date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:59:48 +0100 from: "GCOSJPO" subject: Update on GSN and GUAN Performance in September 2009 to: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , "Matthew Menne" , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , "GCOSJPO" , "Jerome Lafeuille" , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Dear Colleague, An update for September 2009 of GSN and GUAN observing network performance is now available. You have been designated by the Permanent Representative of your country to the World Meteorological Organization as the National Focal Point for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and Related Climatological Data. Your country hosts one or several surface/upper air meteorological stations that are designated as being part of the GCOS Surface Network (GSN) and/or GCOS Upper Air Network (GUAN). You are invited to check - on a routine basis - the performance of your station(s), as monitored by the GSN and GUAN Monitoring and Analysis Centres at DWD (Germany), JMA (Japan), NOAA/NCDC and NOAA/NCEP (USA), and ECMWF at GSN: http://gosic.org/gcos/GSN/gsnperformanceindicators.htm GUAN: http://gosic.org/gcos/GUAN/guanperformanceindicators.htm NEW - Practical help for compiling CLIMAT Reports - French, Russian and Spanish translations available: The summary of common errors in the generation of CLIMAT Reports, which is intended to assist station operators charged with the production of CLIMAT Reports, is now available in English, French, Spanish and Russian: English: http://gosic.org/gcos/GSN/GCOS-127_CLIMAT_EN.pdf French: http://gosic.org/gcos/GSN/GCOS-127_CLIMAT_FR.pdf Russian: http://gosic.org/gcos/GSN/GCOS-127_CLIMAT_RU.pdf Spanish: http://gosic.org/gcos/GSN/GCOS-127_CLIMAT_SP.pdf In case of reporting problems or any other questions related to the performance of stations in your country, you may contact the GCOS Implementation Manager (thigpenr@erols.com), the GCOS Secretariat (gcosjpo@wmo.int) or your respective CBS Lead Centre for GCOS (see list of contacts and areas of responsibility below). The CBS Lead Centre for GCOS responsible for your country will liaise with you in case of significant problems detected by the GSN and GUAN Monitoring and Analysis Centres. Please cooperate with your CBS Lead Centre for GCOS in order to further improve GSN and GUAN data and metadata availability and quality. Thank you for your work in supporting global observations for climate! Best regards, GCOS Secretariat c/o World Meteorological Organization 7bis, Avenue de la Paix; 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland Email: gcosjpo@wmo.int Phone: +41 22 730 8067 Web: http://gcos.wmo.int ############################################################### CBS Lead Centres for GCOS and their designated area of responsibility (RA: WMO Regional Association): RA I: Morocco (DMN): Mr Rachid Sebbari (sebbari@marocmeteo.ma) Responsible for GSN and GUAN Stations in: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Equatorial, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia RA I: Mozambique (INM): Mr Patricio Domingos (domingos_p@inam.gov.mz) Responsible for GSN and GUAN Stations in: Angola, Botswana , Burundi, Canary Island, Comoros Island, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Ocean Islands (St. Helena Island, Ascension Island, Martin de Vivies, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen), Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe RA II and part of RA VI: Iran (IRIMO): Ms Mina Jabbari (jabbari@irimet.net) Responsible for GSN and GUAN stations in: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, India, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen RA II: Japan (JMA): Dr Hidehiko Isobe (h_isobe@met.kishou.go.jp) Responsible for GSN and GUAN stations in: Brunei, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam RA III: Chile (DMC): Mr Jorge Carrasco (jcarras@meteochile.cl) Responsible for all GSN and GUAN stations in RA III (South America) RA IV: USA (NOAA/NCDC): Dr Matthew Menne (matthew.menne@noaa.gov) Responsible for GSN and GUAN stations in: most of RA IV (North and Central America and the Caribbean) plus Hawaii RA V: Australia (BoM): Mr Kevin Smith (K.C.Smith@bom.gov.au) GSN and GUAN stations in the most of RA V (South-West Pacific), except those countries noted for Japan and Hawaii (USA) RA VI: Germany (DWD): Mr Tobias Fuchs (tobias.fuchs@dwd.de) Responsible for GSN and GUAN stations in the most of RA VI (Europe), except those countries noted for Iran Antarctica: UK (British Antarctic Survey): Dr Jonathan Shanklin (j.shanklin@bas.ac.uk) Responsible for all GSN and GUAN stations in: Antarctica CBS Lead Centres for GCOS have been designated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) as being responsible for the proper monitoring of GCOS networks, and follow-up action in certain assigned areas of the world. More about the CBS Lead Centres at http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/gcos/index.php?name=cbsleadcentres See the full list of GCOS National Focal Points at http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ois/rbsn-rbcn/FocalPointsGCOS.doc