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Introduction to GCOS Richard K. Thigpen Implementation Project Manager GCOS Secretariat Geneva

Introduction to GCOS Richard K. Thigpen Implementation Project Manager GCOS Secretariat Geneva. GCOS Surface Network. Around 1000 Stations Roughly 150-300 Km Spacing Mandatory Requirements: Monthly CLIMAT Report of Mean Temps, Total Precip Target Requirements

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Introduction to GCOS Richard K. Thigpen Implementation Project Manager GCOS Secretariat Geneva

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  1. Introduction to GCOS Richard K. Thigpen Implementation Project Manager GCOS Secretariat Geneva

  2. GCOS Surface Network Around 1000 Stations Roughly 150-300 Km Spacing Mandatory Requirements: Monthly CLIMAT Report of Mean Temps, Total Precip Target Requirements Daily Temp, Precip, Pressure (SYNOP) Operated by National Met Services Biggest problems: No Monthly CLIMAT Reports Mis-Identification Old , Un-Calibrated Equipment

  3. GSN

  4. GCOS Upper Air Network About 150 Stations Uniform Global Distribution (5-10 Deg) Minimum Requirement At least 25 soundings/month to 30HPa Temp, Humidity, Wind Speed and Direction Target requirement (Draft) Temp, Wind, Humidity as High as Possible Biggest problems: Operating Costs Old Equipment

  5. GUAN

  6. Things We Have Done to Improve GUAN Direct Renovations CBS Lead Centers for GCOS Technical Support Projects

  7. Competitive Purchases WMO procedures Has Lead to consistent prices Sometimes ground systems replaced Technology Improvements Require WMO Intercomparison

  8. New GUAN Station at Dar es Salaam

  9. New GUAN Station at Gan, Maldives

  10. Yerevan, Armenia

  11. Windhoek

  12. Douala, Cameroun

  13. Antananarivo, Madagascar

  14. Bjelasnica circa 1890

  15. Bjelasnica

  16. Bjelasnica 1994

  17. Revitalization Activities Equipment Replacement Hydrogen Generators and Upper Air Systems Gan, Maldives Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Windhoek, Namibia Harare, Zimbabwe Yerevan, Armenia Penrhyn, Cook Islands Douala, Cameroon Antananarivo, Madagascar Dakar, Senegal Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Nairobi, Kenya Bauerfield, Vanuatu Honiara, Solomon Islands Laoag, Philippines Galapagos, Ecuador Niamey, Niger Mahe, Seychelles Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire Radiosondes and Balloons To Many

  18. CBS Lead Centers for GCOS Japan Takafumi Umeda US Matt Menne (Assisted by Stuart Hinson) British Antarctic Survey Jonathan Shanklin Chile Jorge Carrasco Mozambique Domingos (Mosquito) Patricio Germany Christiana Lefebvre Australia Kevin Smith Morocco Rachid Sebbari Iran Mina Jabbari

  19. GCOS Technical Support Projects Four One Year Projects Established Pacific Islands (New Zealand Met Service) Caribbean (Private Company) SADC Africa (Botswana Met Service) Americas (Private Company) Visit Each GUAN Station 2 Times per Year Visit as Many GSN as Possible Monitor reports from all Stations

  20. Technical Support Projects Site Visits: Better Meta Data Including Photos Around Sensor Suite Actual Location of Many are Wrong Many are no Longer Good Sites Calibration and Training

  21. Photos Around Station Example

  22. GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM) Funds from Spain Latin American Countries Addressing Uruguay GSN Funds from UKMO Radiosondes, Yerevan, Seychelles, Maldives Funds From US Implementation Project Manager Some Projects

  23. GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM) Funds From Switzerland Support for Africa GSN Renovations in Angola Radiosondes for Dar es Salaam and Harare Next Likely to Renovate Luanda Upper Air

  24. GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM) Funds from Netherlands Africa Technical Support Several H2 Generators Funds from Germany Former CIS Countries Wind System for Bjelasnica Funds from Canada TSP for the Americas

  25. Number of CLIMAT Received at NCDC

  26. Thank You RKT

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