This action has been completed, the ECV inventory 3.0 is ready for gap analysis and publication, which is planned for December 2019.
The Joint CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate completed end of September the verification of the updated web-based Inventory of existing and planned climate data records of Essential Climate Variables (ECV) observable from space based on entries from 13 CEOS and CGMS agencies. After the verification, the total number of existing and planned climate records increased from 976 to 1,300 as the sum of 821 existing and 479 planned climate records.