Global Observing Systems News
Updated July 12, 2010
- High Density XBT (HDX) Programm 2008-2010 updated July 12, 2010 (More on the Overview of the GOOS Observation Programs' Growth)
- Scientific Panels web page updated July 9, 2010. Now inlcudes latest news.
- As of January 2010, the World Data Centre for Aerosols (WDCA) was transferred from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy, to the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) in Oslo, Norway. Metadata related to aerosol measurements within GAW and its contributing networks are hosted by the GAW Station Information System (GAWSIS), while the data are archived by the WDCA. Data providers are encouraged to contact the new WDCA at NILU, to arrange for data submission (http://www.nilu.no/projects/ccc/submission.html). The existing ftp-site of the WDCA (ftp://ftp-ccu.jrc.it/pub/WDCA/) will maintain at least until all the datasets and associated metadata are available from the EBAS database of NILU. More...
- NOAA: 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook
- Effective from January 2010, Dr Adrian Simmons from the European Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecast (ECMWF) became the new Chairman of the GCOS Steering Committee. Dr Simmons has been Chairman of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observations Panel for Climate (AOPC) since 2006, and takes over the Chairmanship of the Steering Committee from Prof. John Zillman, who served as Chairman from 2006 to 2009. (from the GCOS 1/2010 Newsletter)
- GOES-15 Weather Satellite Captures Its First Image of Earth
- NOAA: Global Temps Push Last Month to Hottest March on Record The world’s combined global land and ocean surface temperature made last month the warmest March on record, according to NOAA.
- NOAA’s New “Hurricane Eye in the Sky” and Key Weather Satellite Gets into Position NOAA’s GOES-13 spacecraft today became the official GOES-EAST satellite, perched 22,300 miles above the equator in a prime location to spot potentially life-threatening weather affecting the eastern half of the nation.
- 50th Anniversary of the Satellite that “Forever Changed Weather Forecasting” Fifty years ago today, the world’s first weather satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and opened a new and exciting dimension in weather forecasting.
- Newly added/updated on the GOSIC Portal:
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