1. Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager 2 nd Workshop on WIGOS Quality Monitoring and Incident Management ​ 15 th – 17 th December 2015, Geneva Global Climate Observing System

3. GCOS ‘Baseline’ Network

4. GCOS Network Manager Dedicated GCOS Network/Technical Manager. Monitors performance. Supports & work with National services. Implementation/Project Manager. Technical advice to GCOS programme and experts. Outreach Funded (1-2 years) through GCOS trust-fund and currently with the support of UK Met Office.

5. GCOS Minimum Requirements GSN Monthly means of daily maximum, minimum and mean temperature Monthly precipitation amounts If only monthly values, number of days in calculation Monthly CLIMAT message GUAN Temperature up to 30hPa Humidity up to tropopause Wind direction/speed to 30hPa 1 report - 25 days each month TEMP message http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/gcos/Publications/GCOS-144_en.pdf

6. Quality Monitoring and Incident Management (GCOS) Requirements WMO Members (Owners) Monitoring Centres Lead Centres (CBS for GCOS) Network Manager

7. Different types of monitoring (global scale) Monitoring reports/statistics, many different plots/content (no standard) Can be difficult to locate & access Most not available in real-time Limited guidance on how to interpret the information and often requires good technical knowledge

8. Challenges Complex communication chain (Global) & at times requires a good technical knowledge of the end to end process. Reliant on a number of centres who do this work as an added task. (no additional resources) Passive management. (At a global scale) No real-time monitoring/action, both for station operators and/or network managers. Transition to BUFR still an issue. GCOS working with WIGOS to improve this for the future

9. Tiered Networks - Classification

10. Madagascar (2013-2015+) – Surface Infrastructure Provision of 11 AWS for installation at climate sites. Training on system configuration, installation, maintenance and network management. (Project managed by UK Met Office)

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