Twenty-fifth Session of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel

28 September - 01 October 2009,

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
1 rue Miollis

75732 CEDEX 15 Paris
France

Annotated Agenda

1 Opening and Welcome
2 Scientific and Technical Workshop
3 Opening of the Session
3.1 Adoption of the agenda
3.2 Working arrangements
4 Reports by the Chairperson, Vice Chairpersons, and the Executive Board
5 Report by the Technical Coordinator
6 Report by the Task Teams
6.1 Task Team on Data Management (TT-DM)
6.2 Task Team on Instrument Best Practices and Drifter Technology Developments(TT-IBPD)
6.3 Task Team on Moored Buoys (TT-MB)
6.4 Task Team on Capacity-Building (TT-CB)
7 Reports by the Action Groups
7.1 Surface Marine programme of the Network of European Meteorological Services, EUMETNET (E-SURFMAR)
7.2 Global Drifter Programme (GDP)
7.3 International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP)
7.4 International Buoy Programme for the Indian Ocean (IBPIO)
7.5 WCRP-SCAR International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB)
7.6 International South Atlantic Buoy Programme (ISABP)
7.7 DBCP-PICES North Pacific Data Buoy Advisory Panel (NPDBAP)
7.8 OCEAN Sustained Interdisciplinary Timeseries Environment observation System (OceanSITES)
7.9 Tropical Moored Buoys Implementation Panel (TIP)
8 Pilot Projects
8.1 Drifter Iridium Pilot Project
8.2 Pilot Project for the evaluation of Argos-3 technology
8.3 Pilot Project on Wave Measurement from Drifters (PP-WMD)
8.4 Pilot Project on Wave measurement Evaluation and Test from moored buoys (PP-WET)
9 Issues for the Panel
9.1 International Tsunameter Partnership
9.2 Information Exchange
9.3 Deployment opportunities and strategies
9.4 GTS delays
9.5 Vandalism
9.6 Metadata
9.7 Technological developments in support of user requirements
9.8 Other issues to be discussed, as proposed by the Task Teams
10 Information Reports
10.1 Argo
10.2 Buoy data management centres
10.3 Argos operations and developments
10.4 Iridium operations and developments
10.5 Additional reports, as required
11 Organizational Issues
11.1 JCOMM Observing Programme Support Centre (OPSC)
11.2 Other JCOMM activities
11.3 Report on governing body meetings of WMO and IOC
11.4 Report on GOOS/OOPC activities
11.5 WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS)
11.6 Financial reports
12 Report and Recommendations from the Executive Session
12.1 DBCP implementation strategy
12.2 New Action Groups
12.3 Employment condition of the Technical Coordinator
12.4 Workplans and priority for the Panel and the Technical Coordinator
12.5 Operating principles
13 National Reports
14 Election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
15 Adoption of the Session Report
16 Dates and Place for the Next Session
17 Closure of the Session