Sentences with phrase «observing system»

We all know, of course, Trenberth's now famous behind the scenes remark that it is a travesty that we can't account for the lack of recent global warming, and his exclamation that the observing system must be inadequate (which I guess is reference to the satellite radiation budget measurements?).

On Thursday morning, the workshop held a joint international session, through videoconference, with participants at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) «Workshop on the Re-design and Optimization of the Space - based Global Observing System» that was underway in Geneva, Switzerland.

Due to session time limitations, the HES breakout group was not able to consider the merit of a HES Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE).33 However, an expert on OSSEs provided a background handout for the group

The need for hyperspectral observations from geostationary satellites was also addressed, including a discussion of their potential role in calibration of the space - based observing system (within those spectral ranges); monitoring of the diurnal cycle; and provision of spectrally resolved radiances (hyperspectral visible / near - IR and IR) as a climate reference.

Understanding the role of the ocean in climate change and making decadal climate forecasts will be greatly enhanced by observations planned as part of an international Global Ocean Observing System.

Barbara Ryan, U.S. Geological Survey, reminded the teams that CEOS was strongly promoting an integrated observing system that included in situ data for ongoing verification and validation of satellite observations.

For example, the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer — Earth Observing System (AMSR - E) could fill in some missing data because it has a smaller pole hole than other satellites.

In the view of WMO representatives, measurements of the climate system should be considered as an operational requirement, and climate monitoring and climate measurements should be given equally high priority within the Global Observing System (GOS).

Under Ronald Reagan, there were substantial investments in what was then called the Earth Observing System.

Aura is the third and final major Earth Observing System satellite.

WMO workshop participants included high - level representatives of operational and research and development space agencies, the Committee on Earth Observations Satellites (CEOS), Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the WMO Space Programme, the WMO Open Programme Area Group / Integrated Observing System (OPAG / IOS), and the Expert Team on Evolution of the Global Observing System (ET - EGOS).

Moreover, to satisfy the VIIRS EDRs prescribed by the NPOESS IORD, VIIRS will also provide many of the scientific remote - sensing features of the Earth Observing System (EOS) MODIS and SeaWiFS instruments.

The perception is certainly out there that he is not taking a leadership role on the AGW issue, although he is certainly taking a leadership role on the global observing system.

Until a continuous climate observing system is established, both climate models and observations will remain uncertain.

8 - 9 February 2018, United States U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Biological Data Training Workshop

It is suggested that the large trend in IWV does not represent a genuine climate trend but an artefact caused by changes in the global observing system such as the use of SSM / I and more satellite soundings in later years.

The variables may help simply communication among stakeholders around the globe and galvanize support for implementing a valuable global observing system.

SLT2011 use the words «Under the assumption that no further systematic errors remain in the observing system,» the caveat about ocean propery measurement.

Enhancements such as «deep Argo», «bio-Argo», full - depth gliders, and enhanced moored observations should be evaluated in the context of a full - depth observing system.

As part of the decadal conferences series, OceanObs»19 will galvanize ocean observing communities to improve coordination of regional and national efforts to better observe the global ocean, to better respond to the joint scientific and societal needs of a fit - for - purpose ocean observing system, and maximize the overall benefit of more integrated observing.

Having a frozen model is very beneficial in order to determine the positive or negative effects created when the observing system changes.

Results from data assimilation experiments strongly suggest that this trend is also incorrect and mainly caused by the huge changes in the global observing system in 1979.

Re: Kenneth Fritsch (# 171), Even simpler from that paper: prior to a given date, you have a certain observing system.

Furthermore, the NCEP Reanalysis and other reanalysis products suffer from horrible model bias and inhomogeneities related to the evolving observing system, mainly the inclusion of new satellite retrievals.

What is does mean is that our observing system is not adequate to fully track the energy in ways that allow us to understand and make best statements about the effects of natural climate variability: the La Niña of 2007 - 2008, and the current El Niño, for instance.

A similar calculation for the period 1958 - 2001 suggests an even faster increase than in 1979 - 2001 (Table 2) Again, this could be an artificial increase caused by the changes in the observing system.

The aerosol observing system (AOS) is the primary platform for in situ aerosol measurements at Earth's surface.

APPLICATE brings together an international and multidisciplinary team of experts in weather and climate prediction in order to improve climate and weather forecasting capacity and to provide guidance on the design of the future observing system in the Arctic.

We need observing system simulators and interfaces between them and an ESM to assimilate observations.

It is built on the WMO Integrated Global Observing System -LRB-

The analysis by Trenberth and Fasullo (2010) of the total energy budget, which reveals missing energy in recent years because the ocean heat content has not kept up with the excess of incoming radiation at the top of atmosphere, reveals shortcomings in the total observing system.

An observing system serving this purpose would be one where a few critical in situ observations, coupled with satellite observations and the Argo float array, provide a reliable and sustainable measure of the AMOC for decades to come.

To monitor Arctic sea ice, NSIDC primarily has used the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer — Earth Observing System (AMSR - E) instrument on the NASA Aqua satellite and the Special Sensor Microwave / Imager (SSM / I) instrument on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite.

Reanalyses.org is a collaboration of the Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth initiative, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Working Group on Surface Pressure, and the World Climate Research Programme, and their partners.

NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CIT), Earth Observing System (EOS), Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) issued a series of maps derived from their data from the Aura satellite on September 21, 2005 (2005d264).

The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is a joint undertaking of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Council for Science (ICSU).

Future solar radiation monitoring is planned for NASA's Earth Observing System and the NOAA / DoD National Polar - Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, although in the latter case not at UV wavelengths.

Additionally, such an observing system, by measuring the temporal and spatial variability of the AMOC for approximately a decade, would provide essential ground truth to AMOC model estimates and would also yield insight into whether AMOC changes or other atmospheric / oceanic variability have the dominant impact on interannual sea surface temperature (SST) variability.

The three agencies in question: the Global Climate Observing System Programme (GCOS), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and the International Geosphere - Biosphere Programme (IGBP) are the world co-ordinators of observations and research on climate change.

During his career in climate, Dr. David Goodrich was Director of both the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Office in Washington and the Global Climate Observing System Secretariat in Geneva.

Towards a Sustained US Arctic Long - term Observing System: Perspectives from the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Program.

The paper proposes an Integrated Arctic Observing System organized though a framework of «Arctic Services» to better combine the different roles that AON would play for agencies supporting basic research, those with operational missions, as well as non-governmental entities and stakeholders.

surface observing system does not allow unambiguous attribution of the decadal trends in methane

Note: The Sea Ice Index input data comes from the passive microwave instrument on the DMSP satellites, but IMS uses the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR - E) instrument on the Aqua satellite from 2002 to 2011.

More than that, he is lamenting that our «observing system» is inadequate to be able to accurately balance the planet's energy budget.

The aerosol observing system (AOS) is the primary platform for in situ aerosol measurements for the ARM Facility.

In the 111th Congress she sponsored and passed a bills to protect sensitive coastal and estuarine areas and to establish a national integrated ocean and coastal observing system.

Unfortunately a 10 - year period such as we have just seen is consistent (on its own) with all sorts of different hypotheses and futures and mental models, particularly if one factors in the uncertainties in the observing system.

11:30 - 11:55 - Dan Lea (Met Office): «Report from GODAE OceanView / CLIVAR GSOP Workshop on Observing System Evaluation and Inter-comparison»

This requires re-thinking of many observing strategies and often calls for an approach (within and across - disciplines) based on compromise to building a fit - for - purpose global ocean observing system.