18 March 2013 Carolin Richter, Director, GCOS Secretariat,

ICG-WIGOS-second session –

Item 5.2 Collaboration with Partners

Global Climate Observing System

Design Concept: system of programmes

The fundamental design concept for the GCOS programme was to build it as a system of climate relevant components of the established observing systems.

Systematic Programme Mechanism

New Implementation Plan 2016

Assessment on Progress & Adequacy

2015

GCOS encompasses the climate components of: • the WMO observing systems (WIGOS: GOS, GAW, WHYCOS, ...)

• the IOC-led co-sponsored Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

• the FAO-led co-sponsored Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)

• observational elements of research programmes (WCRP, IGBP, ...)

• other systems contributing climate observations, data management or products

which together form our overall global observing system for climate, and theclimate-observing component of the GEO System of Systems

Scope of GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

WIGOSGOOS GOS GAW GTOS

GCOS

GEOSS

Systems, Programmes and a Framework

system (collection) of programmes(dedicated task-oriented)

framework(wrapper, architecture, methodology)

system of systems(collection of task-oriented systems, pooled to

create a more complex system)

GCOS supporting climate services

Climate Services Information System (CSIS)

Application Adaptation Mitigation

Observations and Monitoring (O&M) GCOS

UNFCCC

IPCC

User InterfacePlatform (UIP)

WCRP Research Modelling

and Prediction (RMP)

Essential Climate Variables

GCOS supports the “Global Framework for Climate Services”

Application Adaptation Mitigation

Climate Services Information System (CSIS)

UNFCCC

IPCC

User InterfacePlatform (UIP)

WCRP Research Modellingand Prediction (RMP)

WIGOS

GOOS GOS GAW GTOS

GCOS

GCOS comprises the climate relevant components of existiting observing systems.

GCOS ensures the sustained provision of reliable physical, chemical and biological observations and data records, across all domains, incl. hydrological and carbon cycles and the cryosphere.

Energy Energy

FoodFood

WaterWater

GEOSS