PRELIMINARY AGENDA

 

 

VENUE: Reykjavik, Iceland

 

Thursday, January 23 (0930-1745)

 

1.     Organization of the Meeting

1.1           Welcome and opening

1.2           Adoption of the agenda

1.3           Working arrangements

1.4           Participant introductions

 

2.     BACKGROUND AND STATUS

      2.1       GCW history

2.2       GCW structure and Implementation Plan

2.3       Relation to WMO priorities - WIGOS and GFCS          

2.4       Recent activities

2.5       Funding, support and project office

 

3.     PARTNERS

(Who are GCW�s partners? What does it mean to be a GCW partner? Who can we list as a partner on the website?)

 

LUNCH  

 

4.     CRYONET

            4.1       Background, Status and Recent Activities

            4.2       Approval of Site Requirements for Inclusion in CryoNet

            4.3       Approval of Site Questionnaire

            4.4       Approval of initial CryoNet sites

4.5       Development of observing practices for CryoNet

 

5.     observational requirements

(How do we proceed on formulating GCW observational requirements? How do we work within WIGOS and interact with other WMO programmes, TC�s, RA�s and partners in determining requirements? )

 

SUMMARY OF THE DAY

 

END OF DAY (1745)

 

 

1900  gROUP DINNER (own expense, place to be determined)

 

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FRIDAY JANUARY 24 (0900-1745)

 

6.   SNOW WATCH

            6.1       Update on proposed tasks

            6.2       Improving observation and exchange of in-situ snow data

            6.3       SWE Tracker – a �Watch� product

 

7.   The Role of satellite products

            7.1       Interaction with the Polar Space Task Group

            7.2       Intercomparisons and assessments

            7.3       Product Inventory

 

8.   INFORMATION WEBSITE

            8.1       Status and demonstration

            8.2       Discussion of content

            8.3       Soliciting contributions from the scientific community

 

LUNCH

 

9.   DATA CATALOGUE

            9.1       Status and demonstration

            9.2       Discussion of content

 

10.  GCW GOVERNANCE

            10.1     Working Groups, Task Teams Terms of Reference, Membership, Method of                                    Appointment

            10.2     Composition of the Advisory Group, Terms of Reference

 

11.   OTHER

            11.1     GCW Glossary

 

12.   NEXT STEPS

            12.1     Composition of the Advisory Group

            12.2     Preparations for EC-PORS and EC-66 (Implementation Plan revisions,                                              governance, project office, key stakeholders, etc.)

           

 

ADJOURN MEETING (1700)

 

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