GCOS Implementation Plan - WMO

Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC
(2010 Update)
List of Tables
Appendix 9
Table 1: Essential Climate Variables that are both currently feasible for global implementation and
have a high impact on UNFCCC requirements ...............................................................................4
Table 2: Summary of Actions in the IP-10, and estimated total annual implementation costs (in million
(M) US dollars; see Figure 1 for context).........................................................................................6
Table 3: Essential Climate Variables that are both currently feasible for global implementation and
have a high impact on UNFCCC requirements .............................................................................19
Table 4: Summary of Actions in the IP-10, and estimated total annual implementation costs (in million
(M) US dollars; see Figure 2 for context).......................................................................................28
Table 5: Essential Climate Variables for which satellite observations make a significant contribution
(cf. Table 3)....................................................................................................................................33
Table 6: ECVs targeted for special data archaeology efforts and the associated International Data
Centres. .........................................................................................................................................39
Table 7: Observing networks and systems contributing to the surface component of the atmospheric
domain ...........................................................................................................................................47
Table 8: Observing networks and systems contributing to the upper-air component of the Atmospheric
Domain...........................................................................................................................................55
Table 9: Observing networks and systems contributing to the Atmospheric Domain – Composition. .63
Table 10: International Data Centres and Archives – Atmospheric Domain. .......................................71
Table 11: Implementation of the Oceanic Domain – Surface composite network components and
ECVs observed, their associated coordinating bodies and International Data Centres and
Archives .........................................................................................................................................76
Table 12: Implementation of the Oceanic Domain – Sub-surface composite network components and
ECVs observed, their associated coordinating bodies and International Data Centres and
Archives .........................................................................................................................................92
Table 13. Observing networks and systems contributing to the Terrestrial Domain ..........................107
Table 14. International Data Centres and Archives – Terrestrial Domain ..........................................130
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