edu.ucar.opensky::articles:10871 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T14:34:02.273335 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d74x58ct An Earth-system prediction initiative for the twenty-first century 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d74x58ct https://doi.org/10.1175/2010BAMS2944.1 Shapiro, Melvyn A. author Shukla, J. author Brunet, G. author Nobre, C. author Belánd, M. author Dole, R. author Trenberth, Kevin E. author Anthes, Richard A. author Asrar, G. author Barrie, L. author Bougeault, P. author Brasseur, Guy author Burridge, D. author Busalacchi, A. author Caughey, J. author Chen, D. author Church, J. author Enomoto, T. author Hoskins, B. author Hov, Ø. author Laing, Arlene author Le Treut, H. author Marotzke, J. author McBean, G. author Meehl, Gerald A. author Miller, M. author Mills, B. author Mitchell, J. author Moncrieff, Mitchell W. author Nakazawa, T. author Olafsson, H. author Palmer, T. author Parsons, D. author Rogers, David author Simmons, A. author Troccoli, A. author Toth, Z. author Uccellini, L. author Velden, C. author Wallace, J. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher The necessity and benefits for establishing the international Earth-system Prediction Initiative (EPI) are discussed by scientists associated with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme (IGBP), Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), and natural-hazards and socioeconomic communities. The proposed initiative will provide research and services to accelerate advances in weather, climate, and Earth system prediction and the use of this information by global societies. It will build upon the WMO, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and the International Council for Science (ICSU) to coordinate the effort across the weather, climate, Earth system, natural-hazards, and socioeconomic disciplines. It will require (i) advanced high-performance computing facilities, supporting a worldwide network of research and operational modeling centers, and early warning systems; (ii) science, technology, and education projects to enhance knowledge, awareness, and utilization of weather, climate, environmental, and socioeconomic information; (iii) investments in maintaining existing and developing new observational capabilities; and (iv) infrastructure to transition achievements into operational products and services. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2010 American Meteorological Society (AMS). Permission to use figures, tables, and brief excerpts from this work in scientific and educational works is hereby granted provided that the source is acknowledged. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be "fair use" under Section 107 or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law (17 USC, as revised by P.L. 94-553) does not require the Society's permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form on servers, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statements, requires written permission or license from the AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policies, available from the AMS at 617-227-2425 or amspubs@ametsoc.org. Permission to place a copy of this work on this server has been provided by the AMS. The AMS does not guarantee that the copy provided here is an accurate copy of the published work. None eng geoscientificInformation