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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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3 Temporal and Spatial Foci for GOALS
Pages 9-12

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... that act to create patterns of weather and may conceivably influence seasonal-to-interannual time scales. At the higher-frequency end of the spectrum and where land surface processes are more directly involved, GOALS plans on specific interfaces with GEWEX.
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From page 10...
... Combining the focus of GOALS (seasonal-to-interannual time scales) and those of GEWEX and DecCen, leads to a complete program that addresses key issues concerning the predictability of climate on all time scales a primary concern of the USGCRP, and the international CLIVAR program of the WCRP.
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From page 11...
... the Pan-American region extending from the eastern Pacific Ocean to Africa the focus of the PACS program; and (C) the Asian-Australian monsoon system that encompasses the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific warm pool and the oceanic regions to its northwest and southwest, the oceanic throughflow through the Indonesian Archipelago that connects the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the land masses of Australia, South Asia, and East Africa.
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From page 12...
... The panel suggests that the extension of GOALS to the global domain and the expansion of present observational capabilities beyond the tropical Pacific to other regions should occur in an orderly manner and in parallel with a regionalization of prediction problems. Improvements in regional prediction skills are particularly important for applications and interfaces with society, both of which are high priorities of GOALS.
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Key Terms

  • global domain
  • predictable elements
  • land surface
  • goals program
  • process studies

  • interannual variability
  • heat sources
  • scientific objectives
  • pacific ocean
  • tropical pacific

  • program include
  • south asia
  • decadal modulation
  • skill illustrated
  • goals plans

  • scale modulations
  • indian ocean
  • illustrated using
  • regions process
  • anthropogenic effects

  • climate models
  • active periods
  • coupled model
  • western pacific
  • currently exist

  • time scale
  • warm pool
  • coastal corals
  • tree rings
  • extratropical predictability


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