20/41 
Contributing 
Networks 
specified in 
the GCOS 
Implementa 
tion Plan 
ECV’s 
Number of 
Stations or 
Platforms 
currently 
operating 
Number of 
Stations or 
Platforms 
operating in 
accordance 
with the 
GCMPs 
Number of 
Stations or 
Platforms 
expected to 
be operating 
in 2010 
Number of 
Stations or 
Platforms 
providing 
data to the 
International 
Data Centres 
Number of 
Stations or 
Platforms 
with complete 
historical 
record avail 
able in Inter 
national Data 
Centres 
Baseline 
Surface Ra 
diation Net 
work (BSRN) 
surface radi 
ation 
1 DWD 
2 AWI 
1 DWD 
2 AWI 
1 DWD 
2 AWI 
1 DWD 
2 AWI 
1 DWD 
2 AWI 
Solar radia 
tion and radi 
ation balance 
data 
surface radi 
ation 
109 DWD 
29 DWD 
100 DWD 
8 DWD 
8 DWD 
Ocean drift 
ing buoys 
air tempera 
ture, air 
pressure 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
Moored 
buoys 
Air tempera 
ture, air 
pressure 
8 DWD 
8 DWD 
8 DWD 
7 DWD 
4 DWD 
Voluntary 
Observing 
Ship Climate 
Project (VO- 
SClim) ships 
Air tempera 
ture, air 
pressure, 
wind speed/ 
direction, 
water vapour 
30 DWD 
30, as far as 
this is possi 
ble for a ship 
40 DWD 
30 DWD 
... 
Ocean refer 
ence Mooring 
Network and 
sites on 
small isolat 
ed islands 
Air tempera 
ture, wind 
speed/ direc 
tion, air pres 
sure 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
precipitation 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
a Bw = Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) 
b NABAM = National basic meteorological observing network (Includes 178 primary weather stations and 
19 surface weather stations run by the German Federal Armed Forces. 
2.4.2 Upper-Air Atmospheric ECV’s 
The following gives some explanations for each row of Table 1b). 
GCOS Upper Air Network (GUAN): 
see section 2.2.2 
Full WWW/GOS Upper-Air Network: 
DWD has 9 operating systems (Emden, Schleswig, Greifswald, Lindenberg, Meiningen, Ho- 
henpeissenberg, Essen [automated], Stuttgart [automated], Munchen-Oberschleissheim [au 
tomated]) and the German Federal Armed Forces 5 stations (Bergen, Meppen, Idar- 
Oberstein, Kummersbruck and Altenstadt). Three stations (Bergen, Idar-Oberstein and 
Kummersbruck) are involved in the national basic meteorological observing network. 
The Neumayer station operated by AWI is also involved in the WWW/ GOS upper-air net 
work.