PUBLICATIONS OF THE ITU-R SECTOR 2. Science Services Use of Radio Spectrum for Meteorology: Weather, Water and Climate Monitoring and Prediction Edition of 2008 Timely warning of impeding natural and environmental disasters, accurate climate prediction and detailed understanding of the status of global water resources: these are critically important everyday issues for the global community. Radio frequencies represent scarce and key resources used by meteorological services to measure and collect the observation data upon which analyses and predictions, including warnings, are based. This Handbook provides comprehensive technical information on the use of radio frequencies by meteorological systems for climate monitoring disaster prediction and detection. The soft-copy is exceptionally free-of-charge. MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR EFSA 92-61-12841-6 92-61-12842-4 92-61-12843-2 92-61-12846-7 92-61-12845-9 92-61-12844-0 33731 33732 33733 33735 33736 33734 118 120 118 118 120 54.- C R EFSC Free 49 R E 33737 92-61-12851-3 92-61-12867-X 54.- E, F, S, A, C, R 33738 Science Services Radio Astronomy Edition of 2003 The second edition of this Handbook has been developed by experts of Working Party 7D of Radiocommunication Study Group 7 (Science services) that is responsible for radio astronomy, the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI), and radar astronomy. It is not intended as a source on radio astronomy, but rather deals with those aspects of radio astronomy that are relevant to frequency coordination, that is, the management of radio spectrum usage in order to minimize interference between radiocommunication services. MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR REFS 26872 24555 24556 24557 92-61-10554-8 92-61-10551-3 92-61-10552-1 92-61-10553-X 138 57.- REFS 57.- 57.- E, F, S 25350 92-61-10827-X