Transcript Cosmos conference - Global Framework for Climate Services

Copernicus
The Copernicus Climate
Change service and the
GFCS initiative
Dr. Reinhard Schulte-Braucks
Head of Unit Copernicus
European Commission
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Copernicus Climate Change
service – context
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Copernicus as a programme will be a fundamental
European contribution to the Global Framework for
Climate Services
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Copernicus will provide a strong basis for developing
Climate Services at all three of the GFCS scales
envisaged: global, regional, local/national
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The Copernicus CC Service is designed to be
compatible with the Architecture Climate Monitoring
developed jointly by CEOS-CGMS and WMO
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Architecture of the service
from European Commission
e.g. FP7 Space call
from other bodies e.g. ESA,
EUMETSAT, EEA, WMO..
Climate Indicator Data Store
Customisation platform
Sectoral Information System
Selected set
of information for
Commission DGs
Monitoring, quality
assessment of the service and
feedbacks to production
Member States and other
users & customers
Education, general public and
authorities, reports, media,
bulletin
Outreach platform
Evaluation platform
Harmonization/Coordination platform