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Figure 3 – Example of marine and glacier environment monitoring

Upper air current and atmospheric state monitoring is presented as another direct climate
monitoring example, as shown in Figure 4. It includes slightly different features than the general
area of climate monitoring. Altitude changes, temperature, humidity and atmospheric flow are the
key information for understanding climate change in a certain region.

Figure 4 – Upper air current and upper atmosphere state monitoring example

7.2.2 Monitoring and control of GHG emissions
USN applications can be developed to automatically monitor and limit power consumption levels.
Various USN applications have the ability to monitor electric power consumption and air pollution
to alert users when their systems exceed established thresholds.
A good example of this category of USN applications is a management system of various
components in urban infrastructure, such as roads, sewerage, water and gas lines. When USN
systems sense a defect, the systems will activate the corresponding maintenance systems to correct
the malfunction. For example, a road management system captures road conditions and provides
this information to drivers with additional weather information. In addition, USN applications can
help reduce GHG emissions caused by stop-and-go traffic through rerouting traffic to less
congested routes.

Rec. ITU-T Y.4700/F.747.2 (06/2012) 933