Excerpt from Understanding Climatic Change
In late 1967 the International Council of Scientific Unions, acting jointly with the World Meteorological Organization, proposed a Global Atmospherc Research Program (garp) to accomplish the objectives stated in u.n. Resolutions 1721 (xvi) and 1802 (xvii), namely, to advance the state of atmospheric sciences and technology so as to provide greater knowledge of basic physical forces affect ing climate to develop existing weather forecasting capabilities and to develop an expanded program of atmospheric science research which will com plement the program fostered by the World Meteorological Organization.
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