The Global Atmospheric Research Program was a fifteen-year international research programme led by the
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology an ...
and the
International Council of Scientific Unions
The International Council for Science (ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science. Its members ...
. It began in 1967 and organised several important field experiments including
GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment in 1974 and the Alpine Experiment (
ALPEX) in 1982. Its field experiments helped make significant progress in meteorology in particular allowing major improvements in
Numerical Weather Prediction
Numerical weather prediction (NWP) uses mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to weather forecasting, predict the weather based on current weather conditions. Though first attempted in the 1920s, it was not until the advent of comput ...
.
GATE Timeline
References
* Barron, Eric J. (1992
''A Decade of International Climate Research: The First Ten Years of World Climate Research Program''US National Academies Press pages 1-2
* Weart, Spencer R. (2003
''The Discovery of Global Warming''Harvard University Press pages 99-100
* Philander, S. George (2012
''Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change''SAGE Publications page 634
External links
NCAR Archives GARP RecordsAmerican Meteorological SocietyA Review of the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) PDF
Earth sciences organizations
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