First Session of the Joint IODE-JCOMM Steering Group for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme

16 - 20 April 2012,

UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7 - Pakhuis 61

B-8400 Oostende
Belgium



Agenda



1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
1.1. Welcome
1.2. Meeting arrangements
1.3. Adoption of the agenda
1.4. Designation of rapporteur
2. REVIEW OF THE GOVERNANCE OF GTSPP
2.1. Parent bodies: IODE and JCOMM
2.2. Terms of Reference
2.3. Composition of the Steering Group
3. DATA FLOWS AND OPERATIONS
3.1. Ship of opportunity Programme overview
3.2. Data Flows from Observation to Archive
3.2.1. AOML - RT
3.2.2. AOML - DM
3.2.3. ISDM - RT and DM
3.2.4. CSIRO - DM
3.2.5. SISMER - DM
3.2.6. Tohoku University - RT
3.3. Data transmissions and data drops
3.4. Quality Control Procedures
3.4.1. ISDM
3.4.2. AOML
3.4.3. CSIRO
3.4.4. SISMER
3.4.5. NMDIS
3.4.6. US-NODC
3.5. CRC Implementation
4. XBT BATHY TO BUFR MIGRATION
4.1. Status report of the migration
4.1.1. AOML
4.1.2. ISDM
4.1.3. SISMER
4.2. BUFR Template
4.3. Report on the Results of Reception of Data
4.4. Lessons Learned and future plan for BUFR migration
5. GTSPP INFRASTRUCTTURE
5.1. Long Term Archive - US NODC
5.2. Real-Time Data Assembly - ISDM
5.3. Delayed Mode Data Assembly
5.3.1. ISDM
5.3.2. CSIRO
5.3.3. SISMER
5.3.4. NMDIS
5.3.5. INIDEP
5.4. Product Center
6. GTSPP ACTIVITIES REVIEW: 2010-2011
7. GTSPP DATA FORMAT REVISION
7.1. Review of the existing netCDF conventions
7.1.1. GTSPP NetCDF Ver.4
7.1.2. Argo float formats
7.2. Next Data Exchange Format Design
7.2.1. Format Compatibility Issues
7.2.2. Real-Time Data Format Perspectives
7.2.3. CSIRO Delayed-Mode data Format Perspectives
7.2.4. SISMER Delayed-Mode data Format Perspectives
7.2.5. AOML Delayed-Mode data Format Perspectives
7.2.6. BUFR and NetCDF Comparison
8. INTERACTION WITH OTHER PROJECTS
8.1. Ocean Data View
8.2. IODE OceanTeacher Training Programme
8.3. NOAA Environmental Research Division's Data Access Program (ERDDAP)
8.4. World Ocean Database (WOD) / US NODC GTSPP Legacy Plan
8.5. JCOMM-IODE Ocean Data Standards Pilot Project
8.6. JCOMM new Marine Climate Data System
8.7. Cooperation with the IODE OceanDataPortal
8.8. OceanSITES
8.9. GTSPP Publicity: handout
9. ADOPTION OF THE WORK PLAN (2012-2013)
10. REVIEW OF ACTION ITEMS FROM THE MEETING
11. CLOSING OF THE MEETING