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Learning to predict climate variations associated with El Niño and the southern oscillation : accomplishments and legacies of the TOGA program

Title
Learning to predict climate variations associated with El Niño and the southern oscillation : accomplishments and legacies of the TOGA program / Advisory Panel for the Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program (TOGA Panel), Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [1996], ©1996.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Advisory Panel for the Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program.
Description
xiv, 171 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Tropical Ocean/Global Atmosphere Program
  • Climatic changes > Forecasting
  • Southern oscillation
  • El Niño Current
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-164).
Contents
  • 1. Introduction. El Nino and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Concept of the TOGA Program. Purpose of this Report -- 2. Growth of the TOGA Program. ENSO: A Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Phenomenon. Emergence of a Coherent Effort (1970-1984). Development of the TOGA Program. Scientific Plan for TOGA (1985) -- 3. Components of the U.S. TOGA Program. Observations of ENSO. Process Studies. Modeling ENSO. Prediction. TOGA Products. Problems and Shortcomings -- 4. What We've Learned. Observations of ENSO in the Tropical Pacific. Effects of ENSO on the Rest of the Globe. Theories of ENSO. Working in a Larger Community -- 5. Organization. U.S. Organizational Arrangements. International Organizational Arrangements -- 6. Applications of ENSO Prediction. Development of Applications and Assessments. Applications of Regional ENSO Forecasts -- 7. The Future. What TOGA Didn't Do. Obstacles to Progress. An International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRICP). GOALS and CLIVAR.
  • App. A. Members of the TOGA Panel -- App. B. TOGA Products.
ISBN
0309053420
LCCN
96070442
OCLC
ocm36176469
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries