Meeting on the Terms of Reference of Future CGMS Space Weather Activities
| COORDINATION GROUP FOR METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES  (CGMS)  | |
| Meeting on the Terms of Reference of Future CGMS Space Weather Activities | |
| Date and time: | Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 January 2014 - Start of the meeting: 09:00 | 
| Venue: | Meeting Room 7 Lake (7th floor), WMO Headquarters, 7 bis av. de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland | 
| How to get to WMO Headquarters How to attend remotely? Contact the local host (jlafeuille@wmo.int) for WEBEX connection details | |
| Agenda Item | Related Working Documents and Background Information | 
|---|---|
| 0 | Welcome and introduction (Agenda) (Draft list of participants) | 
| 1 | Round table dialogue on purpose of the working group. | 
| 2 | Using the OSCAR inventory (www.wmo.int/oscar/space), initiate an assessment of the CGMS space weather missions, strengths and weaknesses, gaps and opportunities. Missions for solar activity, solar wind and deep space monitoring  (List, evaluation and timeline)* Discussion document: Space-based observation needs and related actions for consideration by CGMS Background document: WMO Statement of Guidance for Space Weather Observations | 
| 3 | Roles and responsibilities of space weather agencies discussion | 
| 4 | Alignment between international space weather groups and CGMS space weather group Background document: ICTSW-4/Doc.10.3, Appendices A to F | 
| 5 | Develop a sufficiently detailed plan of actions and activities that will make the space weather group meaningful and productive. | 
| 6 | Conclusions | 
| General Background Information | |
| CGMS home page: http://www.cgms-info.org/ and CGMS-41 Report | |
| WMO EC-65 Resolution on Avoiding Gaps in Essential Space-based Observations | |
| Contact the organizing committee: Kimberly.Hurst@noaa.gov   | |
