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GCOS, 155. WIGOS Pilot Project Meeting on GRUAN Observing Practices and Governance: final report
This report provides a summary of the WIGOS Pilot Project meeting on GRUAN Observing Practices and Governance, held at WMO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 25 to 27 January 2012.
The meeting reviewed the governance structure of GRUAN and agreed to small changes in governance that would: better enable WMO to provide guidance to GRUAN on operational practices and procedures, to assist GRUAN to extend its operations to include a near-real-time operational model of data delivery in the next few years; and in doing so, assist in nurturing additional participation of WMO Members in ...World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Published by: WMO ; 2012This report provides a summary of the WIGOS Pilot Project meeting on GRUAN Observing Practices and Governance, held at WMO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 25 to 27 January 2012.
The meeting reviewed the governance structure of GRUAN and agreed to small changes in governance that would: better enable WMO to provide guidance to GRUAN on operational practices and procedures, to assist GRUAN to extend its operations to include a near-real-time operational model of data delivery in the next few years; and in doing so, assist in nurturing additional participation of WMO Members in the desired GRUAN network expansion.
The meeting also reviewed the draft GRUAN Manual, and agreed on changes that would be required to improve the alignment of the GRUAN documentation with WMO’s regulatory material for WIGOS. The meeting acknowledged that the implementation of the agreed changes would require additional resourcing, which WMO agreed to provide.
Finally, the meeting discussed and agreed on the GRUAN information that was required to be included in the WIGOS regulatory material, and those parts of the WIGOS documentation that would be affected.Collection(s) and Series: GCOS- No. 155
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) ; Global Observing System (GOS) ; Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) ; Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation (CIMO) ; WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) ; Observations ; Capacity development ; GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN)
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GCOS, 156. CBS Lead Centers for GCOS Coordination Meeting, Third session: final report
The CBS Lead Centers for GCOS (CBS-LC-GCOS) Coordination Meeting was held at the Regional Office of the German Weather Service in Hamburg, Germany, from 11 to 13 October 2011. Unfortunately because of last minute visa problems the representatives from Mozambique and from Iran could not participate.
The Coordination Meeting considered reports from individual Lead Centers’ activities, GCOS Monitoring Centers and of the GCOS Archive Center, it reviewed their activities, results of monitoring performance reports and updated of their Terms of Reference to include all RBCN stations in their ...Published by: WMO ; 2012
The CBS Lead Centers for GCOS (CBS-LC-GCOS) Coordination Meeting was held at the Regional Office of the German Weather Service in Hamburg, Germany, from 11 to 13 October 2011. Unfortunately because of last minute visa problems the representatives from Mozambique and from Iran could not participate.
The Coordination Meeting considered reports from individual Lead Centers’ activities, GCOS Monitoring Centers and of the GCOS Archive Center, it reviewed their activities, results of monitoring performance reports and updated of their Terms of Reference to include all RBCN stations in their terms of reference. It also reviewed the status of metadata collection, GCOS Technical Documents No.144 and 127, the Implementation Plan for the evolution of the global observing systems (EGOS-IP) and the current status of GTS/WIS. The Coordination Meeting also made proposals to CBS Implementation Coordination Meeting on Integrated Observing Systems (ICT-IOS) and CBS-XV (2012).
The Coordination Meeting agreed on a number of recommendations that will be channeled to various WMO and GCOS bodies through the WMO and GCOS Secretariats.Collection(s) and Series: GCOS- No. 156
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate monitoring ; Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
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Progress report - An update on worldwide GCOS projects: in Meteorological Technology International, May 2012
The Global Climate Observing System has accelerated its program to help implement a number of renovation projects in developing areas around the world.Progress report - An update on worldwide GCOS projects: in Meteorological Technology International, May 2012
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Published by: UKIP Media & Events ; 2012
The Global Climate Observing System has accelerated its program to help implement a number of renovation projects in developing areas around the world.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Capacity development ; Climate monitoring ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
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SMOC, 160. Evaluación del Estado de Necesidades para Observaciones Climáticas en América del Sur 2003‐2011
Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño (CIIFEN); Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM); Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) - OMM, 2012La Secretaría del Sistema de Observación Climática Global (GCOS), junto con el Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño (CIIFEN) ha iniciado un proceso para organizar un taller de “Estrategia de Implementación” para los países de América del Sur. Para lograr esto, fue realizado un taller en el cual asistieron representantes de las instituciones involucradas, usuarios, aliados estratégicos y posibles donantes, con el fin de discutir acciones para continuar con la implementación GCOS Regional Action Plan for South America del 2004. La presente evaluación contiene inform ...
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Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño ; Organización Meteorológica Mundial ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Published by: OMM ; 2012La Secretaría del Sistema de Observación Climática Global (GCOS), junto con el Centro Internacional para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño (CIIFEN) ha iniciado un proceso para organizar un taller de “Estrategia de Implementación” para los países de América del Sur. Para lograr esto, fue realizado un taller en el cual asistieron representantes de las instituciones involucradas, usuarios, aliados estratégicos y posibles donantes, con el fin de discutir acciones para continuar con la implementación GCOS Regional Action Plan for South America del 2004. La presente evaluación contiene información actualizada sobre estado del GCOS Program implementation in South America. Incluye una visión general del Programa y sus componentes, el estado de las redes de la región, una parte de discusión de la evolución de las observaciones y el número de estaciones por programa desde la última evaluación en el 2004, una evaluación del estado e implementación de los 11 proyectos que conforman el Regional Action Plan for South America de GCOS en el 2004, una priorización de necesidades para el mejoramiento de las actuales redes de observación, una discusión de la acciones relevantes contenidas en la Implementación del Plan for the Global Climate Observing System for Climate del GCOS como Apoyo del UNFCCC, una lista de proyectos para la región basados en la definición de prioridades establecidas por instituciones relevantes en América del Sur, y una lista de potenciales donantes.
Collection(s) and Series: Publicaciones técnicas SMOC- No. 160
Language(s): Spanish; Other Languages: English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) ; Capacity development ; Climate monitoring ; Region III - South America
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GCOS - 1992 * 2012: 20 Years in Service for Climate Observations
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - WMO, 2012The demand for information on global climate has never been greater.Many regions in the world are clearly impacted by changes in climate, and those changes need to be managed now.It took years of work by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), assessing the climate science literature, and by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), advancing the state of climate science, to raise the awareness that observations of climate need to be available on a global scale to underpin decisions.The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the system dedicated to providing the observational ...World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ; International Council for Science ; United Nations Environment Programme
Published by: WMO ; 2012The demand for information on global climate has never been greater.Many regions in the world are clearly impacted by changes in climate, and those changes need to be managed now.It took years of work by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), assessing the climate science literature, and by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), advancing the state of climate science, to raise the awareness that observations of climate need to be available on a global scale to underpin decisions.The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the system dedicated to providing the observational data and information that is the foundation for our decisions on climate: the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).This system, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the International Council for Science, formally came into being at the first meeting of the GCOS Joint Scientific and Technical Committee in Geneva in April 1992.This brochure will examine the forces that brought GCOS into being, some of the major highlights and accomplishments along the way, and a perspective on the future for the system.
Language(s): English; Other Languages: French, Spanish
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Capacity development ; History ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
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SMOC - 1992 * 2012: 20 años trabajando por las observaciones del clima
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SMOC - 1992 * 2012: 20 ans au service de l'observation du climat
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SMOC, 159. Reunión de Estrategia de Implementación del Sistema Mundial de Observación del Clima en Sudamérica : Mejorando la observación sistemática en apoyo a los servicios climáticos y estrategias de adaptación
Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM); Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) ; MeteoSwiss ; et al. - OMM, 2012Permalink![]()
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GCOS, 153. Report from the Fourth Meeting of the WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel (WOAP)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 2011Permalink![]()
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GCOS, 150. Report of the Twelfth Session of the IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS GE XII)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - UNESCO, 2011The Group of Experts on the Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS-GE), at its Twelfth session, evaluated the status of the various GLOSS station networks including data reporting for delayed mode, high frequency, real-time data streams as well as reviewing the status of continuous measurements of vertical land movement near stations in the GLOSS Core Network. The Group reviewed recent studies based on tide gauge observations, sample sea level products and technical developments pertaining to radar gauge calibrations. The draft GLOSS Implementation Plan was reviewed and adopted by the ...Permalink![]()
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GCOS, 154. Systematic Observation Requirements for Satellite-based Products for Climate Supplemental details to the satellite-based component of the Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC : 2011 update
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); et al. - WMO, 2011This document provides additional technical detail to the Actions and needs identified in the IP-10 related to satellite-based observations for climate for each of the ECVs listed in Table 1. In particular, it details the specific satellite data records that should be sustained in accordance with the GCMPs, as well as other important supplemental satellite observations that are needed on occasion or at regular intervals. Tables 2-4 provide an overview of the requirements for products and sustained satellite data records that are detailed in this document for the atmospheric, ocean and terrestr ...Permalink![]()
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WCRP Informal/Series Report, 33/2011. Report from the Fourth Meeting of the WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel (WOAP)
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GCOS, 152. Report of the Nineteenth Session of the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee for GCOS
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 2011Permalink![]()
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GCOS, 151. Report of the Seventh GCOS Cooperation Mechanism Board Meeting
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Ocean Observations Panel for Climate, Interview with Eric Lindstrom: in International Innovation, August 2011
NASA, 2011The more research carried out on our oceans, the more significant its role has proven in the broader climate system. Observing Earth’s Ocean System is therefore a vital component of climate research, and the OOPC is working hard to direct this effectively, as its Chair Dr Eric J Lindstrom explains.Permalink