Space and Climate Change
Use of space-based technologies in the United Nations system
- Collection(s)
- Technical
- Author(s)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO); United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) ; United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); International Telecommunication Union (ITU); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ; World Food Programme (WFP) ; World Health Organization (WHO) ; International Council for Science (ICSU); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO)
- Published by
- WMO
- Published in
- Geneva
- Year published
- 2011
- Summary
This publication describes the three global observing systems, which are co-sponsored by several United Nations organizations and the International Council for Science (ICSU), in addition to efforts conducted by United Nations organizations targeting climate change and its impacts through the use of satellite observations.
- Language of publication
- English
- Number of pages
- 56 p.
- Format
- Digital
- ISBN
- 978-92-63-11081-7
- Material type
- report
- Key words
- Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)
- Official number
- WMO-No. 1081
- WMO Programmes
- Global Climate Observing System (GCOS); Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
- Topics
- Observations; Climate change; Satellite