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Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC (2010 Update) Agents for Implementation Appendix 5 Intergovernmental organizations sponsoring component observing systems or activities: • UNESCO and IOC – geology, Earth surface and ocean observing systems. • WMO – meteorological, hydrological and atmospheric constituent observing systems. • UNEP – environmental observations. • FAO – land-surface, land-cover, water-use observations. • ICSU – research into most observing systems. National GCOS Implementation Mechanisms: • GCOS National Coordinators and Coordinating Committees. • National Meteorological Services (NMSs). • National Hydrological Services (NHSs). • National Ocean Services, Research Institutions and Universities. • National Environmental Agencies. National agencies sponsoring and operating global satellite observing systems: • USA, NOAA/NESDIS – Operational meteorological polar orbiting and geostationary satellite systems. • USA, NASA – Research and development environmental satellite systems. • Japan, JMA – Operational meteorological geostationary satellite systems. • Japan, JAXA – Research and development environmental satellite systems. • Russian Federation, ROSHYDROMET – Operational meteorological polar orbiting and geostationary satellite systems. • Russian Federation, FSA – Research and development environmental satellite systems. • China, CMA – Operational meteorological polar orbiting and geostationary satellite systems. • China, CNSA – Research and development of environmental satellite systems.- • India, ISRO – Research and development environmental satellite systems. • India, IMD – Operational meteorological geostationary satellite systems. • France, CNES – Operational polar orbiting satellite systems. • Germany, DLR – Research and development environmental satellite systems. • Brazil, INPE - Research and development environmental satellite systems. • Canada, CSA - Research and development of environmental satellite systems; operational SAR satellites Regional and specialized intergovernmental organizations sponsoring and/or operating component observing or analysis systems: • EUMETSAT – Operational meteorological geostationary satellite systems and polar orbiting systems. • ESA – Research and development environmental satellite systems. • ECMWF – Integrated global analysis systems. Intergovernmental Technical Commissions dealing with climate observations: • WMO/IOC Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) – Comprehensive Global Ocean Observing System. • WMO Commission for Basic Systems (WMO CBS) – Responsible for the World Weather Watch (WWW) and its components: the Global Observing System (GOS), Global Telecommunication System (GTS), Global Data Processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS) as well as WMO Space Programme. • WMO Commission for Atmospheric Science (WMO CAS) – Atmospheric chemistry. Lead Commission for the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW). • WMO Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO CIMO) – Standardisation and compatibility of instrumentation. Instrumentation inter-comparisons. • WMO Commission for Hydrology (WMO CHy) – Operational hydrology including observing networks, collection, processing, archiving and retrieval of hydrological data. Standardisation of methods, procedures and techniques. 144
Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC (2010 Update) • WMO Commission for Climatology (WMO CCl) – Lead Commission for coordinating international technical activities under the World Climate Applications and Services Programme (focussing on the application of climate information in support of socio-economic development) and the World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (focussing on data archaeology),. Scientific Programmes and Advisory/Steering committees to the intergovernmental bodies: • World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) – sponsored by ICSU, WMO and IOC of UNESCO – comprehensive climate research programme, in particular through the WCRP/GCOS Observation and Assimilation Panel (WOAP) • International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) – sponsored by ICSU – programme to understand the interactive physical, chemical and biological processes regulating the total Earth system, the changes in this system, and influences from human actions. • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – sponsored by UNEP and WMO –- assesses scientific, technical and socio-economic information for understanding climate change and its potential impacts. • GCOS Steering Committee – sponsored by WMO, UNEP, UNESCO, and ICSU – provides scientific, technical and implementation guidance to the GCOS Sponsors and has established 3 domain-based scientific Panels and associated Working Groups: o Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC); o Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (OOPC); o Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC); and o The AOPC Working Group on Atmospheric Reference Observations (WG-ARO); o The AOPC/OOPC Working Group on Surface Pressure (WG-SP); o The AOPC/OOPC Working Group on Sea-Surface Temperature and Sea Ice (WG SST/SI); o The AOPC/TOPC Working Group on Land-Surface/Atmosphere Issues (WG-LSA); o The WOAP/AOPC Working Group on Observational Datasets for Reanalysis. Climate observing systems; GCOS made up of contributions from: • WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS); o World Weather Watch Global Observing System (GOS) - comprehensive system for observing meteorological variables used in weather forecasting and other related applications; o Global Atmospheric Watch comprehensive observations of atmospheric constituent and chemical properties on global and regional scales; and o other WMO climate related observing systems; • IOC/WMO/UNEP/ICSU Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) – permanent global system for observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support operational ocean services world-wide. • FAO/UNEP/UNESCO/WMO/ICSU Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) – programme for observations, modelling, and analysis of terrestrial ecosystems, for facilitated access to terrestrial ecosystem information, and to support sustainable development. • IGBP and WCRP and other research observing networks. Coordination mechanisms and partnerships supporting observational objectives: • Committee for Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) – international coordinating mechanism charged with coordinating international civil spaceborne missions designed to observe and study planet Earth, including the CEOS Virtual Constellation Teams. • Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) – provides a forum in which the space agencies have studied jointly with the WMO technical operational aspects of the global network, so as to ensure maximum efficiency and usefulness through proper coordination in the design of the satellites and in the procedures for data acquisition and dissemination. • Sustained Coordinated Processing of Environmental Satellite Data for Climate Monitoring (SCOPE-CM) – international coordination mechanism designed to guide the generation of a set of meteorological long-term fundamental climate data records and ECV satellite products • Group on Earth Observations (GEO) – international framework on a voluntary basis working towards coordinated comprehensive and sustained observations of the Earth system within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) in order to improve monitoring of the changing state of the planet, increase understanding of complex Earth processes, and enhance the prediction of the impacts of environmental change, including climate change. 145
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