GAW World Data Centres

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GAW World Data Centres are specialized international facilities that collect, manage, and distribute atmospheric and environmental data to support the scientific and monitoring activities of the Global Atmosphere Watch program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of Global Atmosphere Watch
data centre network
abbreviationOf GAW
surface form: GAW WDCs
collectsDataType aerosol measurements
greenhouse gas measurements
ozone measurements
precipitation chemistry data
radiation measurements
reactive gas measurements
surface meteorological data
dataAccessPolicy open access for research and monitoring
dataSource aircraft measurements
balloon-borne measurements
ground-based observation networks
satellite-derived atmospheric products
geographicScope global
hasDomain atmospheric composition
climate-related observations
environmental monitoring
hasFunction long-term archiving of atmospheric data
metadata management
provision of data to scientific community
quality control of submitted data
standardization of data formats
hasPurpose collection of atmospheric data
distribution of atmospheric data
management of atmospheric data
support of Global Atmosphere Watch monitoring activities
support of Global Atmosphere Watch research activities
operatedBy World Meteorological Organization
partOf Global Atmosphere Watch
relatedTo GAW
surface form: GAW Global Stations

GAW
surface form: GAW Regional Stations

WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)
surface form: WMO Integrated Global Observing System
servesCommunity atmospheric scientists
climate researchers
environmental agencies
national meteorological and hydrological services
supportsActivity air quality research
climate change research
global environmental assessments
long-term atmospheric monitoring
model validation
trend analysis
supportsOrganization World Meteorological Organization
supportsProgram Global Atmosphere Watch
usesStandard WMO data standards
WMO metadata standards

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GAW hasComponent GAW World Data Centres
GAW Central Facilities hasComponentType GAW World Data Centres
this entity surface form: World Data Centre
Global Atmosphere Watch hasPart GAW World Data Centres
GAW World Calibration Centres relatedTo GAW World Data Centres