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Agenda, Second GCW Snow Watch Meeting

 

VENUE: Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center of The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States

 

DATE/TIME: 13 June 0900 – 14 June 1700

 

1.     Organization of the session

o   Welcome and opening (Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson; Dr. Barry Goodison)

o   Participant introductions (Participants)

1.3 Local arrangements (M. Durand)

1.4 Adoption of the agenda, assignment of rapporteurs (R. Brown)

 

 2.   SNOW WATCH BACKGROUND

2.1 GCW update (B. Goodison)

2.2 Snow Watch Team – Current membership and Terms of Reference (R. Brown)

2.3 Overview of action items from 2013 Toronto Snow Watch meeting (R. Brown)

2.4 Meeting Objectives (R. Brown)

 

3.    REVIEW OF PROGESS

3.1 Snow depth reporting: real time data exchange and reports of zero snow reporting (P. de Rosnay and S. Pullen)

3.2 Dataset directory/Historical snow depth archive (R. Brown)

3.3 FMI Arctic historical in situ snow data archive (K. Luojus)

3.4 GCW website snow material (R. Brown)

3.5 The Satellite Snow Product Intercomparison and Evaluation Exercise - Overview and update (T. Nagler)

3.6 Discussion: Issues, Gaps, GCW priorities and contributions

 

4.    DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF SNOW COVER PRODUCTS

            4.1 GlobSnow SWE and Snow Extent products (K. Luojus)

4.2 MODIS and S-NPP VIIRS NASA Snow Products (D. Hall)

4.3 NOAA Climate Data Record (D. Robinson)

4.4 Status and further development of CryoClim global Snow Cover Extent product (R. Solberg)

4.5 Update of AMSR2-JAXA work (R. Kelly)

4.6 Update of NASA AMSR work (M. Tedesco)

4.7 Update on proposed satellite missions for snow monitoring (C. Derksen)

4.8 EUMETSAT snow-related activities / GCW needs and expectations (B. Bojkov)

4.9 Multi-dataset SWE products (C. Derksen)

4.10 Discussion: Issues, Gaps, GCW priorities

 

Invited Presentation:

            Andean cryospheric observing program: Dr. Bryan Mark (OSU)

 

5.    IN SITU AND SNOW ANALYSIS PRODUCTS

5.1 Russia and Canada in situ snow depth and snow survey programs (R. Brown)

5.2 Global snow data collections and monitoring at NOAA/NCEI (J. Lawrimore)

5.3 National Ice Center (NIC) snow analysis products (S. Helfrich)

5.4 ECMWF snow data assimilation (P.de Rosnay)

5.5 UK Met Office snow data assimilation (S. Pullen)

5.6 Snow data at NSIDC (A. Leon)

5.7 Discussion: Issues, Gaps, GCW priorities

 

6.    UPDATES AND ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

6.1 SnowEX meeting feedback (D. Hall)

6.2 Update on HarmoSnow EU COST Action (P. de Rosnay)

6.3 Polar Space Task Group Strategic Plan: 2015-2018 (K. Luojus)

6.4 Snow Watch support for a Polar Regional Climate Centre (B. Goodison)

6.5 Real-time SWE reporting on GTS – can it be done? (R. Brown)

6.6 Guidelines/best practices for observing/measuring snow depth, SWE and other important in-situ properties (B. Goodison)

6.7 Discussion: Issues, Gaps, GCW priorities

 

7.    NEXT STEPS FOR GCW Snow-Watch

7.1 Rapporteurs summary of discussion (Rapporteurs)

7.2 Discussion, definition and assignment of action items

7.3 Next meeting

 

8.   closing remarks