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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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Appendix A Acronyms
Pages 63-65

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... Climate Information and Prediction System (WMO) Climate Variability and Predictability programme Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment Climate Research Committee Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment E1 Nino/Southern Oscillation Earth Observing System First GARP Global Experiment (also known as the Global Weather Experiment)
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... IGOS Integrated Global Observing Strategy IHDP International Human Dimensions of Global Change Programme IOC International Oceanographic Commission IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRI International Research Institute for Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project JASMINE Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment LBA Land Biosphere-Atmosphere Program LSPM Land Surface Process Model MSU Microwave Sounding Unit NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NEG Numerical Experimentation Group NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System NRC National Research Council NWS National Weather Service OGP Office of Global Programs OSTP/CENR Office of Science and Technology Policy/Committee on Environment and Natural Resources PACS Pan American Climate Studies PAGES Past Global Changes PIRATA Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic SCPP Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction Program SCSMEX South China Sea Meteorological Experiment SST sea surface temperature
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... U.S. Global Change Research Program Variability of the American Monsoon Systems Volunteer Observing Shipley)
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  • climate research
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  • global atmosphere
  • ocean circulation
  • sea surface
  • space development
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  • land surface
  • climate studies
  • oceanographic commission
  • prediction program
  • human dimensions

  • national space
  • south china
  • surface process
  • international satellite
  • surface temperature

  • cloud climatology
  • global changes
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  • asian monsoon
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