GSICS-EP-16

GLOBAL SPACE-BASED INTER-CALIBRATION SYSTEM
EXECUTIVE PANEL, 16th SESSION
Date:	15-16 May 2015 (Start: 9:00 am)
Venue:	UCAR Campus, Foothills Laboratory (FL), Boulder, CO, USA. Building FL2, Room 1003 . (See: http://www2.ucar.edu/campus/map-ncar-ucar-building-locations)
	Hotel, visa and other practical information: See CGMS-43 information (http://www.cgms-info.org)
Final Report:	Published here : Reports and Publications (as soon as available)

Agenda Item	Related Working Documents and Background Information
1	OPENING OF THE MEETING Welcome, introduction of participants and approval of agenda Doc 1: Agenda rev.3 Inf. 2 List of participants (final)
2	Chairman's report Doc 2: Chairman's report (P. Zhang)
3	Report from the GSICS Coordination Centre (GCC) Doc 3: GCC Report (L. Flynn/M. Bali)
4	Report from the GSICS Data Management Working Group (GDWG) Doc 4: GDWG report (P. Miu/M. Takahashi)
5	Report from the GSICS Research Working group (GRWG) Doc 5: GRWG Report (T. Hewison)
6	Documenting GSICS as an element of WIGOS Doc 6.1: GSICS reference documentation (J. Lafeuille) Doc 6.2: GSICS documentation plan Doc 6.3: GSICS Functions and organization Doc 6.4: GSICS Vision (draft edited version)
7	GSICS products definition Doc 7: GSICS products (L. Flynn/M. Bali)
8	GSICS Products promotion to pre-operational or operational stage Doc 8: GSICS products proposed for promotion (M. Bali )
9	Update from GSICS Members and observers (Presentation template, <=8 minutes each) - CMA - EUMETSAT -ISRO -JAXA -JMA -KMA - NASA - NOAA -USGS - CNSA
10	GSICS in the Architecture for Climate Monitoring from Space Doc. 10: Considerations on calibration and GSICS in the architecture for climate (J. Lafeuille)
11	GSICS User Requirements Doc.11 User Requirements (L. Flynn/M. Bali)
12	GSICS Archiving Strategy Doc.12: GSICS data preservation strategy (P. Miu)
13	GIRO and GSICS Lunar Observation Dataset Usage Policy Doc. 13: GIRO-GLOD policy (S. Wagner, EUMETSAT)
14	Strategy for calibration references Doc. 14: Strategy for calibration references (T. Hewison) Doc.14(2): New moon measurements to improve lunar calibration capabilities (T. Stone, USGS)
15	Review Terms of Reference See Annexes 2, 3, 4, 5 of Doc. 6.3 (J. Lafeuille)
16	Nomination of Working Group Chairs/Vice-Chairs
17	GSICS Operations Plan : guidance to GCC, GDWG and GRWG
18	Draft Report to CGMS-43 CGMS-43 WMO-WP-16: GSICS Report to CGMS (P. Zhang, K. Holmlund, J.Lafeuille) CGMS-43 WMO-WP-16: GSICS Report
19	Other issues raised by the Working Group of EP members
20	Outstanding actions from previous meetings Doc 20: Action status as of April 2015
21	Summary of actions and conclusion

General Background Documents/ Information
	Final Report of the 15th GSICS Executive Panel
	Report of the joint GDWG-GRWG meeting (New Delhi, India, 16-20 March 2015)
	Report of the GSICS WebEx meeting on 28 January 2015
	Members of the GSICS Executive Panel and Working Groups
	GSICS home page: gsics.wmo.int

GSICS-EP-16

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