World Meteorological Organization

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ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION (Provisional Agenda (20180222), Explanatory Memorandum)
CHAIRMAN's REPORT
GUIDANCE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF OPAG IOS (ppt, CBS Review on Emerging Data Issues)
ACTION REVIEW AND RELEVANT MEETINGS

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5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.5.1

PREPARING USERS TO NEW GENERATION SATELLITES
GOES-16 and GOES-S (Mesoscale Data Sectors for Int'l Users Process)
FY-4A (ppt)
NOAA-20
FY-3D (ppt)
Readiness of user communities
Air quality (ppt)

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6.1
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.1.3
6.1.4
6.1.5
6.2
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.2.3
6.3
6.4
6.5

DATA EXCHANGE AND DISSEMINATION
Regional Satellite Data Requirements and Data Exchange
RA I
RA II (ppt)
RA III-IV
RA V (ppt)
RA VI (ppt)
WIS and Satellite Data
WIGOS Metadata Standard and OSCAR/Space
Standard Metadata Abstract for WIS Metadata
Registration of Satellite Data in GISC Offenbach
Global Data Exchange for NWP (GODEX-NWP)
Direct Broadcast Network (DBNet) (ppt)
Critical Satellite Data Position Paper

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COMMUNICATION PLAN

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10.1
10.2
10.3

SCOPE PROJECTS: NOWCASTING AND CLIMATE MONITORING
SCOPE-Nowcasting (ppt)
Nowcasting System Concept
SCOPE-Climate Monitoring: Status, Implementation Plan

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11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6

SATELLITE APPLICATIONS
Climate from Space International Coordination Mechanisms
Oceans: JCOMM Task Team on Satellites Status (ppt)
Surface Remote Sensing / Soil Moisture Int'l Community Building
Hydrology
CGMS Radiance Processing Change Notification Procedure proposal
Space-based Monitoring of Weather and Climate Extremes Demonstration Project (ppt)

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12.1
12.2

TRAINING AND EDUCATION
VLab Update and Plans
Committee on Space Research Update

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13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4

WMO ONLINE RESOURCES
OSCAR/Space
SATURN
Product Access Guide
Data Access and Data Processing Tools Webpages

I.1
INF.1.1
INF.1.2

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUPS
Radio Occultation - IROWG-6
Sounding - ITSC-21

I.2

HIMAWARI-REQUEST EVENT-DRIVEN TARGET OBSERVATION PROTOCOL

I.3

VISION FOR THE WIGOS COMPONENT SYSTEMS IN 2040

I.5
INF.5.1
INF.5.2
INF.5.3
INF.5.4

UPDATE ON EVENTS
AOMSUC-8 Report
AOMSUC-9 Plans
NOAA Satellite Conference 2017
EUMETSAT 2018 Meteorological Satellite Conference

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INF.6.1
INF.6.2
INF.6.3

WMO GUIDELINES WITH IPET-SUP LEAD
Guidelines on Best practices for Achieving User Readiness for New Meteorological Satellites
Guidelines on Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists
Guide to the Direct Broadcast Network (DBNet)

I.7

WMO 2016 SURVEY ON THE USE OF SATELLITE DATA

I.8

IPET-SUP WORK PROGRAMME 2016-2019