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GCOS
Implementation Project Manager’s Report
Richard K. Thigpen
GCOS Secretariat
Geneva, Switzerland
Primary Activities
Direct GUAN and GSN Station Renovation
Technical Support Projects
CBS Lead Centers for GCOS
Training Workshops
Some Metrics
GUAN Revitalization ActivitiesEquipment Replacement
Hydrogen Generators and Upper Air Systems
Gan, Maldives Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Windhoek, Namibia Harare, Zimbabwe
Yerevan, Armenia Penrhyn, Cook Islands
Douala, Cameroon Antananarivo, Madagascar
Dakar, Senegal Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nairobi, Kenya Bauerfield, Vanuatu
Honiara, Solomon Islands Laoag, Philippines
Galapagos, Ecuador Lima, Peru
Niamey, Niger Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Seychelles Mauritius
Radiosondes and Balloons To Many
Current GUAN Revitalization Activities
Hydrogen Generators to:
Mahe, Seychelles
Niamey, Niger
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Generators Still a problem
Radiosondes to:
Mauritius
What is Next For GUAN?
Galapagos
Roratonga Generator
Plans include (Maybe):
Luanda, Angola
Khartoum, Sudan
Kananga, DRC
Nampula, Mozambique
Bjelasnica circa 1890
Bjelasnica 1994
Current and Next for GSN?
Angola
Madagascar (11 Stations)
Zambia (Comms)
Aragats High Mountain, Armenia
Chisinau, Moldova
Tbilisi, Georgia
High Performance Wind System for Bjelasnica
GCOS Technical Support Projects
Current Projects
Pacific Islands (New Zealand Met Service US Bi lateral)
Americas (Private Company)
Southern Africa (Competition Soon)
Visit Each GUAN Station 2 Times per Year
Visit as Many GSN as Possible
Monitor reports from all Stations
Technical Support Projects
Site Visits:
Better Meta Data
Including Photos Around Sensor Suite
Actual Location of Many are Wrong
Many are no Longer Good Sites
Calibration and Training
CLIMAT/CLIREP Workshop
Three So Far
Next Planned for Fiji in 2009 ?
In Coordination with WCP/WWW/BOM
Includes WWW Handbook on CLIMAT
(TD 1188)
Includes Set up and Use of CLIREP
Upper Air Workshop
Workshop Held in October in Windhoek
All GUAN in Africa
Coordination with WWW
Funded by GCOS (KNMI)
Team from UKMO Lead by John Nash
In English and French
Five Vendors Participated
Included Generator Support and Safety
Next in India February 2009
CBS Lead Centers for GCOS
Direct Contact with Countries
Distributed around the World
Bridge Cultural/Language Problems
Encouraged to Contact All Countries
Monitor Operation
Resolve Problems
Request Historical Data
CBS Lead Centers for GCOS
Australia Kevin SmithChile Jorge CarrascoGermany Tobias Fuchs
(With Udo Schneider)Iran Mina JabbariMorocco Rachid SebbariJapan Hidehiko IsobeMozambique Domingos Mosquito PatricioUS Matt Menne
(Assisted by Larry Nicodemus & Greg Hammer)UK Jonathan Shanklin
(British Antarctic Survey)
CBS Lead Centers
Need to Meet Bi Annually
Impact on Budget
Expand to include all of RBCN
Reports to AOPC and CBS Annually
Meta Data
Leadership/Guidance from Who?
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Number of CLIMAT Received at NCDC
Some Metrics
Historical Data from 30 Countries into Archive
Most GUAN Stations Work!
October 2007 All African GUAN Reported!
Monitoring Center at DWD/JMA Report Records for CLIMAT Receipt
Fixed GTS Problem Resulted in >200 CLIMAT at JMA
GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM)
Funds from Spain
Latin American Countries
Galapagos GUAN Ecuador Next
Funds from UKMO
Radiosondes, Yerevan, Seychelles
Funds from GermanyWind System for BjelasnicaChisinau GSN
Funds from CanadaTSP for the Americas
GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM)
Funds From USImplementation Project ManagerFunded Many ProjectsTSP for AmericasAragats GSN
NetherlandsGenerators for Niger and Cote d’IvoireGUAN Workshop in WindhoekAngola GSNRadiosondes for MauritiusTSP for Southern Africa
What’s Next?
More Emphasis on Quality not Quantity
Additional Support and training
Further Develop the CBS Lead Centers
Need Funding!
Thank You
RKT