{"product_id":"9789401041430","title":"Long-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System: International Meeting of Experts, Asheville, North Carolina, USA","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLong-Term Climate Monitoring by the Global Climate Observing System: International Meeting of Experts, Asheville, North Carolina, USA\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKarl, Thomas R.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs the climate warming? Is the hydrological cycle intensifying?  Is the climate becoming more variable or extreme? Is the chemical  composition of the atmosphere changing? Is the solar irradiance  constant? Answers to these questions are fundamental to understanding,  predicting, and assessing climate on time scales ranging from weeks to  a century. Atmospheric, oceanic, and environmental scientists have  primarily relied on an ad-hoc collection of disparate environmental  observational and data management systems to address these problems.  But these systems were not designed to measure climate variations and,  as a result, changes and variations of the earth system during the  instrumental climate record is far from unequivocal. This book  develops a framework from which a Global Climate Observing System,  currently being discussed in international forums, can be implemented  to monitor changes and variations of climate. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAudience:\u003c\/em\u003e Administrators, policy makers, professionals, graduate  students, and others interested in learning how we can ensure a  long-term climate record for application to national economic  development and understanding ecosystem dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-11-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401041430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-0323-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 240cm x160cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 518\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312802156684,"sku":"9789401041430","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401041430.jpg?v=1771530932","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789401041430","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}