1. GCOS Implementation Project Manager’s Report Richard K. Thigpen GCOS Secretariat Geneva, Switzerland

2. Primary Activities Direct GUAN and GSN Station Renovation Technical Support Projects CBS Lead Centers for GCOS Some Metrics

3. GUAN Revitalization Activities Equipment Repairs at: Harare, Zimbabwe Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Radiosondes to: Dar es Salaam Mauritius Harare (With a new Ground System)

4. What is Next For GUAN? Plans include (Maybe): Renovate Luanda, Angola Radiosondes Needed at: Yerevan, Armenia Galapagos Islands Gan, Maldives San Jose, Costa Rica

5. GSN Revitalization High Performance Wind System at Bjelasnica (Will try again!) Replacement Equipment to: Aragats High Mountain, Armenia 4 Uruguay GSN Stations 8 Angola GSN Staions

6. What is next for GSN? Madagascar GSN Zambia Armenia Aragats High Mountain

10. 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

12. GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM) Funds from Spain Latin American Countries Uruguay GSN Funds from UKMO Radiosondes for Gan, Maldives Funds from Germany Wind System for Bjelasnica Aragats Building

14. GCOS Cooperative Mechanism (GCM) Funds From US Implementation Project Manager Netherlands Finishing Renovation 8 GSN in Angola 11 GSN stations in Madagascar

16. CBS Lead Centers for GCOS AustraliaKevin Smith ChileJorge Carrasco GermanyChristiana Lefebvre (With Udo Schneider) IranMina Jabbari MoroccoRachid Sebbari JapanTakifumi Umeda MozambiqueDomingos (Mosquito) Patricio USMatt Menne (Assisted by Stuart Hinson) UK Jonathan Shanklin (British Antarctic Survey)

17. CBS lead Centers for GCOS Some better than others 5 of 9 yearly Reports Considering Performance Criteria

18. Number of CLIMAT Received at NCDC

19. Some Progress this Year Improvement of Receipt of CLIMAT Improved Cooperation from Some RTH New CLIMAT reports from Cuba CAR DRC Zimbabwe Zambia Chad

20. ISSUES Sustainability –How do we keep things going? –Radiosondes Support? –CBS Lead Center Support

21. Thank You RKT