Global Atmosphere Watch

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Global Atmosphere Watch is an international program that monitors and assesses changes in the Earth's atmosphere, particularly related to air quality and climate.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Meteorological Organization programme
atmospheric monitoring programme
environmental monitoring network
international scientific programme
abbreviation GAW
aims to detect trends in atmospheric composition
to improve understanding of atmospheric processes
to provide reliable long‑term observations of the chemical composition of the atmosphere
to support air quality management
to support climate change assessments
coordinatesWith national meteorological and hydrological services
research institutions
space agencies
countryOfHeadquarters Switzerland
dataUsedFor air quality policy development
atmospheric research
climate assessments
fieldOfWork aerosols
air quality
atmospheric chemistry
climate change
greenhouse gases
ozone layer monitoring
precipitation chemistry
reactive gases
ultraviolet radiation
hasPart GAW Central Facilities
GAW Scientific Advisory Groups
GAW World Calibration Centres
GAW World Data Centres
GAW contributing stations
GAW global stations
GAW regional stations
headquartersLocation Geneva
inception 1989
monitors aerosol properties
long‑lived greenhouse gases
ozone
precipitation chemistry
reactive trace gases
solar and ultraviolet radiation
operator World Meteorological Organization
parentOrganization World Meteorological Organization
partOf Global Climate Observing System
WMO Integrated Global Observing System
precededBy Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
supports Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
usesMethod aircraft observations
balloon observations
global network of ground‑based stations
satellite data integration


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