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ECVs / 
Global Products requiring Satellite Observations 
Fundamental Climate Data Records required 
for Product Generation 
(from past, current and future missions) 
Ozone 
Profiles and total column of ozone 
UV/VIS and IR microwave radiances 
Requirement Is fulfilled by GOME on ERS-2, 
SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT and GOME-2 and IASI on 
board of the METOP satellites; with all 3 METOP satel 
lites product and data continuity can be expected until 
about 2018; resulting products are archived; see also 
the WebPages of the SAF on Ozone and Atmospheric 
Chemistry Monitoring 13 . 
Additionally, vertically resolved ozone products are 
provided through data assimilation within GMES pro 
jects PROMOTE / MACC using data of ENVISAT and 
METOP satellites. 
Aerosol Properties 
Aerosol optical depth and other aerosol properties 
VIS/NIR/SWIR radiances 
Requirement Is fulfilled with MERIS providing regional 
value added Information concerning clouds and aero 
sols and with Meteosat Second Generation and 
METOP; with all 4 MSG and all 3 METOP satellites 
product continuity can be expected until about 2018 
and longer; resulting products are archived. 
Additional Information on aerosol composition Is pro 
vided by the synergy of a radiometer and a spectrome 
ter through GMES projects PROMOTE / MACC based 
on ERS-2, ENVISAT, METOP and the SENTINEL 
family. 
Carbon Dioxide, Methane and other GHG 
Distribution of greenhouse gases, such as CO 2 and 
CH 4 „of sufficient quality to estimate regional sources 
and sinks 
NIR/IR radiances 
The IASI and GOME-2 Instrument on board of METOP 
contribute to the monitoring of the listed trace gases. 
Upper-air Wind 
Upper-air wind reanalyses, particularly from reanalysls 
VIS/IR Imagery; 
Doppler wind Ildar 
Wind vectors are derived from data of Meteosat First 
and Second Generation; with MSG product continuity 
can be expected until about 2018 and longer; resulting 
products are archived; reanalysls Is an Issue to which 
EUMETSAT has to respond. Space-based Doppler 
wind Ildar Is an Issue for the future, the relevant mis 
sion Is not yet demonstrated and the expected data are 
probably not from the beginning on suitable for climate 
monitoring purposes. 
Atmospheric Reanalyses 
Key Fundamental Climate Data Records (FCDRs) and 
products Identified In this report, and other data of 
value to the analyses 
The SAF on Climate Monitoring continues to perform 
reanalyses. 
2.6 Responses to the actions recommended in the GCOS imple 
mentation plan 
(a) Applying the GCMPs to all surface climate networks (A3); 
To fulfil the GCMPs, DWD operates 12 Reference Stations throughout Germany. 
These are: Aachen, Brocken, Fichtelberg, Frankfurt am Main, Görlitz, Helgoland, 
Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Hohenpeissenberg, Konstanz, Lindenberg, Potsdam and 
Schleswig. At these sites, conventional and new automatic measuring devices are 
operated in parallel. All measured data have been and are subjected to thorough