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The GCOS Reference Upper Air Network

IUGG/IAMAS/JM03 # 5125. The GCOS Reference Upper Air Network. Junhong (June) Wang Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA Holger Vömel , Franz Immler , Michael Sommer GRUAN lead center, DWD, Germany Peter Thorne NOAA NCDC, USA Greg Bodeker

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The GCOS Reference Upper Air Network

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  1. IUGG/IAMAS/JM03 #5125 The GCOS Reference Upper Air Network Junhong (June) Wang Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA HolgerVömel, Franz Immler, Michael Sommer GRUAN lead center, DWD, Germany Peter Thorne NOAA NCDC, USA Greg Bodeker Bodeker Scientific, New Zealand WG-ARO The Working Group for Atmospheric Reference Observations of the AOPC (Atmospheric Observations Panel for Climate, GCOS)

  2. What is GRUAN? • GCOS Reference Upper Air Network • Network for ground-based reference observations for climate in the free atmosphere in the frame of GCOS • Initially 15 stations, envisaged to be a network of 30-40 sites across the globe • See www.gruan.org for more detail

  3. GRUAN goals • Provide long-term high-quality upper-air climate records • Constrain and calibrate data from more spatially-comprehensive global observing systems (including satellites and current radiosonde networks) • Fully characterize the properties of the atmospheric column Priority 1: Water vapor, temperature, (pressure and wind) Priority 2: Ozone, clouds, …

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