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CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Land data assimilation Climate monitoring: GCOS ECV Climate monitoring of land surface fluxes: e.g. LSA SAF, GLDAS/LIS Climate monitoring of heat waves: e.g. ETH Zurich Switzerland, reinsurance companies such as SWISS RE Climate monitoring of crop health: e.g. AgroScope Switzerland, UNEP, reinsurance companies such as SWISS RE climate impact Analysis Regional climate modelling: validation of regional climate models (e.g. COSMOCLM)
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