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Updated version of the Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC published -- including revised list of GCOS Essential Climate Variables
The 'Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC' was updated and published on 31 August 2010. This 2010 update also includes the revised list of GCOS Essential Climate Variables (ECVs). It is important that all 138 actions recommended in the Implementation Plan be fully implemented, as these actions will substantially improve the availability of the observational information needed by all governments to understand, predict, and manage their response to, climate and climate change. This responds to Articles 4 and 5 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). read more
GCOS and WCRP Call for Strengthening Collaboration on Climate Data Records
In a joint letter, the Directors of the Global Climate Observing System and the World Climate Research Programme (GCOS/WCRP) are asking the worldwide organizations to support the international expert groups involved in scientific analysis, intercomparison and review of climate data records. Such effort is essential for world-class climate science and sound decision-making. The letter calls, inter alia, for adherence by groups and institutions involved in climate data record generation to the new Guideline for the Generation of Datasets and Products Meeting GCOS Requirements, to support transparency, traceability and scientific review.
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The following GCOS reports have been published recently:
| Guideline for the Generation of Datasets and Products Meeting GCOS Requirements, May 2010 | GCOS-143 | PDF |
| Report from the Fourth Meeting of the WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel (WOAP), Hamburg, Germany, 29-31 March 2010 | GCOS-142 | PDF |
| Summary Report of the Twelfth Session of the GTOS/GCOS Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC), 10-11 March 2010, Rome, Italy | GCOS-141 | PDF |
| Report of the Second GCOS Reference Upper Air Network Implementation and Coordination Meeting (GRUAN ICM-2), Payerne, Switzerland, 2-4 March 2010 | GCOS-140 | PDF |
| Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC (2010 Update), August 2010 | GCOS-138 (GOOS-184, GTOS-76) | PDF |
| Report of the Seventeenth Session of the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee for GCOS - Paris, France, 27-30 October 2009 | GCOS-137 | PDF |
| GCOS Annual Report 2008-2009, December 2009 | GCOS-136 | PDF |
| Report of the Fourth GTN-H Coordination Panel Meeting, New York City, New York, USA, 7-10 July 2009 | GCOS-135 | PDF |
| GRUAN Implementation Plan 2009-2013, July 2009 | GCOS-134 | PDF |
Summary Report of the Eleventh Session of the GTOS/GCOS Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC), Ispra, Italy , 29-30 Oct 2008 |
GCOS-133 | PDF |
Fifteenth Session of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) - Conclusions and Recommendations, Geneva, Switzerland , 27-30 April 2009 |
GCOS-132 | PDF |
| Report of the First GCOS Reference Upper Air Network Implementation and Coordination Meeting (GRUAN ICM-1), Norman, Oklahoma, USA, 2-4 March 2009 | GCOS-131 | PDF |
| Synthesis of National Reports on Systematic Observation for Climate - August, 2009 | GCOS-130 | PDF |
| Progress Report on the Implementation of the Global Observing System for Climate in support of the UNFCCC 2004-2008 - August, 2009 | GCOS-129 | PDF |
| Guideline for the Generation of Satellite-based Datasets and Products meeting GCOS Requirements, March 2009 | GCOS 128 | PDF |
| Practical Help for Compiling CLIMAT Reports | GCOS-127 | PDF EnglishPDF FrançaisPDF
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