GCOS Implementation Project Manager’s Report Richard K. Thigpen GCOS Secretariat

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 Training Workshops Some Metrics

3. GUAN Revitalization Activities Equipment Replacement Hydrogen Generators and Upper Air Systems Gan, Maldives Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Windhoek, Namibia Harare, Zimbabwe Yerevan, Armenia Penrhyn, Cook Islands Douala, Cameroon Antananarivo, Madagascar Dakar, Senegal Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Nairobi, Kenya Bauerfield, Vanuatu Honiara, Solomon Islands Laoag, Philippines Galapagos, Ecuador Lima, Peru Niamey, Niger Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire Seychelles Mauritius Radiosondes and Balloons To Many

4. Current GUAN Revitalization Activities Hydrogen Generators to: Mahe, Seychelles Niamey, Niger Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire Generators Still a problem Radiosondes to: Mauritius

5. What is Next For GUAN? Galapagos Roratonga Generator Plans include (Maybe): Luanda, Angola Khartoum, Sudan Kananga, DRC Nampula, Mozambique

6. Bjelasnica circa 1890

7. Bjelasnica 1994

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

15. 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

16. 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

18. 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

20. CBS Lead Centers for GCOS Australia Kevin Smith Chile Jorge Carrasco Germany Tobias Fuchs (With Udo Schneider) Iran Mina Jabbari Morocco Rachid Sebbari Japan Hidehiko Isobe Mozambique Domingos Mosquito Patricio US Matt Menne (Assisted by Larry Nicodemus & Greg Hammer) UK Jonathan Shanklin (British Antarctic Survey)

23. 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?

24. Number of CLIMAT Received at NCDC

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. What’s Next? More Emphasis on Quality not Quantity Additional Support and training Further Develop the CBS Lead Centers Need Funding!

29. Thank You RKT