# Presentation: 534113

## Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) CLASS WorkshopDecember 11-12, 2003

- Howard Diamond
- NOAA/NCDC, Silver Spring, Maryland USA
-   U.S. National GCOS Program Manager

## GCOS OBSERVING NETWORKS

**ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS:**
**GCOS Surface Network (GSN)**
**GCOS Upper-Air Network (GUAN)**
**Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)**

## GCOS Surface Network (GSN)

**GCOS Surface Network (GSN)**

***981 Stations***

*GCOS Secretariat 26 May 1999*

## GSN: Reception rate over the globe (Nov 2002)

**GSN/GUAN: Performance Monitoring**

##   http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/servlets/gsn 

-   _[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/servlets/gsn](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/servlets/gsn)_

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## GCOS Upper Air Network (GUAN)

*GCOS  Secretariat 21 April 1999*

***152 Stations***

**GCOS Upper Air Network (GUAN)**

## GUAN: Reception rate over the globe (Dec 2002)

**GSN/GUAN: Performance Monitoring**

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## ESTIMATED GLOBAL OZONESONDE NETWORK:  2003 Stations with data submitted since at least 1 Jan 1999

**Compliments of WOUDC, Toronto Ed Hare Manager. Note that this map changes constantly as data is submitted to the data centre. Suggestions to correct  any omissions are welcome by GAW. The red symbols represent sites of contributing partner NASA/SHADOZ.**

## ESTIMATED GLOBAL COLUMN OZONE NETWORK:  2003 Stations with data submitted since at least 1 Jan 1999

**Compliments of WOUDC, Toronto Ed Hare Manager. Note that this map changes constantly as data is submitted to the data centre.  Suggestions to correct  any omissions are welcome by GAW. The symbols represent different instrument types. **

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## Trend of Water Vapor Over Boulder, CO(1980-2000) for All Months

- Trend (%/year)

- Altitude (km)

- 30
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-  -5   -4   -3   -2   -1    0     1    2    3    4    5

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## GCOS OBSERVING NETWORKS

**OCEAN OBSERVATIONS:**
***Climate Components of:***
**Ships of Opportunity Programme (SOOP/XBT)**
**Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS)**
**Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) Array**
**PIRATA**
**Drifting Buoys (DBCP)**
**Array of 3,000 ARGO Floating Buoys in Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans**
**Multinational Contributions (including New Zealand)**

## The Future Sustained Ocean Observing System

**The Future Sustained Ocean Observing System**
**for Climate -- Target 2008**

**Total Number of Observations**
**In 1998.**

**1250 Surface Drifting Buoys**
**(Global Coverage)**

**3000 Argo Profiling Floats**
**(Global Coverage)**

- Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Height, and Surface Vector Wind from Space

**Tropical Moored Buoys**

**Ships of Opportunity**

**Argo Profiling Floats**

**Tide Gauge Stations**

**Ocean Reference Stations**

**Surface Drifting Buoys**

**Dedicated Ships**

**Coastal Moored Buoys**

**86 Tide Gauge Stations, **
**All GPS/DORIS located.**
**(Global Coverage)**

**Global System 100 % Complete**

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## Argo Status

**24 % Complete**

## 37% complete

## Status of GPS/DORIS implementation at Tide Gauge Stations

**Status of GPS/DORIS implementation at Tide Gauge Stations**

**	****Long Term Trends Reference Stations (27 of 62)**
**	****Altimeter Calibration Stations (13 of 30)**
**	****Other Stations**
**	****NOAA Contributions**

**47% complete**

## TRITON

**TRITON**

**TAO**

**PIRATA**

**Status of the Tropical Moored Buoy Network**

**80% complete**

## Status of the Ships-of-Opportunity Program

**Status of the Ships-of-Opportunity Program**

**45% complete**

**XBT drops, 2002**

- Total:	24452
- NOAA:	9372

## NSF

**NSF**

**Transport funded**
**Transport planned**
**TAO/TRITON/PIRATA**

**Observatory funded**
**Observatory planned**
**Air-sea flux funded**
**Air-sea flux planned**

**Status of Ocean Reference Stations**

**Present NOAA contributions**

**19% complete**

## GCOS OBSERVING NETWORKS

**TERRESTRIAL OBSERVATIONS:**
***Climate Components of:***
**Coral Reef Monitoring (e.g., Hotspot Monitoring)**
**Coastal Observations (e.g., IOOS)**
**Other Paleoclimate Proxies**
**Carbon Flux (FLUXnet)**
**Hydrology (GTN-H) [proposed]**
**Permafrost (GTN-P)**
**Glaciers (GTN-G)**

## FluxNet

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## Glaciers

## Earth Observation Summit

## Earth Observation Elements

**Ocean**

## Contact Information

**Howard J. Diamond **
**U.S. GCOS Program Manager **
**NOAA/National Climatic Data Center**
**1335 East-West Highway, Room 7214**
**Silver Spring, MD  20910**
**E-mail:  **_[howard](mailto:howard.diamond@noaa.gov)__[.diamond@](mailto:howard.diamond@noaa.gov)__[noaa](mailto:howard.diamond@noaa.gov)__[.](mailto:howard.diamond@noaa.gov)__[gov](mailto:howard.diamond@noaa.gov)_
**Voice:    +1-301-713-1283 (extension 229 for voice mail)**
**Fax:       +1-301-713-0819**