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UNEP Questionnaire for
Earthwatch Partners |
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PROGRAMME
NAME |
WMO Global Atmosphere
Watch Programme
(GAW)
WMO/Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme (AREP)
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URL/
Website |
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/gaw_home.html |
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Description |
Established in 1989, about 80
countries participate in GAW to monitor the atmospheric chemical
composition, and analyze and assess the data in the framework of
environmental conventions, and to develop a predictive capability for
future atmosphere states. The GAW network comprises about 300 stations
world-wide. Five GAW World Data Centres coordinate and share
responsibility, according to selected atmospheric chemical constituents,
for collecting, documenting and archiving data and metadata, and to make
them freely available to the scientific community. |
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Agenda
21 - Areas of particular focus or interest |
Atmosphere - Climate Change - Health |
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Regions |
Worldwide |
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Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring
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Greenhouse gases, UV
radiation, ozone, major reactive gases, aerosols and precipitation
chemistry;
The GAW data are
archived in the following five GAW World Data Centres:
- World Ozone and
Ultraviolet Radiation Centre (Toronto, Canada)
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/woudc/
- World Data Centre for
Greenhouse Gases (Tokyo, Japan)
http://gaw.kishou.go.jp/wdcgg.html
- World Data Centre for
Precipitation Chemistry (Albany, USA)
http://qasac-americas.org
http://marble.asrc.cestm.albany.edu/qasac/
- World Data Centre for
Aerolsols (Ispra, Italy)
http://www.ei.jrc.it/wdca/
http://rea.ei.jrc.it/netshare/wilson/WDCA/
World Radiation Data
Centre (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
http://wrdc.mgo.rssi.ru/
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/ozone.html
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URL/
Data collection., Observ., Monitor. |
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/monitoring.html
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/world_data_ctres.html
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URL/Assessment and Analysis |
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/interconv.html
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URL/Indicators |
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/gaw_home.html
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URL/Modelling |
http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/people/carmichael/GURME/GURME.html
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URL/Early warning mechanisms |
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URL/
Reports, Information dissemination |
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/gawreports.html
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/publications.html
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Major
Assessment Reports |
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URL/
Network dev. and support |
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/gaw_home.html |
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Networks
managed by Agency/Prog. |
Global Greenhouse
Gase Network
Global Aerosol
Network
Global Ozone Network
Global
Precipitation Network
Global UV Radiation Network
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URL/
Capacity building |
http://www.wmo.int/web/arep/gaw/gaw_train_
act.html
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Responsible
Office/Person
(for inquiries or follow-up) |
Len Barrie
Chief, Environment Division
WMO/AREP Department
CP 2300
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel.: +(41 22)
730 8240
Fax: +(41 22) 730 8049
LBarrie@wmo.int |
