ET-SAT-8

Commission for Basic Systems / OPAG on Integrated Observing Systems
Eighth Session of the Expert Team on Satellite Systems  (ET-SAT-8)
Date: 28-30 May 2013  (Start of the meeting: 9:00 on 28 May, Registration as of: 8:30)
Venue: WMO HQ, Geneva, Room "7 Lake"  (7th floor)

Directions and general Hotel information  

Recommended hotel (pre-booking at negotiated rate) Reservation form

Agenda Item Related Working Documents and Background Information

1

OPENING OF THE SESSION

Introduction
Agenda, Explanatory Memorandum, and Tentative Work Schedule
Chairman's address
ET-SAT Terms of Reference and preliminary work plan

Guidance from OPAG-IOS Chair  (L.P. Riishojgaard)

2

OUTCOME OF WMO AND OTHER MEETINGS WITH RELEVANCE TO ET-SAT

 Outcome of ET-SAT-7, CBS-XV, EC-65, CGMS-40, WIGOS /TT-RM

Addendum 1: Draft Chapter 4, Space-based subsystem, of the WIGOS Manual

Addendum 2: Status of actions/recommendations from ET-SAT-7
CEOS-SIT

3

VISION OF SPACE-BASED OBSERVATION IN 2025

Status of the Vision for the GOS in 2025 and proposed updates (J.Lafeuille)

Background: Vision for WIGOS in 2025

4

 OBSERVING SYSTEM CAPABILITY ANALYSIS AND REVIEW TOOL (OSCAR)

OSCAR / Space developments and updating procedure (N. Hettich)

    Link to OSCAR/Space module

5
  ARCHITECTURE FOR CLIMATE MONITORING FROM SPACE

Outcome of the "Space and climate week" (A. Von Bargen)
Contribution to physical view of the architecture (Secretariat)

Background: Strategy towards an architecture for climate monitoring from space

6
SATELLITE PROGRAMME UPDATES FROM PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
(Presentations by all members) Presentation template:

7

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION REQUIREMENTS AND SPACE-BASED CAPABILITIES

Atmospheric composition requirements and space-based capabilities (R. Eckman) (ET-SUP-7 Doc 11)

8

 SATELLITE UTILIZATION MATTERS (joint session with ET-SUP)

Draft CIMO Guide on Satellite Observation  

Draft under review (revised after ET-SAT-8):  ftp://ftp.wmo.int/dept/sat/documents/cimo/

9

SHORT- AND LONG-TERM GAP ANALYSIS OF SPACE-BASED MISSIONS

Short- and long-term gap analysis of space-based missions

10

GLOBAL SPACE-BASED INTERCALIBRATION SYSTEM (GSICS)

Update on GSICS  (D. Kim)
GSICS portal

11

 REPORT ON SPACE WEATHER ACTIVITIES

Report of the Interprogramme Coordination Team on Space Weather (ICTSW)  (T. Onsager)

12

 RADIO-FREQUENCY SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT ISSUES

WMO Preliminary position on WRC-15 agenda (D. Thomas)

13

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

14

DATE, PLACE, AND AGENDA OF NEXT MEETING

15
 SUMMARY OF ACTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
General Background Information
  List of ET-SAT Members
  ET-SAT Terms of Reference and ET-SAT Work Programme 
  Report of the last meeting  (ET-SAT-7)
      Report of the 15th session of CBS: Part I, Part II
  WMO Space Programme description (Adopted by Cg-XVI)
  All working documents of the collocated ET-SUP-7 meeting are available here: ET-SUP-7 documents