the international partners of the World Climate Research Program developed GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Experiment) as a major focus of international study. As the first of five continental-scale experiments, the GEWEX Continental Scale International Project (GCIP) was established to quantitatively assess the hydrologic cycle and energy fluxes of the Mississippi River basin. GCIP focuses on understanding the annual, interannual, and spatial variability of hydrology and climate within the Mississippi River basin; the development and evaluation of regional coupled hydrologic/atmospheric models; the development of data assimilation schemes; and the development of accessible, comprehensive databases. Improved water resource management on seasonal to interannual time scales is also a key GCIP goal. This book reviews the GCIP program, describes progress to date, and explores promising opportunities for future progress.

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Category : Earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Category : Atmospheric chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309096782
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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Water managers rely on predicting changes in the hydrologic cycle on seasonal-to-interannual time frames to prepare for water resource needs. Seasonal to interannual predictability of the hydrologic cycle is related to local and remote influences involving land processes and ocean processes, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation. Although advances in understanding land-surface processes show promise in improving climate prediction, incorporating this information into water management decision processes remains a challenge since current models provide only limited information for predictions on seasonal and longer time scales. To address these needs, the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) was established in 2001 to improve how changes in water resources are predicted on intraseasonal-to-interannual time scales for the continental United States. The GAPP program has developed a science and implementation plan to guide its science activities, which describes strategies for improving prediction and decision support in the hydrologic sciences. This report by the National Research Council provides a review of the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan, outlining suggestions to strengthen the plan and the GAPP program overall.

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Category : Artificial satellites in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Jan C. van Dam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521543316
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Examines the implications of possible climate changes and variability on both global and regional water resources.

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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1038

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Author: Paul Mather
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482272407
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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This text aims to offer information on research approaches to assessing global environment changes. It includes suggestions for the exchange of ideas between those studying land surface and remote sensing specialists, and advocates synthesizing the findings of different disciplines.

Author: G. Asrar
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781563964923
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Market: Researchers in solid earth geophysics and planetary geophysics. This book is a record of the one-day symposium organized by the Space Policy Institute of the George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs, in cooperation with NASA's Office of Mission to Planet Earth. The meeting provided an authoritative overview of the progress that had been made to date in the study of Earth from space and identified the steps being taken to ensure that future space-based Earth observation missions make as great a scientific contribution as possible in support of the Earth system science concept.