3rd Session CEOS Working Group on Climate

CEOS Working Group on Climate

3rd session

Date: 20-21 February 2013 
Venue: WMO HQ, Geneva - Salle C2
Directions and Hotel information

 

Item Agenda and Documents  

1

 

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

Introductions

Doc 1 Agenda

WGClimate recent efforts, priorities

GCOS update

Report on GEO WP and Climate Tasks

Report on SCOPE-CM Phase 2,possible links to WGClimate

 

(M.Dowell)

(A. Simmons,
J-L Fellous)

(E. Volden)

(L. Schüller)

2

2.1

 

 

2.2

Climate Monitoring Architecture

Climate monitoring Arch and ECV Inventory summary from prev meeting

Climate Monitoring Architecture and ECV Inventory

Architecture Review from Day 1& 2

WCRP DAC perspective on an ECV Inventory

 

(M.Dowell)

 

 

(O. Brown)

3

3.1

 

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

Metrics

Published NOAA defined Index

Maturity Matrix (Excel file)

Perspective on Metrics from the viewpoint of CEOS VCs

The CCI: an example of an exercise to develop a consensus maturity matrix

Perspective on  metrics from the viewpoint of WCRP DAC

Agency highlights – short 10 minute presentations

CSA overview

ESA CCI status

EUMETSAT report

JAXA report

NASA activities

UKSA update

USGS overview

 

(J. Bates)

 

(C. Merchant)

(J. Walker – P. Lecomte)

(P. Gleckler, M. Rixen)

 

(S. Mello)

(P. Lecomte)

(J. Schulz)

(K. Unezawa)

(R. Eckman)

(A. Shaw)

(J. Dwyer)

4

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

Links to modelling community

Obs4MiPS 

WGClimate activity in support of modelling interactions

ESA CCI CMUG

WCRP DAC & MAC joint activities

 

(D. Waliser, M. Rixen)

(J. Bates)

(P. Lecomte, R. Saunders)

(O. Brown)

5

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

 

Analysis to be undertaken on ECV Inventory

Overview and needs

ECV Assessment in the CCI

Perspectives from the SST

Perspectives from the OCR

WCRP perspective on assessments (DAC, GEWEX)

 

 

(M. Dowell)

(R. Saunders)

(C. Donlon, C. Merchant)
(N. Hoepffner)
(J. Schulz)

 

6

General WGClimate issues

Summary of Day1&2

 

(M. Dowell)

  Background documentation  
  Inf 1: List of invitees  
  ECV Inventory (Link)  
  OSCAR (Observing System Capabilities Analysis and Review) tool (link)  
  Strategy towards an Architecture for Climate Monitoring from Space (Typeset version7, Feb 2013)  
  GCOS-WCRP letter  
  GEO Critical Earth Observation Priorities (GEO Task US-09-01a)
    - Final Report (March 2012)
    - Summary of results  (March 2012)