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 Activities Equipment Replacement Hydrogen Generators and Upper Air Systems Gan, MaldivesDar es Salaam, Tanzania Windhoek, NamibiaHarare, Zimbabwe Yerevan, ArmeniaPenrhyn, Cook Islands Douala, CameroonAntananarivo, Madagascar Dakar, SenegalAddis Ababa, Ethiopia Nairobi, KenyaBauerfield, Vanuatu Honiara, Solomon Islands Laoag, Philippines Galapagos, EcuadorLima, Peru Niamey, NigerAbidjan, Cote d’Ivoire SeychellesMauritius 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 AustraliaKevin Smith ChileJorge Carrasco GermanyTobias Fuchs (With Udo Schneider) IranMina Jabbari MoroccoRachid Sebbari JapanHidehiko Isobe MozambiqueDomingos Mosquito Patricio USMatt 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?

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 Germany Wind System for Bjelasnica Chisinau GSN Funds from Canada TSP for the Americas

GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM) Funds From US Implementation Project Manager Funded Many Projects TSP for Americas Aragats GSN Netherlands Generators for Niger and Cote d’Ivoire GUAN Workshop in Windhoek Angola GSN Radiosondes for Mauritius TSP 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