Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress, May-June 2015

CryoNet Sites selected for the pre-operational testing phase

Note: By clicking on the Site name, the Site specific metadata can be viewed.

Pre-operational testing phase (August 2015-August 2016)

GCW will drive performance and provide motivation for high quality observations. Being a GCW station or CryoNet site means being part of an international, operational, global observing system and thus providing observations of known quality for research and knowledge beyond a site’s local region.

Stations/sites identified and approved for the pre-operational testing phase will first be assessed accordingly to their capability to share metadata and data. This means that a monitoring mechanism of data availability/accessibility through the GCW Portal will be performed. All CryoNet sites should therefore establish an interface with the GCW Data Portal.

Once this is done, the accessibility/availability of each cryospheric variable will be routinely monitored. The WMO secretariat will liaise with the nominated GCW focal points and site operation and science contacts to help in any specific issues regarding CryoNet. The result of this phase will be used in the selection process of sites to be included in CryoNet.