Learning to Predict Climate Variations Associated with El Nino and the Southern Oscillation: Accomplishments and Legacies of the TOGA Program - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Commission On Geosciences, Environment And Resources; Advisory Panel For The Tropical Oceans And Global Atmosphere Program (TOGA Panel)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309053420 ISBN 13: 9780309053426

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1996

Synopsis

The TOGA (Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere) Program was designed to study short-term climate variations. A 10-year international program, TOGA made El Nino a household word. This book chronicles the cooperative efforts of oceanographers and meteorologists, several U.S. government agencies, many other nations, and international scientific organizations to study El Nino and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO). It describes the progression from being unable to detect the development of large climate variations to being able to make and use rudimentary climate predictions, especially for some tropical countries. It examines the development of the TOGA Program, evaluates its accomplishments, describes U.S. participation in the program, and makes general recommendations for developing better understanding and predictions of climate variations on seasonal to interannual time scales.

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Advisory Panel for the Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program (TOGA Panel), National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309053420
• ISBN 13: 9780309053426
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192