This document provides the updated GBON Baseline for June 2023 as requested by the Steering Committee through decision 5.7 and following entry into force of the GBON Technical Regulations on 1 January 2023 and the 19th World Meteorological Congress (22 May – 2 June 2023) consideration of GBON.
According to the new GBON Baseline from June 2023, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) just have 9% of the required reporting surface stations, Lower Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) have 6% and Upper Middle-Income Countries (UMICs) 39% of the stations needed to be considered compliant. For the GBON upper-air target the countries classified as LDCs and SIDS meet 13% of the requirement for reporting stations, LMICs 41% while UMICs account for 64% of the required reporting upper-air stations.
