Global Atmosphere Watch

News and Updates

The 2017 GAW Symposium will take place
from 10 to 13 April.

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( Registration deadline is 16th of January )

17 January 2017: Announcement of the 13th School on Atmospheric Aerosol Physics, Measurement, and Sampling. The deadline to apply is 17 March, 2017. 29 November 2016: Photo Contest for the GAW 2017 Calendar. Click here for more info. 23 November 2016: An activity report of the Airborne Dust: from R&D to Operational Forecast was published. 17 November 2016: A report of the 4th WMO Filter Radiometer Comparison was published. 7 November 2016: The Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVO), a WMO/GAW Global station since 2009, celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. 7 November 2016: GAW Training and Education Centre (GAWTEC) celebrates 15th anniversary at the 31st trainings session. 24 October 2016: Hyltemossa station in Sweden joined GAW as a Regional station 24 October 2016: the 12th WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin is released 16 October 2016: WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin No. 2, 2016 was published. 14 October 2016: Habitat III Leaflet was published.
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Strategic Documents
Draft GAW Implementation Plan for 2016-2023
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Integrated Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS) Concept Paper
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Recent selected data plots
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ABOUT US

The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme of WMO is a partnership involving the Members of WMO, contributing networks and collaborating organizations and bodies which provides reliable scientific data and information on the chemical composition of the atmosphere, its natural and anthropogenic change, and helps to improve the understanding of interactions between the atmosphere, the oceans and the biosphere.

GAW focal areas are aerosols, greenhouse gases, selected reactive gases, ozone, UV radiation and precipitation chemistry (or atmospheric deposition). GAW supports the WMO GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment (GURME) project and works together the Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) as well as provides Sand and Dust Storms Warning (SDS-WAS).

GAW is considered the atmospheric chemistry component of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).

Organizational components and structure of the Programme are presented under "Structure".

The GAW Programme operates according to WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Strategic Pan: 2008-2015 and its Addendum.

Upcoming meetings (2017)

Materials of previous meetings

 GAW and related meeting lists (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)