Executive summary.- Quantifying global climate systems.- The processing of observational data and its implication for climate analysis.- Data management.- Radiation budget for the climate system.- Water vapor in the atmosphere.- Clouds.- Global chemistry.- Global aerosols.- Circulation of the global atmosphere.- Energy budget at the earth's surface.- Global precipitation.- Terrestrial carbon and water fluxes.- Flow and balance of the polar ice sheets.- Global ocean and sea ice.- Climate variations.- Climate predictability.- Global climate maps 1991-1995.

Executive summary.- Quantifying global climate systems.- The processing of observational data and its implication for climate analysis.- Data management.- Radiation budget for the climate system.- Water vapor in the atmosphere.- Clouds.- Global chemistry.- Global aerosols.- Circulation of the global atmosphere.- Energy budget at the earth's surface.- Global precipitation.- Terrestrial carbon and water fluxes.- Flow and balance of the polar ice sheets.- Global ocean and sea ice.- Climate variations.- Climate predictability.- Global climate maps 1991-1995.

Executive summary.- Quantifying global climate systems.- The processing of observational data and its implication for climate analysis.- Data management.- Radiation budget for the climate system.- Water vapor in the atmosphere.- Clouds.- Global chemistry.- Global aerosols.- Circulation of the global atmosphere.- Energy budget at the earth's surface.- Global precipitation.- Terrestrial carbon and water fluxes.- Flow and balance of the polar ice sheets.- Global ocean and sea ice.- Climate variations.- Climate predictability.- Global climate maps 1991-1995.