GC51I-02
The International Surface Temperature Initiative
Friday, 18 December 2015: 08:15
3001 (Moscone West)
Peter Thorne, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Geography, Maynooth, Ireland, Jay H Lawrimore, NOAA/National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, United States, Kate Willett, Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom and Victor Venema, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Abstract:
The Initiative is a multi-disciplinary effort to improve our observational understanding of all relevant aspects of land surface air temperatures from the global-mean centennial scale trends to local information relevant for climate services and climate smart decisions. The initiative was started in 2010 with a meeting that set the overall remit and direction. In the intervening 5 years much progress has been made, although much remains to be done. This talk shall highlight: the over-arching initiative framework, some of the achievements and major outcomes to date, as well as opportunities to get involved. It shall also highlight the many challenges yet to be addressed as we move from questions of global long-term trends to more local and regional data requirements to meet emerging scientific and societal needs.
