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Department Climate and Environment
3rd National Communication
- systematic observation The UNFCCC Reporting Guidelines on
Global Climate Change Observing Systems
Stefan Rösner, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
Presentation given at the
Workshop on the Preparation of National Communications from Annex I Parties
28 - 2 March 2001, Bonn, Germany
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Department Climate and Environment
The Climate System
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Department Climate and Environment
The Climate System
Atmosphere
Ocean
Landsurface
Satellites
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Department Climate and Environment
Observation of the climate system in Germany
- organisations operating observation network(s) -
Federal Ministry of
Education and Research
Federal Ministry of
Defence
(meteorological network together
with Deutscher Wetterdienst)
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Federal Ministry of
Consumer Protection, Food
and Agriculture
Federal Ministry of
Transport, Building and
Housing
Bund
Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear
Safety
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Department Climate and Environment
Observation of the climate system in Germany
- organisations operating observation network(s) Bayern
Freie Hansestadt
Bremen
Niedersachsen
Sachsen
Freie und
Hansestadt
Hamburg
NordrheinWestfalen
Berlin
Brandenburg
Hessen
MecklenburgVorpommern
Rheinland-Pfalz
Sachsen-Anhalt
SchleswigHolstein
Saarland
Thüringen
Länder Ministries for
Environment
BadenWürttemberg
Most of the Länder operate own observing networks for different parameters with relevance for climate change detection.
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Department Climate and Environment
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing
Federal Maritime
and Hydrographic
Agency,
Bundesamt für
Seeschiffahrt und
Hydrographie
(BSH)
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German National
Meteorological
Service,
Deutscher
Wetterdienst
(DWD)
Federal Institute
of Hydrology,
Bundesanstalt für
Gewässerkunde
(BfG)
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Department Climate and Environment
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing
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GOOS Secretariat
GCOS Office
D. Kohnke
V. Vent-Schmidt
Federal Maritime and
Hydrographic Agency,
Bundesamt für
Seeschiffahrt und
Hydrographie (BSH)
German National
Meteorological Service,
Deutscher Wetterdienst
(DWD)
? GTOS Focal Point ?
tbd
? Federal Agency for Nature
Conservation ?
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Department Climate and Environment
In-depth review
- problems reported in reporting of information in the
first and second national communication -
No problems reported by in-depth review team:
“ The NC2 provided a very thorough description of
climate change research and systematic observation
in Germany ...”
But: new problems may occur when compiling a national report on
global climate change observing systems for the first time.
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Department Climate and Environment
The UNFCCC Reporting Guidelines on
Global Climate Change Observing Systems
? Why - What is expected ?
A global synthesis report on global climate change observing systems
Information needs to be: • objective
• comparable
• precise
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Information should be provided
as far as possible as numbers,
collection in tables
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Department Climate and Environment
The UNFCCC Reporting Guidelines on
Global Climate Change Observing Systems
? What is needed ?
Information / input needed about:
• national programme for systematic observation
• national plans
• responsibilities
• maps of networks
• data exchange policy(ies)
• activities towards capacity building
• participation in GCOS
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Department Climate and Environment
The UNFCCC Reporting Guidelines on
Global Climate Change Observing Systems
- Supplementary Guidance to Parties on the Preparation of Detailed National
Reports on Global Climate Observing Systems -
Informal Meeting of National GCOS Coordinators, 9-11 August 2000, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• Existing guidelines seen as a useful minimum reporting level.
• Benefits seen from a more detailed reporting format.
• On the national and institution level: rise awareness; point to deficiencies;
make information available in a single document; regular review and update of information
• On the global scale: facilitate global synthesis report; support countermeasures;
priorities for action
Notes are intended to provide optional additional guidance to Parties in preparing national reports
on climate observing systems. They are intended to be supplementary to, and in no way replace,
the guidance adopted as an Annex to Decision 5/CP.5
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S. Rösner
Department Climate and Environment
Supplementary Guidance to Parties on the Preparation of Detailed National
Reports on Global Climate Observing Systems
Informal Meeting of National GCOS Coordinators, 9-11 August 2000, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Existing Tables:
• Table 1. Participation in the global atmospheric observing systems
• Table 2. Participation in the global oceanographic observing systems
• Table 3. Participation in the global terrestrial observing systems
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Department Climate and Environment
Supplementary Tables in Chapter B Meteorological and atmospheric observation:
• Table S1. Atmospheric observing systems for climate at the land surface (meteorological
land surface observations).
• Table S2. Available homogeneous data sets for meteorological land surface observations.
• Table S3. Atmospheric observing systems for climate above the surface (meteorological
upper air observations).
• Table S4. Available homogeneous data sets for meteorological upper air observations.
• Table S5. Atmospheric constituent observing systems for climate.
• Table S6. Available homogeneous data sets for atmospheric constituents.
Satellites are seen in an integrated way!
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Department Climate and Environment
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Department Climate and Environment
The UNFCCC Reporting Guidelines on
Global Climate Change Observing Systems
- Supplementary Guidance to Parties on the Preparation of Detailed National
Reports on Global Climate Observing Systems -
The Deutscher Wetterdienst started to evaluate the supplementary reporting format.
It is discussed to charge the GCOS Secretariat of the Deutscher Wetterdienst with the
preparation of the National Report on Global Climate Change Observing System.
No decision made so far.
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