World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water Vienna Convention Trust Fund Recent Activities and Near Future Plans Geir O. Braathen Atmospheric Environment Research Division, Research Department, WMO Geir O. Braathen, WMO, Research Department
Capacity building ensures data quality across the global network Instrument calibration campaigns Data analysis workshops are well received by the participants Important assistance from the Vienna Convention parties through the Vienna Convention Trust Fund for Research and Systematic Observations Data analysis workshop, Czech Republic, 2011 COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. Dobson intercomparison in Japan, 2016 2
Activities since 2014 Relocation of Dobson no. 14 (formerly in Tromsø, Norway) to Tomsk, Russia. Instrument formerly deployed in Tromsø, Norway Training took place in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, April 2015 Participants from Russian Federation and Kenya Training of Dobson station personnel in Armenia Amberd, Armenia, October 2015 COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 3
Activities since 2014 Dobson intercomparisons for Asia Tsukuba, Japan, March 2016 Instruments and participants from China, Japan, Pakistan and Thailand COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 4
Activities since 2014 Dobson intercomparison for the South-West Pacific region Melbourne, February 2017 Instruments and participants from Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Philippines COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 5
Activities since 2014 Dobson intercomparisons for North Africa El Arenosillo, Huelva, Spain, September 2017 Participants from: Algeria Egypt Greece Portugal South Africa Spain Uganda and experts from: Germany Spain USA COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 6
Activities since 2014 Brewer Users Group meeting and training course Sydney, Australia, September 2017. Funding from the Canadian Brewer Trust Fund and the VCTF Participants from: Australia China India Indonesia Japan Republic of Korea Malaysia Thailand Vietnam plus four experts from Canada, Italy, Spain, UK COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 7
Activities since 2014 Ozonesonde intercomparison and training Jülich, Germany, October/November 2017 Participants from: Brazil, Costa Rica, Kenya, Malaysia, Réunion (France), South Africa, Surinam and Vietnam COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 8
Plans for the Trust Fund for 2018 Relocation of Dobson no. 8 (formerly in Spitzbergen, Norway) to Singapore Swap with Dobson no. 7, that needs repair. Estimated cost approx. USD 20,000. Dobson Intercomparison for Latin America and the Caribbean Buenos Aires, Argentina, postponed to November-December 2018. Estimated cost approx. USD 50,000. Dobson intercomparisons for Southern Africa Autumn of 2018, South Africa. Estimated cost approx. USD 20,000. Instruments from Nigeria, Botswana, Seychelles, Kenya and South Africa Additional Dobson instruments Italy (1 or 2), Hungary and Greenland have decommissioned Dobsons. No concrete plans for these instruments. If an institution wants to receive a Dobson instrument, they must commit 50% of an full time person. COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 9
Summary of achievements since 2014 Dates Activity People trained, Instruments calibrated Cost (USD) Apr 2015 Oct 2015 Relocation of Dobson no. 14 incl. training and Training in Amberd, Armenia 7, 2 14 544 Mar 2016 Dobson IC for Asia 4, 3 29 373 Feb 2017 Dobson IC the South-West Pacific 2, 1 20 279 Sep 2017 Dobson IC for North Africa 4, 4 30 000 Sep 2017 Brewer training course 13 20 000* Oct/Nov 2017 JOSIE Ozonesonde IC 8 20 000 Autumn 2018 Dobson IC for Southern Africa 6, 6 20 000 Nov/Dec 2018 Dobson IC for Latin America 10, 10 50 000 Autumn 2018 Relocation of Dobson # 8 2, 1 20 000 2018/19 Capacity building on data management and instrument calibration in Kenya 24 396 * Full cost 40 000. 20 000 from the Canadian Brewer Trust Fund. COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 10
Future needs A good number of instruments have been calibrated 10 instruments calibrated from 2015-2017 Many participants from developing countries have received training 34 participants from developing countries from 2015-17 Many more instruments could have been calibrated and many more participants from developing countries could have received training if there was more money in the Vienna Convention Trust Fund for systematic observations and research COP-MOP Montreal, 21 November 2017. 11
World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water Thank you for your attention! Geir O. Braathen, WMO, Research Department