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WORLD UNITED NATIONS
METEOROLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME REPORT OF THE
FIFTH MEETING OF THE OZONE RESEARCH MANAGERS
OF THE PARTIES TO THE VIENNA CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE OZONE
LAYER (GENEVA, 25-27 MARCH 2002) WMO Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project
Report No. 46 ISBN 92-807-2209-3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OPENING OF THE MEETING 1 2. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 1 3. ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN 1 4. REVIEW OF THE REPORT OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE OZONE RESEARCH
MANAGERS, HELD IN GENEVA, 28 TO 30 APRIL 1999 (WMO GLOBAL OZONE
RESEARCH AND MONITORING PROJECT, REPORT NO. 45) 2 5. REPORT ON THE 2002 SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT, THE 2002 ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFECTS ASSESSMENT AND ON ASPECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC OZONE SCIENCE AND
RESEARCH BY THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ASSESSMENT PANELS OF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL 3 6. CURRENT STATUS OF THE GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM AND MONITORING OF UV-B
RADIATION 3 7. COORDINATION 4
1. Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC) 4
2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4
3. Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC) 5
8. NATIONAL REPORTS ON ONGOING AND PLANNED OZONE RESEARCH AND MONITORING
AND ON CALIBRATION AND ARCHIVING OF MEASUREMENTS 5 9. REPORT OF THE OZONE SECRETARIAT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE IMPLEMENTION OF
THE VIENNA CONVENTION AND THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT
DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER 5 10. ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDATIONS 6
1. Introduction 6
2. Systematic observations 7
3. Data archiving 7
4. Research needs 8
5. Capacity building 9 11. OTHER MATTERS 9 12. CLOSURE OF THE MEETING 9 ANNEX A List of participants
ANNEX B Agenda
ANNEX C National reports REPORT OF
THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE OZONE RESEARCH MANAGERS OF THE PARTIES TO THE
VIENNA CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE OZONE LAYER
(GENEVA, 25-27 March 2002) 1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
1.1 Mr Nelson Sabogal, Senior Scientific Affairs Officer, Ozone
Secretariat, speaking on behalf of Dr Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), opened the meeting at
10:00 am on Monday 25 March and welcomed the participants (see Annex A).
He recalled that the aim of the meeting was to review ongoing national and
international research and monitoring programmes in order to ensure their
proper co-ordination and implementation, and to identify gaps in these
efforts that need to be addressed. To this end, the meeting would be
expected to produce a report with recommendations for future ozone
research, requirements to improve regional and global ozone monitoring, and
ways to expand co-operation between developed and developing countries.
These recommendations would be presented to the forthcoming Sixth meeting
of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention to be held in
conjunction with the Fourteenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Rome, 25 to
29 November, 2002). 1.2 Prof. Yan Hong, Assistant Secretary-General of WMO, welcomed
participants on behalf of Prof. G. O. P. Obasi, Secretary-General of WMO
who was unable to attend the meeting. He began by expressing pleasure at
the continuous collaboration between WMO and UNEP in the organization of
meetings of the Ozone Research Managers, as well as in ozone matters in
general that stretches back into the 1970s. He recalled that the Vienna
Convention calls for extensive cooperation between Parties on research and
systematic observation, with emphasis on systematic measurements of the
ozone layer, as well as in the promotion of training, taking into account
the particular needs of developing countries and those countries with
economies in transition. 1.3 Prof. Yan underlined the importance of the WMO Global Atmosphere
Watch (GAW) Programme in providing essential data for the study of ozone
depletion, and in forming a bridge between the advanced monitoring and
research capabilities of developed countries on the one hand, and the
expert help and financial assistance needed by developing countries on the
other. Noting that the recovery of the ozone layer has yet to be observed
despite falling levels of atmospheric chlorine, he stated that coordination
between GAW, the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC),
and national and international agencies would continue to be a high
priority for the coming decades. In conclusion, Prof. Yan emphasized that
the challenges of protecting the environment for the generations to come
could only be met though continuing international co-operative efforts, as
exemplified by this meeting. 2. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 2.1 The agenda, as reproduced in Annex B, was adopted. 3. ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN 3.1 Dr Michael Kurylo (USA) was elected Chairman of the meeting by
acclamation. He urged delegates to work towards producing practical
recommendations, which would be presented to the Sixth meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention. These recommendations
should take into account progress made on the recommendations from previous
Ozone Research Managers meetings, decision V/3 of the Fifth meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention, and focus on those
items of highest priority.
4. REVIEW OF THE REPORT OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE OZONE RESEARCH
MANAGERS, HELD IN GENEVA, 28 TO 30 APRIL 1999 (WMO GLOBAL OZONE
RESEARCH AND MONITORING PROJECT, REPORT NO. 45) 4.1 Mr Sabogal introduced the report of the Fourth Meeting of the Ozone
Research Managers. The report had been discussed and endorsed at the Fifth
meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention (Beijing,
29 November to 3 December 1999), resulting in the adoption of decision V/3.
This decision calls on all Parties: (a) To continue to maintain instruments and develop the monitoring,
calibration and archiving of measurements of stratospheric and
tropospheric ozone, including measurements of vertical ozone
profiles and of other trace species and aerosols that are
essential and to pursue the development and implementation of
new observational capabilities such as aircraft and satellite-
based measurement, hand-in-hand with an accelerated programme
for ground-bases instrument calibration;
(b) To expand the ground-based ozone stations, especially in the
continental part of Asia (e.g. Siberia), as well as in the
Caribbean and Central American region;
(c) To increase investigation and quantification of stratospheric
and tropospheric processes through routine monitoring and
experimental campaigns in order to understand current changes,
and to further develop and implement predictions of
stratospheric change, both for the short and long term;
(d) To continue giving high priority to research into the
interactions between ozone and climate and into the impact of
aircraft emissions on ozone;
(e) To request the World Meteorological Organization to continue to
work towards improving the quality and compatibility of UV-B
measurements and their archiving;
(f) To enhance substantially research on the effects of ultraviolet
radiation (UV-B), and efforts to monitor such effects;
(g) To request the World Meteorological Organization and the United
Nations Environment Programme to pursue ways of enhancing
training and baseline monitoring of ozone and UV-B radiation and
related research in developing countries, bearing in mind that
these goals can only be accomplished with assistance from
international funding organizations such as the Global
Environment Facility and with the direct support of the Parties
to the Convention to such programmes, through the appropriate
mechanisms; 4.2 With regard to the implementation of decision V/3, Mr Sabogal
highlighted the request to Parties to give high priority to research on the
interactions between ozone and climate, and on the continuation of quality
measurements of ozone, including vertical profiles, ultraviolet radiation,
aerosols and trace species like CFCs, HCFCs and new substances. He also
reported that, despite strenuous efforts, UNEP and WMO had been unable to
secure funding from international funding organizations such as the Global
Environment Facility (GEF), to finance training, monitoring and related
research activities in developing countries, as requested by decision V/3. 4.3 Responding to Mr Sabogal's presentation, the Chairman warned of a
growing sense among policy-makers that ozone depletion was becoming a
solved problem, and that research on the issue should