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APPENDICES
Pages 165-172

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... APPENDICES A MEMBERS OF THE TOGA PANEL Richard T
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... It included: sea surface temperature, sub-surface thermal data, surface marine observations, TAO data, pseudo-stress fields, cloud data, precipitation data, sea levels, and associated ECMWF analyses. The 6-CD package and Users' Guide available from: User Services Office, MS300/320 JPL PO.DAAC Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109.
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... Contains: monthly precipitation in northeast Brazil, monthly position of the Atlantic InterTropical Convergence Zone, monthly means and anomalies of tropical sea surface temperature, monthly means and anomalies of tropical sea-level pressure, monthly mean and anomalies of outgoing lon~,-wave radiation, and monthly means and anomalies of winds at heights of both 850 mb and 200 mb. Available from: Divisao de Tempo e Clima Funda,cao Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos H~drocos FUNCEME Av.
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... gives NOAA's plans and rationale for predictions of seasonal-to-interannual climate variations. ·NOAA Office of Global Programs site (http://www.noaa.gov/ogpl)
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... CRC Climate Research Committee (NRC) CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DOE Department of Energy ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting EMEX Equatorial Monsoon Experiment ENSO E1 Nino and the Southern Oscillation EOF empirical orthogonal function EPOCS Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies EqPac Equatorial Pacific Experiment ERS Earth Resources Satellite (ESA)
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... GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA) GOALS Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System program GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOOS Global Ocean Observing System GPCP Global Precipitation Climatology Project GTS Global Telecommunication System ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions IFA Intensive Flux Array INDEX Indian Ocean Experiment IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOP intensive observation period IRICP International Research Institute for Climate Prediction ITPO International TOGA Project Office IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics ITCZ Intertropical Convergence Zone JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study JMA Japan Meteorological Agency JOC Joint Organizing Committee (WCRP)
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... Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program VACM vector-averaging current meter VMCM vector-measuring current meter VOS volunteer observing ship WEPOCS Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study WESTRAX Western Tropical Atlantic Experiment WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment WCRP World Climate Research Programme WMO World Meteorological Organization WWW XBT XCTD World Weather Watch (WMO)
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  • diagnostics bulletin
  • provides data
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  • northeast brazil
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