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Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental-Scale International Project A Review of Progress and Opportunities (1998) / Chapter Skim
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... , formulated in 1990 by the World Climate Research Programme, is a joint effort of atmospheric scientists and hydrologists to develop data sets, models, and a research framework to understand landatmosphere interactions on climatic time scales (i.e., seasonal, annual) in the Mississippi River basin.
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... High-resolution modeling studies for example, of how the land surface affects the Great Plains low-level jetare also important because many important features of low-level jets are not easily observed with the current sparse observational network. GCIP is developing a comprehensive set of regional analysis archives from three regional data assimilation systems (Eta, Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System, Regional Finite Element)
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... The panel recognizes, however, that there are many other important hydrologic issues not covered under the purview of GCIP's research such as surface and subsurface interactions that are critical for an "end-to-end" approach to the hydrology of the Mississippi River basin. Furthermore, although GCIP's primary goal has been identified as demonstrating skill in predicting changes in water resources on various time scales, GCIP is not directly involved in the development of any new water resources management models.
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... the development of a comprehensive GCIP data set that will be a basic support for twenty-first century developments in remote sensing and data assimilation; and (5) a new paradigm for water resources management utilizing new operational weather prediction analyses and forecasts.
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