Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

International co-sponsored programme coordinated through WMO, IOC-UNESCO, UN Environment, and ISC that assesses global climate observations across atmosphere, land, and ocean, maintains Essential Climate Variable definitions, and produces guidance for sustained, interoperable observing and climate services.

Identity

Aliases: GCOSGlobal Climate Observing SystemGCOS Programme
Domains: spaceflight
Name: Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Status: active
Types: scienceresearchoperationsinfrastructure

Details

Description: International co-sponsored programme coordinated through WMO, IOC-UNESCO, UN Environment, and ISC that assesses global climate observations across atmosphere, land, and ocean, maintains Essential Climate Variable definitions, and produces guidance for sustained, interoperable observing and climate services.
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Participants: -

Assets & Meta

Creation Time: August 15, 2026 at 07:05:10 UTC
Updated Time: August 15, 2026 at 07:05:10 UTC

Other

Official Urls: https://wmo.int/activities/global-climate-observing-system-gcoshttps://community.wmo.int/site/knowledge-hub/programmes-and-initiatives/global-climate-observing-system-gcos-0https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/about-gcos