30/41 
Table За: National contributions to the Oceanic ECVs - Surface 
Contributing 
Networks speci 
fied in the 
GCOS Imple 
mentation Plan 
ECVs 
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 
Interna 
tional Data 
Centres 
Number of 
Stations or 
Platforms 
with com 
plete histor 
ical record 
available in 
International 
Data Centres 
Global surface 
drifting buoy 
array on 5x5 
degree resolu 
tion 
Sea -Surface 
Temperature, 
Sea-Level 
Pressure, 
Position- 
change-based 
Current 
3 
3 
28 
3 
0 
GLOSS Core 
Sea-level Net 
work 
Sea level 
1 
1 
1 
1 
?? 
Voluntary Ob 
serving Ships 
(VOS) 
All feasible 
surface ECVs 
831 
831 
800 
-600 
None 
Ship of Oppor. 
Programme 
All feasible 
surface ECVs 
2 ships 
2 ships 
2 ships 
2 ships 
2 ships 
Table 3b: National contributions to the Oceanic ECVs - Water Column 
Contributing 
Networks speci 
fied in the 
GCOS Imple 
mentation Plan 
ECVs 
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 
Internation 
al Data Cen 
tres 
Number of 
Stations or 
Platforms 
with com 
plete his 
torical 
record 
available 
in Interna 
tional Data 
Centres 
Global refer 
ence mooring 
network 
All feasible 
surface and 
subsurface 
ECVs 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31