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UNEP Questionnaire for
Earthwatch Partners |
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PROGRAMME
NAME |
World Climate Research
Programme (WCRP)
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URL/
Website |
http://wcrp.wmo.int |
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Description |
The
WCRP was established in 1980, under the joint
sponsorship of
International Council for
Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), and has also been sponsored by the
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO since 1993.
The objectives of the programme are to develop the
fundamental scientific understanding of the physical
climate system and climate processes needed to determine
to what extent climate can be predicted and the extent
of human influence on climate. The programme encompasses
studies of the global atmosphere, oceans, sea- and
land-ice, the biosphere and the land surface, which
together constitute the Earth's physical climate system.
WCRP studies are specifically directed to provide
scientifically founded quantitative answers to the
questions being raised on climate and the range of
natural climate variability, as well as to establish the
basis for predictions of global and regional climatic
variations and of changes in the frequency and severity
of extreme events.
WCRP
has formulated a broad-based multi-disciplinary science
strategy offering the widest possible scope for
investigation of all physical aspects of climate and
climate change. This multi-disciplinary strategy is
reflected in the ongoing WCRP core-projects, diverse
working groups, various cross-cutting activities and
many co-sponsored activities.
Climate
Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)
http://www.clivar.org
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX)
http://www.gewex.org
Climate and Cryosphere (CliC)
http://clic.npolar.no
Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
(SPARC)
http://www.aero.jussieu.fr/~sparc/
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/index.html
Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)
http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/solas/
Anthropogenic Climate Change (ACC)
http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/SF_ACC.html
Sea-Level Rise
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_SeaLevel.html
Oceans and Climate
http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/SF_OceanClimate.html
Monsoons
http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/SF_Monsoon.html
Seasonal to Decadal Prediction
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_SeasonalPrediction.html
http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/SF_TFSP.html
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/initiativesNEW2005Climate.html
http://wwwigac.noaa.gov/ACandC.php
WCRP’s International Polar Year
http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPY.html
Surface Fluxes (WGSF)
http://www.etl.noaa.gov/et6/wgsf
Observations and Reanalysis (incl. WOAP)
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Observation.html
Climate Modelling (WGCM, WGNM)
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Modelling.html
Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP)
http://www.essp.org
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Agenda
21 - Areas of particular focus or interest |
Atmosphere - Oceans - Land, including cryosphere
and biosphere, climate variability, climate change
(natural and anthropogenic). Regions Worldwide Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring. The WCRP
observational programmes collect data both on global and
regional scales on different time scales. |
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Regions |
Worldwide |
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Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring
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The WCRP observational programmes collect data
both on global and regional scales on different time scales.
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URL/
Data collection., Observ., Monitor. |
http://www.clivar.org
http://www.gewex.org/
http://clic.npolar.no/
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/index.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Observation.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_WOAP.html
http://wcrp.ipsl.jussieu.fr/SF_WOAP.html
with links to
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/gcos/
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/gcos/index.php?name=aopc
http://ioc3.unesco.org/oopc/ |
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URL/Assessment and Analysis |
http://wcrp.wmo.int
http://www.clivar.org
http://www.gewex.org/
http://clic.npolar.no
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/index.html
http://acsys.npolar.no/
http://iabp.apl.washington.edu
http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/antcrc/buoys/buoys.html
http:// www.woce.org
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Modelling_WGNE.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Modelling_WGCM.html
http://www.clivar.org/organization/wgcm/wgcm.php
http://gaim.unh.edu/
http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPCC.html
http://www.ipcc.ch/index.htm
http://www.essp.org/
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URL/Indicators |
http://wcrp.wmo.int
http://www.clivar.org
http://www.gewex.org/
http://acsys.npolar.no/
http://clic.npolar.no
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/index.html
http://iabp.apl.washington.edu
http://www.antcrc.utas.edu.au/antcrc/buoys/buoys.html
http:// www.woce.org
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Modelling_WGNE.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Modelling_WGCM.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/Special_IPCC.html
http://www.ipcc.ch/index.htm
http://www.essp.org/
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URL/Modelling |
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Modelling_WGNE.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/AP_Modelling_WGCM.html
http://www.clivar.org/organization/wgcm/wgcm.php
http://www.essp.org/
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URL/Early warning mechanisms |
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URL/
Reports, Information dissemination |
http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports.html
with links to
http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_WCRPSeries.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_WCRPInformal.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_JSC.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_WGNE.html
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Major
Assessment Reports |
Assessment of Stratospheric Aerosol Properties
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/ASAP%20V3c1.pdf
IPCC Climate Change
2007: The Physical Science Basis
http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html
WCRP Annual Report 2006-2007
http://wcrp.wmo.int/documents/WCRP_AnnualReport2006-07_web.pdf
or on
http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_WCRPSeries.html
http://wcrp.wmo.int/PG_Reports_JSC.html
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URL/
Network dev. and support |
http://wcrp.wmo.int |
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Networks
managed by Agency/Prog. |
http://wcrp.wmo.int |
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URL/
Capacity building |
http://wcrp.wmo.int |
Responsible
Office/Person
(for inquiries or follow-up) |
Dr Ann Henderson-Sellers
(until December 2007)
Director, Joint Planning Staff
WMO/WCRP
7bis, avenue de la Paix
Case Postale No. 2300
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel.: +(41 22) 730 8246
Fax: +(41 22) 730 8036
AHenderson-Sellers@wmo.int
wcrp@wmo.int for general inquiries.
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