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Essential Climate Variables

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An ECV is a physical, chemical, or biologicalvariable or a group of linked variables that critically contributes to the characterization of Earth’s climate. ECV data sets provide the empirical evidence needed to understand and predict the evolution of climate, to guide mitigation and adaptation measures, to assess risks and enable attribution of climatic events to underlying causes, and to underpin climate services.

Source

 CEOS/WGISS/DSIG/GLOS

Category

1. Earth Observation system words

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