Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Système mondial d'observation du climat (SMOC)
Sistema Mundial de Observación del Clima (SMOC)
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Contact Details
URL: https://gcos.wmo.int/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcos_un?lang=en
Founded
1992-04-15 Geneva Switzerland
History
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Work with partners to ensure sustained provision of reliable physical, chemical and biological observations for the whole climate system.
Events
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Built on: F-XF2537 - Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Recognized as the Societal Benefit Area (SBA) Climate of: F-XM0470 - Group on Earth Observations (GEO) System of Systems (GEOSS). Works closely with: E-XK1065 - Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC). Links with: F-XF2721 - Global Resource Information Database (GRID); F-XM6002 - Global Terrestrial Network - Hydrology (GTN-H); E-XJ1595 - WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS); F-XF4622 - World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS); B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Links indicated by: E-XM6000 - International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with: F-XM3457 - African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA International); G-XK1479 - Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC); A-XM6956 - International Science Council (ISC); F-XF9983 - World Climate Research Programme (WCRP); F-XF4060 - World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS).
- Instrumental in setting up: Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)
- Cooperates with: Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF1615
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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