Goals (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) for Predicting Seasonal-To-Interannual Climate: A Program of Observation, Modeling, and Analysis

By National Research Council

This book lays out a science plan for a major, international, 15-year research program. The past 10 years have seen significant progress in studies of short-term climate variations, in particular for the region of the tropical Pacific Ocean and the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon. Some forecast skill with lead times as long as a year in advance has already been developed and put to use. The GOALS program plans to capitalize on this progress by expanding efforts on observations and seasonal-to-interannual predictions to the remainder of the tropics and to higher latitudes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309051800
• ISBN13: 9780309051804
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"