Report of the First Meeting of the GCOS/CCl Task Team on Lightning Observations for Climate Applications (TTLOCA-1) - GCOS-213

dc.contributor	Ecosystems Division	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	Global	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-23T12:27:34Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-23T12:27:34Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/32139
dc.description	The main expectations of the meeting according to the draft Terms of references of the task team were: Identify the potentials and challenges for lightning as climate variable and propose a plan on how to establish operational monitoring of lightning for climate applications; Review and update current requirements for the Essential Climate Variable (ECV) lightning; Define standards and requirements for data management and data exchange of lightning monitoring for climate applications; Propose strategy for open data access for lightning climate applications given the dominance of the private sector in lightning monitoring; Encourage space agencies and operators of ground-based systems to provide global coverage and reprocessing of existing datasets.	en_US
dc.format	Text	en_US
dc.language	English	en_US
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE	en_US
dc.subject	LIGHTNING	en_US
dc.title	Report of the First Meeting of the GCOS/CCl Task Team on Lightning Observations for Climate Applications (TTLOCA-1) - GCOS-213	en_US
wd.meeting.startdate	05/02/2018
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 13 - Climate Action	en_US

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