27 Emerging research areas New spatial grid and high-spatial-resolution atmosphere modeling Climate change and hurricane frequency Stratospheric ozone depletion and recovery, and links to climate Interactive tropospheric chemistry; linkages to air quality Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions and short-lived species' forcing Climate feedbacks (water vapor, cloud, sea-ice); new satellite and model diagnostics Advances in ocean modeling (parameterizations; isopycnal model) Land-surface processes and land-climate interactions Carbon-climate interactions Development of Earth System Models Ensemble coupled data assimilation system and Decadal Predictability research Ideas developed through individuals and groups, steered by the Research Council 27
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