CLIVAR Pan American Climate Studies (PACS)
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Background
The principal goal of the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) is to extend the scope and improve the skill of operational seasonal-to-interdecadal climate prediction over the Americas. Forecasts on these time scales allow decision makers time to anticipate climate effects and develop strategies to mitigate impacts. Industries such as energy, agriculture, resource management, tourism, and construction can benefit from improved understanding of climate processes in this region. ETL contributes to PACS through studies of the regional atmosphere-ocean dynamics from ship and satellite based instruments.
Data Availability
| PACS and Other Cruises | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | Flux | Radar Profiler | Ceilometer | MWR | Soundings | Cloud Radar | C-band Radar |
| Stratus-03 | Images Data |
NA | Images Data |
Images Data |
Images Data |
Images |
NA |
| Fall 2003 | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | NA | Available |
| Fall 2002 | Available | NA | Available | Available | Available | NA | NA |
| Spring 2002 | Available | NA | Available | Available | Available | NA | NA |
| Fall 2001 | Data | NA | Data | Data | Data | NA | NA | EPIC 2001 / Stratus - Leg 2 | Data | Data | Data | Data | Data | Images | Available |
| EPIC 2001 - Leg 1 | Data | Available | Data | Data | Data | Images | Available |
| Spring 2001 | Data | NA | Data | Data | Data | NA | NA |
| Fall 2000 | Data | Available | Data | Data | Data | Available | Available |
| Spring 2000 | Data | NA | Data | Data | Data | NA | NA |
| Fall 1999 | Data | NA | Data | Data | Data | NA | NA |