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Observing and understanding the ocean........................................130
Dr P. Bernal, Executive Secretary, The Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission, and Assistant Director-General, United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization
The Global Climate Observing System as the observational
foundation for climate services.......................................................132
John W. Zillman, Chairman, Global Climate Observing System Steering Committee
GEOSS: the backbone of decision-making on climate.....................134
José Achache, Director, Secretariat of the Group on Earth Observations
The UK Climate Projections – Met Office science
and headline results.......................................................................137
Vicky Pope, James Murphy, David Sexton, Geoff Jenkins, Daniel Williams,
Julia Slingo, Met Office, United Kingdom
Bioclimatic modelling: linking biodiversity and climate science...... 140
Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary; Jaime Webbe, Programme Officer;
Annie Cung, Programme Assistant, Convention on Biological Diversity
Modelling in earth system science..................................................143
Michio Kawamiya and Tatsushi Tokioka, Research Institute for Global Change,
Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology
Seasonal to decadal prediction: improving accessibility
and widening applications.............................................................146
Richard Graham, Adam Scaife, Anca Brookshaw and Mike Davey, Met Office, UK;
Rowan Sutton, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, UK
Strategic planning in the Caribbean:
the role of seasonal forecasts..........................................................149
Kim Whitehall, Margarette Mayers-Als and David A. Farrell, Caribbean
Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology
Seasonal climate outlooks for assistance in water management......152
Charles Pearson, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
Changes in the climate of East Asia tropical cyclones.....................155
Johnny C. L. Chan, Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre,
City University of Hong Kong
Climate implications of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases:
Indian scenario..............................................................................157
K. Krishna Moorthy, S. Suresh Babu, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabahi
Space Centre; S. K. Satheesh, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian
Institute of Sciences; Shyam Lal, M M Sarin, S. Ramachandran, Physical Research
Laboratory; C.B.S. Dutt, ISRO HQ
Projecting globally, planning locally: a progress report from
four cities in developing countries..................................................161
Robert Kehew, Human Settlements Advisor, UN-HABITAT
AsiaFlux – sustaining ecosystems and people through
resilience thinking..........................................................................165
Joon Kim, AsiaFlux Main Office, Global Environment Laboratory, Yonsei University,
Korea; Yu Guirui, AsiaFlux Beijing Office, Institute of Geographic Sciences and
Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science; Akira Miyata, AsiaFlux
Tsukuba Office, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
Research, implementation and use of climate information in
mountainous regions: a collaboration between Switzerland
and Peru........................................................................................169
C. Huggel, N. Salzmann, L. Angulo, P. Calanca, A. Díaz, H. Juárez, C. Jurt, T.
Konzelmann, P. Lagos, A. Martínez, C. Robledo, M. Rohrer, W. Silverio, M. Zappa
An overview of the European Community climate
research programme.......................................................................171
José Manuel Silva Rodríguez, Director General, DG Research,
European Commission
World Climate Research Programme: the scientific foundation for
climate information in the 21st century..........................................174
Ghassem R. Asrar and Antonio J. Busalacchi,
World Climate Research Programme