A multitude of climate observation networks cover our entire planet: atmosphere, oceans and land. Together they built the Global Climate Observing System that monitors all relevant parameters in order to improve the understanding of our climate system and enhance climate services.
The need to adapt to a changing climate and eventually to mitigate climate change increasingly requires more accurate information on fluxes across the traditional domains atmosphere, ocean, land in order to improve our understanding of the major climatic cycles, carbon, water and energy.
