World Meteorological Organization

The Point of Contact of an Application Area is tasked to:
(a) Collect, record and maintain observational user requirements of the Application Area in the OSCAR/Requirements database;
(b) Conduct a critical review and gap analysis for the Application Area by comparing observing capabilities with the observational user requirements of the Application Area, as well as by considering the results from impact studies and applying their own expert judgement;
(c) As a representative of the Application Area owner, promote and maintain active and effective communication mechanisms to obtain input and feedback from across the Application Area stakeholder community including in particular Member countries and Regional Associations;
(d) Liaise in her/his work with the body, which is the RRR owner of the Application Area, and seek concurrence of that community with the observational user requirements in OSCAR/Requirements and the result from the critical review and gap analysis;
(e) Provide input to the Coordinator of the Earth System Application Category to which the Application Area belongs, and contribute to the development of that Earth System Application Category SoG, including the critical review;
(f) Respond to requests for information from the JET-EOSDE as needed.