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A Scientific Strategy for U.S. Participation in the GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) Component of the CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Programme (1998) / Chapter Skim
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4 The Six Elements of GOALS
Pages 13-16

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... data management. The first four elements, along with the last, were identified in the GOALS Science Plan (NRC, 1995~.
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... Modeling is considered the unifying theme underlying GOALS because of the ability of models to integrate or encapsulate knowledge derived from process studies, observations, and so forth, and to generate the products required to support the applications of relevance to societal problems. The results of studies with less complex models can suggest physical processes that should be incorporated into comprehensive coupled models; they should help the development of parameterization schemes for processes not explicitly resolved in complex models.
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... The coordination of a GOALS data management plan with the international CLIVAR data management plan is essential. Figure 4-1 provides a composite description of the GOALS program.
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... The fourth, data management, is seen as an overarching element. Within each class of elements, a procedure for research and development is described.
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