SOFF will permanently monitor and assess the evolving technologies, weather and climate prediction modeling capabilities, private sector opportunities, and countries’ circumstances to ensure SOFF investments and technical assistance are based on the best available science and cutting-edge technology. This will allow seeking ways to minimize the annual costs of operating and maintaining the GBON without endangering the quality of observations and the outputs of weather and climate prediction models locally and globally.
As part of the GBON international agreement, the 193 Members of the World Meteorological Organization are committed to keeping implementation options of GBON under ongoing review, including potential amendments to the GBON regulatory material, to address technological and environmental developments. This includes the environmental impact of observing technologies; ways to stimulate the development of new observing technologies; development of guidance material regarding the optimal mix of technologies to meet GBON requirements under various geographic constraints; and potential future paths of evolution for GBON into domains and disciplines beyond its current scope.
