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Earth System Science Frontiers: An Early Career Perspective
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Earth System Science Frontiers: An Early Career Perspective

  • Rauser, Florian Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
  • Alqadi, Mohammad Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, BGR, Amman, Jordan
  • Arowolo, Steve University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Baker, Noël NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
  • Bedard, Joel Data Assimilation and Satellite Meteorology Research, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Quebec, Canada
  • Behrens, Erik National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand
  • Dogulu, Nilay Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Domingues, Lucas Gatti Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research, National Institute for Space Research, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Frassoni, Ariane Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies, National Institute for Space Research, Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Keller, Julia Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany, and World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Kirkpatrick, Sarah University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Langendijk, Gaby World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Mirsafa, Masoumeh Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Polytechnic of Milan, Milan, Italy
  • Mohammad, Salauddin Vignana Bahrathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India
  • Naumann, Ann Kristin Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
  • Osman, Marisol Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera, CONICET–UBA, and UMI IFAECI/CNRS, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Reed, Kevin Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
  • Rothmüller, Marion Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), Vienna, Austria
  • Schemann, Vera University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • Singh, Awnesh University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
  • Sonntag, Sebastian Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
  • Tummon, Fiona ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Victor, Dike International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • Villafuerte, Marcelino Q. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Manila, Philippines
  • Walawender, Jakub P. Satellite Remote Sensing Centre, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management–National Research Institute (IMGW-PIB), and Institute of Geography and Spatial Management (IGiGP), Jagiellonian University (UJ), Krakow, Poland
  • Zaroug, Modathir Climate System Analysis Group, African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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  • 2017-6-23
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  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. - American Meteorological Society. - 2017, vol. 98, no. 6, p. 1120-1127
Atmospheric Science
English Abstract
The exigencies of the global community toward Earth system science will increase in the future as the human population, economies, and the human footprint on the planet continue to grow. This growth, combined with intensifying urbanization, will inevitably exert increasing pressure on all ecosystem services. A unified interdisciplinary approach to Earth system science is required that can address this challenge, integrate technical demands and long-term visions, and reconcile user demands with scientific feasibility. Together with the research arms of the World Meteorological Organization, the Young Earth System Scientists community has gathered early-career scientists from around the world to initiate a discussion about frontiers of Earth system science. To provide optimal information for society, Earth system science has to provide a comprehensive understanding of the physical processes that drive the Earth system and anthropogenic influences. This understanding will be reflected in seamless prediction systems for environmental processes that are robust and instructive to local users on all scales. Such prediction systems require improved physical process understanding, more high-resolution global observations, and advanced modeling capability, as well as high-performance computing on unprecedented scales. At the same time, the robustness and usability of such prediction systems also depend on deepening our understanding of the entire Earth system and improved communication between end users and researchers. Earth system science is the fundamental baseline for understanding the Earth’s capacity to accommodate humanity, and it provides a means to have a rational discussion about the consequences and limits of anthropogenic influence on Earth. Without its progress, truly sustainable development will be impossible.
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