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METEOROLOGICAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM [4 records]

Record 1 2009-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Exchange of notes between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America terminating the notes of December 28, 1962 for the establishment and operation of a command and data acquisition station in Canada to serve an operational meteorological satellite system being established in the United States(NIMBUS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Échange de notes entre le Gouvernement canadien et le Gouvernement des États-Unis d'Amérique dénonçant les notes du 28 décembre 1962 qui établissaient au Canada une station de commandement et de relèves rattachée à un système (NIMBUS) de satellites météorologiques opérationnels en voie de réalisation par les États-Unis.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Environmental Economics
  • Climate Change
  • Air Pollution
OBS

The Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System(SEAS) is a program developed by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea from the use of satellite data transmission and techniques.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Économie environnementale
  • Changements climatiques
  • Pollution de l'air
Key term(s)
  • Système embarqué pour l'acquisition de données sur l'environnement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Cambio climático
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 3 2002-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Climatology
OBS

... of the World Meteorological Organization. The Global Climate Observing System was established in 1992 by four international organizations : the World Meteorological Organization(WMO), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(IOC) of UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), and the International Council of Scientific Unions(ICSU). The objectives of the Global Climate Observing System(GCOS) are to insure the acquisition of data to meet the data for : climate system monitoring, climate change detection and response monitoring especially in terrestrial ecosystems, application of climate information to national economic development, research toward improved understanding, modelling, and prediction of the climate system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Climatologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Climatología
OBS

Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el medio ambiente.

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Record 4 2002-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Climatology
OBS

NCDC' s mission is to manage the Nations's resource of global climatological in-situ and remotely sensed data and information to promote global environmental stewardship; to describe, monitor and assess the climate; and to support efforts to predict changes in the Earth's environment. This effort requires the acquisition, quality control, processing, summarization, dissemination, and preservation of a vast array of climatological data generated by the national and international meteorological services. NCDC' s mission is global in nature and provides the U. S. climate representative to the World Meteorological Organization, the World Data Center System, and other international scientific programs. NCDC also operates the World Data Center for Meteorology, Asheville.

Key term(s)
  • National Climatic Data Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Climatologie
Key term(s)
  • Centre national de données climatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités nacionales no canadienses
  • Climatología
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