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UNEP Questionnaire for
Earthwatch Partners |
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PROGRAMME
NAME |
Regional Basic
Climatological Network (RBCN)
WMO/World
Weather Watch Programme (WWW)
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URL/
Website |
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/GOS.html |
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Description |
The Member countries belonging to one
of the six WMO Regional Associations have committed to
operate a Regional Basic Climatological Network (RBCN),
an agreed selection of surface and upper-air
meteorological observing stations of the WWW/GOS.
World-wide, about 2,600 surface stations and 510
upper-air stations belong to the six RBCNs and Antarctic
Basic Climatological Network and generate monthly
averages of meteorological parameters measured at the
surface and in vertical layers of the atmosphere up to
30km. The data are archived in and made available by the
two WMO World Data Centres. RBCNs are based
primarily on Regional Basic Synoptic Networks and
include all GCOS surface (GSN) and upper-air (GUAN)
stations supplemented by other CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP
reporting stations needed for description of regional
climate features. There are over 1,000 GSN and 160 GUAN
stations within RBCNs. |
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Agenda
21 - Areas of particular focus or interest |
Atmosphere - Oceans -
Agriculture - Climate Change - Desertification - Health - Human
Settlements |
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Regions |
Worldwide |
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Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring
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The meteorological
parameters provided under this programme are specified in the WMO Manual
on Codes (WMO-No. 306) and are formated in the WMO codes CLIMAT or
CLIMAT/TEMP. Data can be retreived from the national meteorological
centres and the WMO World Data Centres in Asheville, NC, USA, and Obninsk,
Russian Federation. |
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URL/
Data collection., Observ., Monitor. |
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URL/Assessment and Analysis |
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URL/Indicators |
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/ois-home.htm |
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URL/Modelling |
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URL/Early warning mechanisms |
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URL/
Reports, Information dissemination |
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Major
Assessment Reports |
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URL/
Network dev. and support |
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Networks
managed by Agency/Prog. |
Regional
Basic Climatological Networks (RBCN)
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URL/
Capacity building |
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Responsible
Office/Person
(for inquiries or follow-up) |
Dr
Miroslav Ondras
Chief, Observing Systems Division
WMO/OBS Department
CP 2300
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel.: +(41 22) 730 8409
Fax: +(41 22)
730 8021
MOndras@wmo.int
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