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Proceedings of
the
Third
International Workshop on Advances in the
Use of Historical Marine Climate
Data
(MARCDAT-III, Frascati,
Italy, 2-6 May 2011)
JCOMM Technical Report No. 59 |
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The
Third International Workshop on Advances in the Use of Historical Marine
Climate Data (MARCDAT-III) was held at the European Space Agency
(ESA) Center for Earth Observation (ESRIN), in Frascati, Italy from 2 to
6 May 2011. This workshop follows international marine workshops in
Canada (1999), USA (2002), Belgium (2003), UK (2005) and Poland (2008)
where MARCDAT alternates with more formal JCOMM Workshops on Advances
in Marine Climatology (CLIMAR). These workshops have brought
together a wide spectrum of marine data users, and managers of marine
data and products, and have included an underlying focus on the
continuing evaluation, utilization, and improvement of the International
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS).
The workshop provided a showcase and did build on recent advances in
marine climatology, including (i) evaluation, utilization and
improvement of the over 300-year record of ICOADS (e.g. using satellite
data); (ii) development of multi-decadal, homogeneous gridded datasets
for climate applications; and (iii) characterization of uncertainty and
bias in marine observations and products. The objective of the workshop
was to recommend a 10-year action plan for improved integration and
accessibility of climatological observations.
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