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The Global Terrestrial Observing System and the Convention to Combat Desertification
(1997)
International Conventions that are concerned with the conservation or utilisation of renewable natural resources do form a potential user group for GTOS.
Lightning for Climate : A Study by the Task Team on Lightning Observation For Climate Applications (TT-LOCA) Of the Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) - GCOS-227
(2019)
This study summarizes the work done by TTLOCA and covers key aspects of lightning observations for climate applications. It explains the relevance of lightning observations for climate, describes the current status of ...
Systematic Observations and the Paris agreement: Report of the Task Team on the Paris Agreement - GCOS-222
(2018)
The Paris Agreement will drive climate policy for many years to come. It establishes a science-based cycle of reporting (through the Transparency Framework), assessment (the Global Stocktake) and increasing ambition of ...
GCOS Surface Reference Network (GSRN): Justification, Requirements, Siting and Instrumentation Options - GCOS-226
(2019)
This document provides a proposal for the establishment of a GCOS Surface Reference Network (GSRN). Reference quality observations are directly traceable to the International System of Units (SI) standards and include full ...
Plan for Improving Observations Around Lake Victoria that Support Numerical Weather Predictions, Climate Services and Adaptation
(2019)
This plan is the outcome of a workshop Improving the value chain from observations to climate services to support climate policy, adaptation and mitigation in East Africa held in Entebbe, Uganda on 31 October to 2 November ...
Report of the Eleventh GCOS Reference Upper Air Network Implementation Coordination Meeting (GRUAN ICM-11) - GCOS-230
(2019)
The goal of the meeting was to review progress and address identified issues with the implementation of GRUAN. The overarching theme of the meeting was thus “New data products, Operational concerns and Change management”.
Weather Radar Data Requirements for Climate Monitoring - GCOS-223
(2019)
Action A24 of the GCOS Implementation Plan (GCOS-200), calls for the implementation of an archive for radar reflectivities. The Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) at its Sixteenth session (WMO-1183) endorsed the GCOS ...
8th Session of the GTN-H Panel - GCOS-216
(2017)
GTN-H is recognized by the Global Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS) and in particular with reference to its role in the Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations Community of Practice (IGWCO- CoP) and its support ...
Report of the First Meeting of the GCOS/CCl Task Team on Lightning Observations for Climate Applications (TTLOCA-1) - GCOS-213
(2018)
The main expectations of the meeting according to the draft Terms of references of the task team were: Identify the potentials and challenges for lightning as climate variable and propose a plan on how to establish operational ...