GPRA: New Climate Observations Introduced

1
GPRA New Climate Observations Introduced
Nov. 05
B

• FY2006 Target 761 new ocean observing
  platforms deployed and reporting
• Oct 2005 194 total ocean observing
  platforms (relative to total FY05 deployments)
  186 ARGO floats

2
GPRA Reduce the Error in Global Measurements of
Sea Surface Temperature
Sep. 05
B

• FY05 target 0.5 C Long-term Target Error
  of 0.2 C by 2008
• Long-term measure annual targets, progress
  reported quarterly

Reduce the error in global measurement of Sea
surface Temperature
Satellite bias error the systematic difference
between satellite-derived vs. in situ
measurements of sea surface temperature
Year
More rapid expansion of the in situ network over
the next several years will minimize the
satellite bias error, enabling more accurate
global sea surface temperature from a combination
of satellite and in situ measurements.
Note this measure is proposed as a new GPRA for
FY2006 it is already reported on quarterly