A climate services vision : first steps toward the future / Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001.
Series:	Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:	Climatology > Research > United States. Climatology > Government policy > United States. Scientific bureaus > United States. NATURE > Weather. SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology. Climatology > Government policy Climatology > Research Scientific bureaus United States
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Table of Contents:

""A CLIMATE SERVICES VISION""; ""Copyright""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""CLIMATE SERVICES DEFINITION""; ""EXAMPLES DEMONSTRATING THE BREADTH AND DEMAND6 FOR CLIMATE SERVICES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""2 EVOLUTION OF CLIMATE SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES ""; ""CONTEXT""; ""ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: A BIT OF HISTORY""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR""; ""A POSSIBLE FUTURE""; ""3 GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CLIMATE SERVICES ""; ""THE FIVE MAJOR GUIDING PRINCIPLES""
""4 FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE CLIMATE SERVICE """"CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BOARD MEMBERSâ€? BIOGRAPHIES""; ""Appendix A STATEMENT OF TASK ""; ""Appendix B WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS ""; ""Appendix C AGENDA ""; ""Appendix D EXAMPLES OF AREAS OF CLIMATE INFORMATION REQUESTS TO THE WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER ""; ""AGRICULTURE/LIFE SCIENCES (GROUP 1)""; ""AGRICULTURE/LIFE SCIENCES (GROUP 2)""; ""ENGINEERING (GROUP 1)""; ""ENGINEERING (GROUP 2)""; ""LEGAL""; ""ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER""

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