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GCOS, 03. Report of the third session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GCOS
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 1994 (WMO/TD-No. 590)
Observing the world's environment: weather, climate and water
Written for the non-specialist, the booklet documents the importance placed by world leaders at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro) on reliable national and global observational systems for the key components of the environment. It emphasizes the achievements of WMO programmes but also points out some shortcomings, particularly as regards measuring variations and changes in a global climate system under stress. New cooperative initiatives within the United Nations family such as the Global Climate Observing System and the World Hydrological Cycle Observing Sy ...
Climate change issues : lectures presented at the forty-fourth session of the WMO Executive Council
Three lectures are presented: "Climate, climate change and the development of nations: a new vision", "The Global Climate Observing System: principles and objectives" and "The Global Atmosphere Watch; monitoring the atmospheric environment".
GCOS, 08. Report of the GCOS/GTOS Terrestrial Observation Panel: first session
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 1994 (WMO/TD-No. 642)
GCOS, 07. Report of the GCOS Space-based Observation Task Group
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 1994 (WMO/TD-No. 641)
GCOS, 06. Report of the GCOS Atmospheric Observation Panel: first session
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 1994 (WMO/TD-No. 640)
GCOS, 05. Report of the GCOS Data System Task Group
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 1994 (WMO/TD-No. 639)
GCOS, 19. Report of the GCOS Data Centre Implementation/Co-ordination Meeting
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - WMO, 1994 (WMO/TD-No. 709)
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Climate change and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS): the issue, the response
GCOS, 02. Report of the second session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GCOS
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - WMO, 1993 (WMO/TD-No. 551)
GCOS, 01. Report of the first session of the Joint Scientific and Technical Committee for GCOS
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 1992 (WMO/TD-No. 493)
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); et al. - WMO, 1992 (WMO-No. 777)What is the Global Climate Observing System, and why is it needed? The answers are to be found in this short booklet along with information about the implementation of GCOS, existing observational systems, the development of new observing system components and data management requirements.
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