30 January 2017:
We all know that observations and sharing data are very important to our work in Antarctica – and beyond. SCAR is working to strengthen our partnership with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to help make long term observations of, in and from Antarctica more sustainable. Our partnership can help to make national programs responsible for operationalizing Antarctic observations more aware of the importance of our scientific needs and their global relevance. To this end, we would like to call your attention to the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS).
An important building block of WIGOS is OSCAR (Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review Tool) – a resource developed by WMO in support of Earth Observation applications, studies and global coordination. It contains quantitative user-defined requirements for observation of physical variables in application areas of WMO (i.e. related to weather, water and climate). OSCAR also provides detailed information on all earth observation satellites and instruments, and expert analyses of space-based capabilities.
Learn more about these topics and many other issues in the latest WIGOS newsletter.