GTOS Biennal Report 2002-2003


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GTOS Programme

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A global system for observations, modelling and analysis of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development.

Mission: facilitate access to reliable information on terrestrial ecosystems so that researchers and policy-makers can detect and manage global and regional environmental change.

Contributors to this report

Alan Belward, Ray Bradley, Robert R. Christian, Warren B. Cohen, Stith T. Gower, Wolfgang Grabs, Steffen Gruenler, Aurélien Letourneau, Bruno Messerli, Shaun Quegan, Mel Reasoner, Markus Reichstein, Steve W. Running, Robert Scholes, Géraud Servin, John Latham, John Townshend, Jeff Tschirley, David P. Turner, Stephanie Vertecchi

Editor: Thorgeir Lawrence
Document design: Tomaso Lezzi
Publication coordinator: Reuben Sessa


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Letter from the Chair, Robert Scholes

New Programme Director, John Latham

Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites (TEMS) Database, Géraud Servin and Aurélien Letourneau

TCO Project, Shaun Quegan

Land Cover Dynamics, John Townshend

GTOS Coastal Programme, Robert R. Christian

Central and Eastern European Regional Project, Reuben Sessa

Southern Africa, Gèraud Servin

CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS, Alan Belward

Observing Terrestrial Biodiversity, Robert Scholes

Monitoring Global Net Primary Production, David P. Turner, Warren B. Cohen, Steve W. Running and Stith T. Gower

MODIS Validation at Flux Tower Sites, Markus Reichstein and Steffen Gruenler

Global Land Cover Network (GLCN), John Latham

Understanding Climate Change in Mountains, Mel Reasoner, Ray Bradley and Bruno Messerli

A Global Hydrological Network: From Concept to Implementation, Wolfgang Grabs

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