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Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager

Global Climate Observing System. 2 nd Workshop on WIGOS Quality Monitoring and Incident Management​ 15 th – 17 th December 2015, Geneva. Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager. GCOS ‘Baseline’ Network. GCOS Network Manager. Dedicated GCOS Network/Technical Manager. Monitors performance.

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Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager

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  1. Global Climate Observing System 2nd Workshop on WIGOS Quality Monitoring and Incident Management​ 15th – 17th December 2015, Geneva Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager

  2. GCOS ‘Baseline’ Network

  3. GCOS Network Manager • Dedicated GCOS Network/Technical Manager. • Monitors performance. • Supports & work with National services. • Implementation/Project Manager. • Technical advice to GCOS programme and experts. • Outreach • Funded (1-2 years) through GCOS trust-fund and currently with the support of UK Met Office.

  4. GCOS Minimum Requirements • GUAN • Temperature up to 30hPa • Humidity up to tropopause • Wind direction/speed to 30hPa • 1 report - 25 days each month • TEMP message GSN • Monthly means of daily maximum, minimum and mean temperature • Monthly precipitation amounts • If only monthly values, number of days in calculation • Monthly CLIMAT message http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/gcos/Publications/GCOS-144_en.pdf

  5. Quality Monitoring and Incident Management (GCOS) Requirements WMO Members (Owners) Monitoring Centres Lead Centres (CBS for GCOS) Network Manager

  6. Different types of monitoring (global scale) Monitoring reports/statistics, many different plots/content (no standard) Can be difficult to locate & access Most not available in real-time Limited guidance on how to interpret the information and often requires good technical knowledge

  7. Challenges • Complex communication chain (Global) & at times requires a good technical knowledge of the end to end process. • Reliant on a number of centres who do this work as an added task. (no additional resources) • Passive management. (At a global scale) • No real-time monitoring/action, both for station operators and/or network managers. • Transition to BUFR still an issue. GCOS working with WIGOS to improve this for the future

  8. Tiered Networks - Classification

  9. Madagascar (2013-2015+) – Surface Infrastructure Provision of 11 AWS for installation at climate sites. Training on system configuration, installation, maintenance and network management. (Project managed by UK Met Office)

  10. THANKYOU

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