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Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC (2010 Update) Action O32 [IP-04 O33] Action: Develop and implement comprehensive ocean data management procedures, building on the experience of the JCOMM Pilot Project for WIGOS. Who: IODE and JCOMM. Time-Frame: 2012. Performance Indicator: Improved standards and accessibility of ocean data; Report of the 4 th session of JCOMM. Annual Cost Implications: 1-10M US$ (20% in non-Annex-I Parties). The IODE and JCOMM, in collaboration with the ocean community generally, the WMO and other standard setting bodies, such as ISO and the World Wide Web Consortium, should develop an international standard for ocean metadata including syntactic and semantic (description, search) metadata. Action O33 [IP-04 O34] Action: Undertake a project to develop an international standard for ocean metadata. Who: IODE and JCOMM in collaboration with WMO CBS and ISO. Time-Frame: Standard developed by 2011. Performance Indicator: Publication of standard for an agreed initial set of the ECVs. Plan to progress to further ECV. Annual Cost Implications: 1-10M US$ (Mainly by Annex-I Parties). The IODE and JCOMM, in collaboration with the WIS initiative, and building on innovations and emerging protocols for data transport such as OPeNDAP, should develop an ocean data transport system for data exchange between centres using ocean data, and for open use by the ocean community generally (subject to agreed standards). Action O34 [IP-04 O35] Action: Undertake a project to apply the innovations emerging from the WMO Information System, and innovations such as OPeNDAP to develop an ocean data transport system for data exchange between centres and for open use by the ocean community generally. Who: JCOMM. Time-Frame: Report by 2012. Performance Indicator: Report published. Annual Cost Implications:
Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC (2010 Update) Action O36 [IP-04 O37] Action: Support data rescue projects. Who: Parties’ national services with coordination by IODE through its GODAR project. Time-Frame: Continuing. Performance Indicator: Datasets in archive. Annual Cost Implications: 1-10M US$ (30% in non-Annex-I Parties). The IODE and JCOMM should support projects that enhance the flow, quality control and overall management of ocean data in real time and, specifically the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and GOSUD. See Action O22. The IODE and JCOMM, in collaboration with specific national groups, should develop enhanced and more cost-effective telecommunication capabilities including, as feasible, two-way communications for dynamic control of instruments. Action O37 [IP-04 O38] Action: Develop enhanced and more cost-effective telecommunication capabilities, including two-way communications for dynamic control of systems, instruments and sensors. Who: Parties, coordinated through JCOMM. Time-Frame: Continuing. Performance Indicator: Capacity to communicate data from ocean instrumentation to ocean data centres. Annual Cost Implications: 1-10M US$ (50% in non-Annex-I Parties). 5.4. Oceanic Domain – Integrated Global Analysis Products The purpose of the observing system described is to provide the information necessary to meet the needs of the UNFCCC. A fundamental set of products have been identified and developed by research and operation communities to meet these requirements. In addition, high-value products and services to stakeholders, decision-makers, and policymakers are emerging from an ongoing dialogue with the science community. This exchange will provide the guidance for the further development of the system. Ocean data analyses are important for supporting the testing of climate change models and evaluation of the ocean state/structure of predictions of future changes of the climate system. The comprehensive global networks, together with baseline and reference networks described previously, can provide the needed information, with particular emphasis on three-dimensional analyses, climatologies and time series. Ocean analysis, reanalysis and ocean data assimilation and forecasting systems are underway or planned in several nations, but it is important to enhance, sustain and coordinate the suite of such activities needed to meet the specific needs of the UNFCCC. Several groups are testing the capacity of ocean data assimilation systems to contribute to climate assessment, climate forecasting and climate analysis. There are two types of global reanalysis efforts: 1) high-resolution, but focused on the most recent satellite altimeter period; and 2) lower-resolution, mostly covering the atmospheric reanalysis period. A number of existing ocean assimilation/state estimation efforts participate in GODAE, a pilot project to demonstrate the impact and feasibility of operational oceanography and prediction, with several partners having specific interests in climate. Other research and pilot projects are also underway. Such efforts are essential to developing on-going systems capable of making products that address the needs of the UNFCCC. Several specific Actions are proposed to ensure continuous integrated ocean analysis products to address climate user requirements including those of the UNFCCC: OOPC, JCOMM, and IODE, in close collaboration with CLIVAR and WOAP/other research activities, should develop plans for the construction of climate-quality historical datasets for the oceanic ECVs, including estimates of variance and covariance statistics. 101
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