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Dr. Reinhard Schulte-BraucksDr. Reinhard Schulte-BraucksHead of Unit CopernicusHead of Unit CopernicusEuropean CommissionEuropean Commission

CopernicusCopernicus

The Copernicus Climate The Copernicus Climate Change service and the Change service and the

GFCS initiativeGFCS initiative

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Copernicus Climate Change Copernicus Climate Change service – contextservice – context

• CopernicusCopernicus as a programme will be a fundamental as a programme will be a fundamental European contribution to the European contribution to the Global Framework for Global Framework for Climate ServicesClimate Services

• CopernicusCopernicus will provide a strong basis for developing will provide a strong basis for developing Climate Services at all three of the Climate Services at all three of the GFCS scales GFCS scales envisaged: global, regional, local/nationalenvisaged: global, regional, local/national

• The The CopernicusCopernicus CC Service is designed to be CC Service is designed to be compatible with the compatible with the Architecture Climate MonitoringArchitecture Climate Monitoring developed jointly by CEOS-CGMS and WMO  developed jointly by CEOS-CGMS and WMO  

Architecture of the serviceArchitecture of the servicefrom European Commission from European Commission e.g. FP7 Space calle.g. FP7 Space call

Member States and other Member States and other users & customersusers & customers

Selected set Selected set of information for of information for Commission DGsCommission DGs

from other bodies e.g. ESA, from other bodies e.g. ESA, EUMETSAT, EEA, WMO..EUMETSAT, EEA, WMO..

Climate Indicator Data StoreClimate Indicator Data Store

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Monitoring, quality Monitoring, quality assessment of the service and assessment of the service and

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