Thirteenth session of the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate

09 - 12 June 2008,

Buenos Aires
Argentina

Annotated Agenda

1 Opening
1.1 Opening and welcome
1.2 Review and adoption of the agenda and OOPC-12 report
1.3 OOPC activities 2007-8 and meeting goals
2 Science focus
2.1 State of the Ocean 2007-2008
2.2 Regional focus
2.2.1 Regional air-sea CO2 fluxes
2.2.2 INIDEP: an ocean observing group in the SWA
2.2.3 The PIRATA program: history, accomplishments and future directions
2.2.4 Southern Ocean Studies for understanding global climate issues (SOS-climate)
2.2.5 South Atlantic Argo floats
2.2.6 Estimates of sea surface height and near-surface alongshore coastal currents from combinations of altimeters and tide gauges
2.2.7 2.2.7 Temperature extremes in the south of South America in relation to Southern Ocean surface temperature and circulation
3 Sponsors and other bodies
3.1 GCOS
3.2 GOOS
3.2.1 overview
3.2.2 coastal GOOS and OOPC-PICO collaboration
3.3 WCRP
4 OceanObs'09: review state of planning
5 CLIVAR Basin Panels
5.1 Atlantic
5.2 Pacific
5.3 Indian
5.4 Southern
5.5 Artic
6 Global Observing Networks
6.1 JCOMM OPA: including SOT, GLOSS, DBCP, links to Argo, and OPSC
6.2 Reports from other in situ observing networks
6.2.1 XBT fall rate workshop
6.2.2 Argo and oxygen pilots
6.2.3 IOCCP
6.2.4 OceanSITES
6.3 Satellite ocean observations
6.4 OceanSensors08 workshop outcomes
6.5 Discussion: gaps and activities to foster
7 Data management and integration with observing networks
7.1 JCOMM and IODE activities, including links with WIS
7.2 review of GDAC activities
7.3 Discussion: reference datasets
8 Ocean products: analyses and reanalyses
8.1 GODAE-OOPC OSE/OSSE workshop
8.2 GODAE
8.3 CLIVAR GSOP
8.4 Discussion: ocean climate information
9 Review of decisions and actions
10 Closing