GHOST: Global Hierarchical Observing Strategy
- Collection(s)
- Technical
- Author(s)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); International Council for Science (ICSU); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO)
- Published by
- WMO
- Published in
- Geneva
- Year published
- 1997
- Summary
This booklet describes a hierarchical strategy - to be shared between the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) and to be linked to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) - for collecting reliable, representative, long-term data about the world's land and freshwater ecosystems that are required for a better understanding of global change.
- Language of publication
- English
- Number of pages
- 12 p.
- Format
- Digital
- ISBN
- 978-92-63-10862-3
- Material type
- Booklet
- Key words
- Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)
- Official number
- WMO-No. 862
- WMO Programmes
- Global Climate Observing System (GCOS); Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
- Topics
- Observations; Climate monitoring