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KNMI Research Biennial Reports
2005-2006
The research at KNMI is summarized every two years in Biennial Reports. The Report for 2005-2006 presents 20 research highlights. All reports contain lists of publications.
Total Report (43Mb pdf)
Separate chapters:
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Preface
Introduction
Highlights (43MB PDF)
Sharpening the IPCC conlusions into New Climate Change scenario's for The Netherlands 12
The Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) station at the Cabauw observatory 18
Wind observations with Doppler weather radar 24
Mesoscale winds from the new ASCAT scatterometer 30
Determination of the mixing layer height from ceilometer backscatter profiles 36
Upper Air Humidity observations using GPS 42
Accuracy assessment of an integrated profiling technique for operationally deriving profiles of temperature, humidity and cloud liquid water 48
Satellite observations of air quality, climate and volcanic eruptions 54
Scientific highlights of SCIAMACHY and OMI 60
Recovery and disclosure of historical meteorological observations (Hisklim) 66
ADAGUC: a project to provide convenient access to the data treasures of KNMI 72
Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 78
An integral approach for the representation of Turbulence, Convection and Clouds in weather and climate models 84
Assessing methane emissions from global spaceborne observations 90
The impact of emissions from shipping, aviation and road traffic on atmospheric composition and climate 96
Improved forecasts of extreme weather events by future space borne Doppler wind lidar 102
Probabilistic 0-12 h forecasts of (severe) thunderstorms for the purpose of issuing a weather alarm 108
The ESSENCE project – the power of a large model ensemble 114
Ambient Earth noise and instrumental noise 120
The Parkfield earthquake prediction experiment 126
Appendices
Organisational charts 90
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Biennial Reports
KNMI Research 2007-2009
KNMI Research 2005-2006
KNMI Research 2003-2004
Observations and Modelling 2001-2002
Climate Research and Seismology 2001-2002
Climate Research and Seismology 1999-2000
Climate Research and Seismology 1997-1998
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