1. 12th – 14th January 2017 Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager
Global Climate Observing System
COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH CROSS-CUTTING WMO PRIORITIES
ICG-WIGOS-6 (Document 9.2)
12th – 14th January Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager

2. 1998 2003 2015 1st 2nd Status Reports on Adequacy SBSTA 43
Decision at COP 4 (14/CP.4) in 1998 (Buenos Aires)
Decision at COP 9 (11/CP.9) in 2003 (Milano)
Conclusion SBSTA 43, COP 21 in 2015 (Paris)
SBSTA 43, 2015 FCCC/SBSTA/2015/5
SBSTA Conclusions:
Noted with appreciation the [Status] report by GCOS
Encouraged GCOS to consider the outcomes of the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties when preparing the GCOS IP 2016
Invited GCOS to collaborate with relevant partners to continue enhancing access to, and understanding and interpretation of, data products and information to support decision-making on adaptation and mitigation at national, regional and global scales

3. 2004 2010 2016 IP update new GCOS Implementations SBSTA 33
Decision at COP 10 (5/CP.10), in 2004 (Buenos Aires)
and a Conclusion by SBSTA33 in 2010 (Cancun).

4. + List of Actions & Appendices: Contributors, Glossary
IP 2016
Exec Summary
14 pages
Part I
40 pages
Part II
172 pages
+ List of Actions & Appendices: Contributors, Glossary
Annexes ECV PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS
Basic Terminology for Data Records Related to Climate

5. Actions to Inform Users Actions to Promote Future Improvements
Actions to Maintain and Improve Networks
Category
Description
Actions
Networks
Ensure sustained resources for networks.
Ensure observations meet GCOS requirements.
Expand existing networks.
G6 Assisting developing countries to maintain or renovate climate observation systems and to improve climate observations networks
G8 Regional Workshops
G13 Review of ECV observation networks
A5 Transition to BUFR
A6 Air temperature measurements
A7 Atmospheric Pressure sensors on drifting buoy
A13 Implement vision for future of GUAN operation
A15 Implementation of GRUAN
A20 Increase the coverage of aircraft observations
A33 Maintain WMO GAW CO2 and CH4 monitoring networks
A34 Requirements for in-situ column composition measurements
A36 N2O, halocarbon and SF6 networks/measurements
A37 Ozone networks coverage
O9 Upper ocean temperature observing system
O10 Full depth temperature observing system
O11 Ocean salinity observing system
O13 Sea Level observations
O14 Contributing to Sea State climatologies
O15 In situ sea ice observations O16 Ocean Surface Stress observations
O17 Ocean surface heat flux observing system
O29 In situ data for satellite calibration and validation
O37 Argo Array
O39 Development of a Deep Argo Array
O40 GO-SHIP
O42 Maintain the Tropical Moored Buoy system
O44 Meteorological Moorings
O45 Wave Measurements on moorings
O46 Observations of Sea Ice from buoys and visual survey
O47 Sustain drifter array
O48 Underway observations from Research and Servicing Vessels
O49 Improve measurements from VOS
O50 Improve measurements of underway thermosalinograph data
O51 Sustain Ship-of-Opportunity XBT/XCTD
O55 Maintain tide gauges
T6 Identify Capacity Development Needs
T17 International Soil Moisture Network
T19 Maintain and extend the in-situ mass balance network
T26 Glacier observing sites
T27 Observations of Glacier Velocities
T28 Snow-cover and snowfall observing sites
T30 Ice sheet measurements
T33 Standards and practices for permafrost
T45 land Surface temperature in situ network expansion
Category
Description
Actions
Ensure Open data access and indefinite data storage
Facilitate access to all climate data for all users by fostering open data policies, provision of relevant metadata including discoverability, and ensuring long-term access.
G15 Open Data Policies
G16 Metadata
G17 Support to national Data Centres
G26 Preservation of early satellite data
G27 Recovery of instrumental climate data
A1 Historical GSN availability
A3 International exchange of SYNOP and CLIMAT reports
A4 Surface Observing stations transition to automatic
A8 Provide precipitation data to the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre
A9 Submit Water Vapour data
A10 National sunshine records into Data Centres
A12 Surface Radiation Data into WRDC
A17 Retain original measured values for radiosonde data
A24 Implementation of archive for radar reflectivities
A31 Validation of satellite remote sensing
A38 Submission and dissemination of ozone data
A39 Monitoring of aerosol properties
O2 Integration and Data Access
T5 Develop Metadata
T7 Exchange of hydrological data
T9 Submit historical and current monthly lake level data
T11 Confirm GTN-R sites
T13 Establish full scale Global Groundwater Monitoring Information System (GGMS)
Deliver operational products
Deliver required information to users
A14 Evaluation of benefits for GUAN
O3 Data Quality
O4 Development of climatologies and reanalysis products
O12 Gridded ocean current products
T29 Integrated analyses of snow
T34 Mapping of seasonal soil freeze/thaw
Category
Description
Actions
Improve observational techniques
Promote R&D activities to develop or demonstrate new or improved approaches.
Take advantage of new technologies.
A23 Measurement of water vapour in the UT/LS
A28 In-situ Profile and Radiation
O6 Technology development
T71 Prepare for a carbon monitoring system
Design and plan new observational systems and networks
Plan in cooperation of new ECV products.
Consider redesign of existing networks.
A29 Lightning
O7 Observing System development and evaluation
O56 Developing a global glider observing system
O57 Developing a global animal tagging observing system
T12 National needs for river gauges
T37 Quality of ground-based reference sites for FAPAR and LAI
Request 1
Please can WIGOS and its associated task-teams & working groups take into account the new GCOS Implementation Plan and where relevant contribute.

6. Requirements (OSCAR) Climate Monitoring Request 2
GCOS
Request 2
Do you agree with this proposal/approach.
Climate Services
GCOS/Others
Climate Science
Others

7. Metadata (WIGOS) WIGOS Metadata Standard a significant step forward.
Implementation in OSCAR shows significant benefit.
But
Request 3
Need to reinforce to Members their responsibility in updating and maintaining the metadata in OSCAR. Priority should be given to the machine-to-machine transfer. Should ‘operational’ funding of OSCAR be part of the WMO Regular Budget?
Out of date or inaccurate metadata is a significant problem and can create the wrong messages.
WMO Vol A has been replaced by OSCAR (Metadata). It is the Members responsibility to update this.
No Machine-to-Machine transfer at present.
Historical metadata of significant importance.
Concerns over ongoing funding of OSCAR.

8. Surface Reference Network (Climate)
GRUAN ??
Request 4
How can WIGOS contribute to this proposal?
GUAN
GSN/RBCN
UAN
All stations

9. Network Monitoring Request 5
Overlap between the work of CBS-LC-GCOS and the proposed Regional WIGOS Centres is evident. CBS-LC-GCOS continuing under the governance of CBS decisions but this needs to be addressed when RWC’s are developed.

10. Collaboration (GCOS/WIGOS)
ICG-WIGOS
WIGOS VISION
CBS-LC-GCOS
GCOS - AOPC
GCOS - TOPC
RBON Meeting
OSCAR
TT-WMD
TT-WDQMS
GRUAN
Regulatory Material

11. THANKYOU