Figures & data
Fig. 3 Current status of the backbone global observation system. (A) Satellite – the European Copernicus Sentinel programme (from NAS Citation2018a). (B) Land surface – Global Land Surface Databank Stations (courtesy of NOAA NCEI). (C) Upper air sounding stations (courtesy of NOAA NWS). (D) Ocean surface – the ICOADS observations for August 2021 (courtesy of NOAA). (E) Deep ocean – the Argo profiling floats for September 28, 2021 (from Argo Programme).
![Fig. 3 Current status of the backbone global observation system. (A) Satellite – the European Copernicus Sentinel programme (from NAS Citation2018a). (B) Land surface – Global Land Surface Databank Stations (courtesy of NOAA NCEI). (C) Upper air sounding stations (courtesy of NOAA NWS). (D) Ocean surface – the ICOADS observations for August 2021 (courtesy of NOAA). (E) Deep ocean – the Argo profiling floats for September 28, 2021 (from Argo Programme).](/cms/asset/9ad172aa-818e-48ee-b7b8-293236f564a8/tato_a_2079473_f0003_oc.jpg)
Fig. 4 Current status of the paleoclimate proxy networks. (A) Tree ring (Locosselli et al., Citation2020). (B) Coral (Tierney et al., Citation2015). (C) Speleothem (Comas-Bru et al., Citation2020). (D) Ice core (Jouzel, Citation2013 and the OSU Ice Core Group). (E) Ocean sediment (National Research Council, Citation2011).
![Fig. 4 Current status of the paleoclimate proxy networks. (A) Tree ring (Locosselli et al., Citation2020). (B) Coral (Tierney et al., Citation2015). (C) Speleothem (Comas-Bru et al., Citation2020). (D) Ice core (Jouzel, Citation2013 and the OSU Ice Core Group). (E) Ocean sediment (National Research Council, Citation2011).](/cms/asset/9ce117c0-73ad-4fd0-a66f-52e3d0b7aa9a/tato_a_2079473_f0004_oc.jpg)
Fig. 5 Schematic of future integrated research on modelling and predictions of Earth’s climate and weather.
![Fig. 5 Schematic of future integrated research on modelling and predictions of Earth’s climate and weather.](/cms/asset/1aca5fc4-7b6e-4bc8-908a-88c02f211d00/tato_a_2079473_f0005_oc.jpg)