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 Required action by Members to prepare for the initial composition of GBON

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WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)

Members are requested to undertake the following actions to establish the initial composition of GBON: 

  1. Final designation of existing observing stations to be included in GBON (see description of the initial seeding process below). To facilitate this process, on 8 September 2022 the stations identified by TT-GBON for initial seeding will be assigned to GBON in OSCAR/Surface with “Pending Approval” status. If the WMO Member wishes to object to the designation of any of these stations in GBON, the National Focal Point for OSCAR/Surface (NFP) may remove assignment of such stations from GBON in OSCAR/Surface (see points 4 and 5 below). No action by the NFP before 15 November 2022 will be understood as concurrence of the Permanent Representative concerning the designation of such stations in GBON. 
  2. Conduct a national gap analysis against GBON requirements (see guidelines and template referred in the list of referred material below). To facilitate this process, a global gap analysis has been conducted which estimates the number of improved and new land surface and land upper-air stations to be filled by WMO Members; the results from this gap analysis for Members territory are provided in Annex 4 to WMO Circular No. 18876/2022/I/WIGOS/ONM/GBON. 
  3. Set national targets for GBON and develop a national GBON contribution plan (see references to guidelines and template in the list of referred material below). 
  4. Ensure that a national focal point for OSCAR/Surface is nominated and has the authority to designate GBON stations (see the list of designated national focal points). 
  5. Designate additional stations to be committed to GBON by NFP using the OSCAR/Surface database interface. All designated stations will appear on the dedicated webtool.