Abstract: ote: For easy download the posted pdf of the State of the Climate for 2009 is a low-resolution file. A high-resolution copy of the report is available by clicking here. Please be patient as it may take a few minutes for ...

Abstract: Measured surface wind patterns in the Canberra region of southeastern Australia have been used to derive a mean regional surface wind based on three-hourly means from 17 sites over an area of 600 km2. The mean direction ...

Abstract: Variations in the thermocline depth of the northeast Pacific Ocean during 1970?1989 are investigated using a reduced-gravity numerical model forced by the local surface wind stress and at the southern land-ocean boundary ...

Abstract: This paper describes the optimal design and its research-to-operation transition of an integrated global observing system of satellites and in situ observations. The integrated observing system is used for climate assessment ...