A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System
Climate observations inform about the past and present state of the climate system. They underpin climate science, feed into policies for adaptation and mitigation, and increase awareness of the impacts of climate change. The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a body of the World Meteorological...
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ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:46848 2023-05-15T18:16:18+02:00 A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System Lavergne, T Kern, S Aaboe, S Derby, L Dybkjaer, GM Garric, G Heil, P Hendricks, S Holfort, J Howell, S Key, J Lieser, JL Maksym, T Maslowski, W Meier, W Munoz-Sabater, J Nicolas, J Ozsoy, B Rabe, B Rack, W Raphael, M de Rosnay, P Smolyanitsky, V Tietsche, S Ukita, J Vichi, M Wagner, P Willmes, S Zhao, X 2022 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/46848/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/46848/1/150538%20-%20A%20new%20structure%20for%20the%20sea%20ice%20essential%20climate%20variables.pdf en eng Amer Meteorological Soc https://eprints.utas.edu.au/46848/1/150538%20-%20A%20new%20structure%20for%20the%20sea%20ice%20essential%20climate%20variables.pdf Lavergne, T, Kern, S, Aaboe, S, Derby, L, Dybkjaer, GM, Garric, G, Heil, P, Hendricks, S, Holfort, J, Howell, S, Key, J, Lieser, JL orcid:0000-0001-6870-1311 , Maksym, T, Maslowski, W, Meier, W, Munoz-Sabater, J, Nicolas, J, Ozsoy, B, Rabe, B, Rack, W, Raphael, M, de Rosnay, P, Smolyanitsky, V, Tietsche, S, Ukita, J, Vichi, M, Wagner, P, Willmes, S and Zhao, X 2022 , 'A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System' , Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 103, no. 6 , E1502-E1521 , doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0227.1 <https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0227.1>. sea ice climate change climatology climate records Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivtasmania https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0227.1 2022-12-19T23:16:58Z Climate observations inform about the past and present state of the climate system. They underpin climate science, feed into policies for adaptation and mitigation, and increase awareness of the impacts of climate change. The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a body of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), assesses the maturity of the required observing system and gives guidance for its development. The Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) are central to GCOS, and the global community must monitor them with the highest standards in the form of Climate Data Records (CDR). Today, a single ECVthe sea ice ECVencapsulates all aspects of the sea ice environment. In the early 1990s it was a single variable (sea ice concentration) but is today an umbrella for four variables (adding thickness, edge/extent, and drift). In this contribution, we argue that GCOS should from now on consider a set of seven ECVs (sea ice concentration, thickness, snow depth, surface temperature, surface albedo, age, and drift). These seven ECVs are critical and cost effective to monitor with existing satellite Earth observation capability. We advise against placing these new variables under the umbrella of the single sea ice ECV. To start a set of distinct ECVs is indeed critical to avoid adding to the suboptimal situation we experience today and to reconcile the sea ice variables with the practice in other ECV domains. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103 6 E1502 E1521 |
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sea ice climate change climatology climate records Lavergne, T Kern, S Aaboe, S Derby, L Dybkjaer, GM Garric, G Heil, P Hendricks, S Holfort, J Howell, S Key, J Lieser, JL Maksym, T Maslowski, W Meier, W Munoz-Sabater, J Nicolas, J Ozsoy, B Rabe, B Rack, W Raphael, M de Rosnay, P Smolyanitsky, V Tietsche, S Ukita, J Vichi, M Wagner, P Willmes, S Zhao, X A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System |
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Climate observations inform about the past and present state of the climate system. They underpin climate science, feed into policies for adaptation and mitigation, and increase awareness of the impacts of climate change. The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a body of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), assesses the maturity of the required observing system and gives guidance for its development. The Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) are central to GCOS, and the global community must monitor them with the highest standards in the form of Climate Data Records (CDR). Today, a single ECVthe sea ice ECVencapsulates all aspects of the sea ice environment. In the early 1990s it was a single variable (sea ice concentration) but is today an umbrella for four variables (adding thickness, edge/extent, and drift). In this contribution, we argue that GCOS should from now on consider a set of seven ECVs (sea ice concentration, thickness, snow depth, surface temperature, surface albedo, age, and drift). These seven ECVs are critical and cost effective to monitor with existing satellite Earth observation capability. We advise against placing these new variables under the umbrella of the single sea ice ECV. To start a set of distinct ECVs is indeed critical to avoid adding to the suboptimal situation we experience today and to reconcile the sea ice variables with the practice in other ECV domains. |
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Lavergne, T Kern, S Aaboe, S Derby, L Dybkjaer, GM Garric, G Heil, P Hendricks, S Holfort, J Howell, S Key, J Lieser, JL Maksym, T Maslowski, W Meier, W Munoz-Sabater, J Nicolas, J Ozsoy, B Rabe, B Rack, W Raphael, M de Rosnay, P Smolyanitsky, V Tietsche, S Ukita, J Vichi, M Wagner, P Willmes, S Zhao, X |
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Lavergne, T Kern, S Aaboe, S Derby, L Dybkjaer, GM Garric, G Heil, P Hendricks, S Holfort, J Howell, S Key, J Lieser, JL Maksym, T Maslowski, W Meier, W Munoz-Sabater, J Nicolas, J Ozsoy, B Rabe, B Rack, W Raphael, M de Rosnay, P Smolyanitsky, V Tietsche, S Ukita, J Vichi, M Wagner, P Willmes, S Zhao, X |
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A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System |
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A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System |
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A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System |
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A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System |
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A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System |
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new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the global climate observing system |
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https://eprints.utas.edu.au/46848/1/150538%20-%20A%20new%20structure%20for%20the%20sea%20ice%20essential%20climate%20variables.pdf Lavergne, T, Kern, S, Aaboe, S, Derby, L, Dybkjaer, GM, Garric, G, Heil, P, Hendricks, S, Holfort, J, Howell, S, Key, J, Lieser, JL orcid:0000-0001-6870-1311 , Maksym, T, Maslowski, W, Meier, W, Munoz-Sabater, J, Nicolas, J, Ozsoy, B, Rabe, B, Rack, W, Raphael, M, de Rosnay, P, Smolyanitsky, V, Tietsche, S, Ukita, J, Vichi, M, Wagner, P, Willmes, S and Zhao, X 2022 , 'A new structure for the sea ice essential climate variables of the Global Climate Observing System' , Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 103, no. 6 , E1502-E1521 , doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0227.1 <https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0227.1>. |
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