ET-SAT-7

Commission for Basic Systems / OPAG on Integrated Observing Systems
Seventh Session of the Expert Team on Satellite Systems  (ET-SAT-7)
Date: 17-19 April 2012  (Start of the meeting: 9:00 on 17/04, Registration as of: 8:30)
Venue: WMO HQ, Geneva, Room 7 Lake (7th floor)
Directions and Hotel information

Agenda Item Related Working Documents and Background Information

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1.1
1.2

1.3
1.4

OPENING OF THE SESSION
Introduction
Doc.1.2(1): Agenda
Doc.1.2(2): Explanatory memorandum
Doc.1.3: Tentative work schedule  (Rev.1)
Guidance from the OPAG-IOS Chair (L-P. Riishojgaard)   (verbal)

2

ET-SAT CHAIRMAN's REPORT
Doc.2: ET-SAT Chairman's report   (M. Kalb)

3

OUTCOME OF MEETINGS WITH RELEVANCE TO ET-SAT  
Doc.3: Outcome of meetings with relevance to ET-SAT (Secretariat)
Doc.3 Addendum: Outcome of the 18th ITSC (S.English, A. Huang, J. Eyre, J. Lafeuille)

4

STATUS OF ACTIONS FROM PREVIOUS ET-SAT MEETINGS 
Doc.4: Status of actions from previous ET-SAT meetings (Secretariat)

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SATELLITE PROGRAMME UPDATES FROM PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
(Presentations by all members) Presentation template: See email M. Kalb, 4th April)

Presentation 5.1 NOAA (M. Kalb)
Presentation 5.2 CMA (Y. Jun)
Presentation 5.3 EUMETSAT (L. Sarlo/P. Albert)
Presentation 5.4 ISRO (K.N. Mankad)
Presentation 5.5 JMA ( Y. Izumikawa )
Presentation 5.6 KMA (D. Kim)
Presentation 5.7 ESA (I. Petiteville)
Presentation 5.8 NASA (T. Lee)
Presentation 5.9 Roshydromet (V. Saulskiy)

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GAP ANALYSIS OF SPACE-BASED MISSIONS

6.1

Information on the 2012 update of the GOS Dossier  (Link to the Dossier available for download)

6.2

Doc. 6.2 Satellite Observation Capabilities Review and Analysis Tool: status and open issues (Secretariat)

Doc 6.2 SOCRAT Presentation

6.3

Doc. 6.3  Gap Analysis methodology and outcome (Secretariat)

Reference:   Vision for the GOS in 2025

7

ARCHITECTURE FOR CLIMATE MONITORING FROM SPACE
Doc. 7.1 Update on the development of an architecture - Revision 2 (Secretariat)

8

SATELLITE DOCUMENTATION UPDATE

8.1

Doc.8.1 Updating the Manual on the GOS  (Secretariat)

8.2

Doc.8.2 Draft Implementation Plan for Evolution of the Global Observing Systems (Secretariat)

8.3

Doc 8.3 Questions for the CIMO Guide Review

Doc. 8.3 Updating of the CIMO Guide -Chapter 1       (Version: 4 April 2012)     
Doc. 8.3 Updating of the CIMO Guide -Chapter 2      (Version: 4 April 2012)
Doc. 8.3 Updating of the CIMO Guide -Chapter 3       (Version: 4 April 2012)
Doc 8.3 Updating the CIMO Guide -Chapters 4 & 5    (Version: 4 April 2012)
Doc 8.3 Updating the CIMO Guide -Chapters 6 & 7     (Version: 4 April 2012)

Previous draft (as submitted to ET-SAT-6, with Mike Kalb's annotations)

9 WIGOS MATTERS
9.1 Doc 9.1: Information on WIS standards (S. Foreman)
9.2 Presentation 9.2: Update on WIGOS in relation with satellite activities (B. Ryan, J. Lafeuille)

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SPACE WEATHER ACTIVITIES
Doc.10: Space Weather (T. Onsager and J. Lafeuille)

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OUTCOME OF THE WORLD RADIO-COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 2012
Presentation 11: Outcome of WRC-12 for WMO (D. Thomas, A. Vassiliev)

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ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Inf. 04: Satellite data access links, pre-processing and analysis software  (Input from ET-SUP)

13 REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF DRAFT REPORT
14 DATE, PLACE, AND AGENDA OF NEXT MEETING
General Background Information
  ET-SAT Members
  ET-SAT Terms of Reference and ET-SAT Work Programme 
  Report of the last meeting  (ET-SAT-6)
  Inf. 01: WMO Space Programme description (as adopted by Cg-XVI)
  Inf. 02: New CGMS baseline for the space-based GOS (as adopted by CGMS-39)
  Inf. 03: Mapping of satellite plans with the new CGMS baseline