11th meeting of the GOOS Scientific Steering Committee

08 - 10 April 2008,

UNESCO Annex
1, rue Miollis

75015 Paris
France



Agenda



1 OPENING AND WELCOME
1.1 Opening
1.2 Adoption of Agenda
1.3 Working Arrangement / Formation of In-Session Working Groups
2 REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS SESSIONS
2.1 Review recommendations to the GSSC from I-GOOS and Sponsoring Organizations and determine courses of action
2.2 Review recommendations from GSSC-X and update as needed
3 REVIEW THE CURRENT STATUS OF GOOS
3.1 Global GOOS: Report by the Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (OOPC)
3.1.1 Review of GODAE
3.1.2 Adaptive Grid Modelling
3.2 GOOS Outreach and Advocacy
4 BREAKOUT SESSION I
4.1 Breakout Group 1: Scoping future possibilities for global-coastal modelling
4.2 Breakout Group 2: Outreach and advocacy
4.3 Breakout Group 3 Process and mechanisms for identifying activities for recognition as part of GOOS
4.3.1 Operational data streams for JCOMM to take on
4.3.2 End-to-End Systems for incorporation into GOOS (e.g. the Ocean Tracking Network)
5 GOOS IMPLEMENTATION
5.1 Coordination with Implementing Organizations and Programmes
5.1.1 WMO-IOC Joint technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)
5.1.2 IOC Internation Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)
5.1.3 GRAs Regional Seas, LMEs and other Regional, GOOS- Relevant Programmes
5.2 GOOS-GEO Coordination and Collaboration
5.2.1 Matters arising from GEO Plenary
5.2.2 Other linkages
5.3 Interaction with Industry
5.4 Coordination with Other Organizations and Programmes
5.4.1 Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC)
5.4.2 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
5.4.3 North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
5.4.4 Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO)
5.5 Plans for Pilot Projects and New Studies (Working Group Report)
5.6 Census of Marine Life (CoML)
5.7 Other research initiatives relevant to GOOS development
6 BREAKOUT SESSION II
6.1 Breakout Group 4: Developing Present Activities into Pilot Studies and Priorities for Doing So
6.2 Breakout Group 5: Planning for the 4th GOOS Regional Forum
7 STATEMENT BY INCOMING GSSC CHAIR
8 REGIONAL GOOS IMPLEMENTATION
8.1 Role and status of GRAs in implementation of Coastal GOOS
8.2 Arctic ROOS
8.3 Ocean Chlorophyll Pilot Project (ChlorOGIN)
8.4 Support for Coastal Hazard Mitigation and Coastal Development
8.5 Preparation for the 4th GOOS Regional Forum
9 PICO LINKAGES: IGOS COASTAL THEME AND GEO COASTAL ZONE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
9.1 Overview and Status of GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice
9.2 Regional GEO Coastal Zone Community of Practice Workshop
10 REVIEW AGENDA FOR PICO-I
11 REPORT ON THE SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP
12 IN-SESSION BREAKOUT GROUP REPORTS
13 INTERSESSIONAL WORK PLAN AND INPUT TO I-GOOS IX
13.1 Accept GSSC-XI action items to be considered by I-GOOS Board IV
14 FORMAL ISSUES
14.1 GSSC and PICO Membership
14.2 OOPC Membership
14.3 Date and Place of the Next GSSC and PICO Sessions
15 CLOSURE OF THE SESSION