7 th GODAE OceanView Science Team meeting Programme Office Report 2016 Kirsten Wilmer-Becker, Met Office 7 November 2016 GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Content • Actions from last meeting • Meetings/workshops • Reporting • Critical finances • Website progress and issues • Publications • Other things…. GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Actions from Sydney meeting (1) Action G-VI-1: GOVST co-chairs and PO to consider ways to better support the PO. Ongoing Action G-VI-2: CP-TT to organise the next CP-TT workshop in collaboration with WGNE in 2017; location to be discussed In preparation Action G-VI-3: OSEval-TT co-chairs to consider including evaluation of sentinel 3 observations (or SWOT) with support from the COSS-TT selecting the regions in their work plan (also including BGC) ? Action G-VI-4: OSEval-TT co-chairs (with GOV co-chairs) to consider contributing to the climate change debate on a broader scale e.g. wrt future observation requirements (not only through CLIVAR/GSOP) ? Action G-VI-5: OSEval-TT co-chairs and PO to organise the OSEval-TT workshop in 2016, dates and location to be Postponed to 2017 confirmed Action G-VI-6: DA-TT to organise a joint workshop with the MEAP-TT in July 2016 Done Action G-VI-7: PO to check with Chris Brown/Emlyn Jones if it can help to support the questionnaire (end-user requirements) In progress Action G-VI-8: PO to support the MEAP-TT co-chairs in identifying a representative for the MEAP-TT from the Met Office Done Action G-VI-9: COSS-TT co-chairs to include details about the collaboration with the IV-TT in the COSS white In progress paper. Action G-VI-10: IV-TT co-chairs and PO to explore options for providing a tool to easily share, exchange and track progress with activities In progress Action G-VI-11: IV-TT co-chairs to organise the next IV-TT workshop in 2016; dates and location to be discussed Done Action G-VI-12: OSEval-TT co-chairs to explore options to improve collaboration with the GOOS, including setting up a special panel at Patrons level (see also action G-VI-13.) ? GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Actions from Sydney meeting (2) Action G-VI-13: GOVST co- chairs to discuss options for setting up an Observations Group at Patrons’ level to better direct the GOV TTs in supporting any issues related to the ocean observing system. Setting up of PG observations group has been endorsed by patrons. In progress Action G-VI-14: GOVST co-chairs to continue to support Argo and to improve communication with GOOS Ongoing Action G-VI-15: The GOVST and TTs to work with the VC representatives on facilitating processing large new data sets Ongoing when available. Action G-VI-16: COSS-TT co-chairs to plan the next COSS workshop with ARCOM chairs (e.g. include training or tutorials) and to make an effort to also engage with/invite representatives from large-scale In progress systems. Action G-VI-17: GOV TTs to draft a letter of support for the PO to be sent to Patrons in order to highlight the difficult financial situation and the need to keep the PO going to make TT activities possible. Done Action G-VI-18: All IV-TT intercomparison groups to decide if and how much information about the Class-4 intercomparison should be made publicly available (IV-TT co-chairs and PO to set up questionnaire). Done Action G-VI-19: PO to check the budget information from the last Santa Cruz meeting (OSEval/IV-TT, 2011) and forward to AM. Done Action G-VI-20: GOVST co- chairs and PO to discuss options for setting up a “super TT meeting “ at future GOVST annual meetings, also to be iterated with the TT co-chairs. In progress, plan to run a TT co-chair only discussion at this meeting Action G-VI-21: GOVST co-chairs/PO to add points about future organisation of GOVST meeting to agenda of next meeting Done Action G-VI-22: KWB to run a doodle poll to make sure the best suitable date for the next GOVST-VII meeting in India Done is found GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Meetings & workshops GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Meetings & workshops GODAE OceanView international workshops / meetings: HRCP Workshop, Exeter, April 2016 (linked to CP-TT) Joint DA/MEAP-TT Workshop, Santa Cruz, July 2016 IV-TT meeting, Montreal, September 2016 The Global Ocean Week, Toulouse, September 2016 GOVST-VII meeting, Kochi, Nov 2016 Upcoming events: COSS-TT / ARCOM Workshop, Cape Town, April 2017 OSEval-TT Workshop, China, mid-2017 – to be discussed tomorrow CP-TT Workshop, 2017/18 – to be discussed tomorrow GODAE Summer School, Majorca, Spain, 2-13 October 2017 GOVST-VIII meeting, Norway or Canada, Autumn 2017 GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
HRCP Workshop, Exeter, April 2016 Co-organised with Met Office, University of Reading and NOC, UK Topic: High-Resolution ocean modelling for Coupled Seamless Predictions Duration: 3-days Main hosts/organisers: Mike Bell (Met Office), David Ferreira (University of Reading), Helene Hewitt (Met Office), Adrian New (National Oceanography Centre ), Malcolm Roberts (Met Office), Kirsten Wilmer-Becker (Met Office) Scope: The scope of this workshop was to look at the scientific development of ocean models and global coupled prediction systems at resolutions of order 1/12 ° for seasonal to decadal prediction and short-range weather forecasting. Participation: 86 attendees Representation: over 10 countries Abstract submissions: 52 abstracts submitted Outcomes: A short “white” paper covering the issues and recommendations will be submitted for publication following the meeting. GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Joint DA/MEAP-TT workshop, Santa Cruz, July 2016 Organised with The University of Santa Cruz and NOAA (sponsor) at Santa Cruz University, CA, USA Topic: The current state-of-the-art in data assimilation and marine ecosystem analysis & predictions, where both disciplines overlap and how issues can be addressed and improved. The workshop also addressed DA-TT and MEAP-TT questions separately. Duration: 2.5-days Main hosts/organisers: Andy Moore (UCSC), Katja Fennel (Dalhousie University), Marion Gehlen (LSCE), Matt Martin (Met Office ) and Kirsten Wilmer-Becker (Met Office) Participation: 53 attendees Representation: 9 countries Abstract submissions: 43 submitted abstracts Report available from website GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
IV-TT workshop, Montreal, September 2016 Co-organised with ECCC and MEOPAR (sponsor) Topic: Task Team only workshop: the 4 objectives included • Class-4 intercomparison status review • Future directions of Class-4 • Ongoing other initiatives (e.g. Class 1 consensus forecast) • Recent advances in evaluation and verification efforts and the development of new metrics Duration: 3-days Main hosts/organisers: Greg Smith (ECCC), Fabrice Hernandez (Mercator Ocean) and Kirsten Wilmer-Becker (Met Office) Participation : 14 attendees Representation: 7 countries Abstract submissions: 9 abstracts submitted Report available from website GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
GOVST-VII, Kochi, Nov 2016 Organised with INCOIS and IOGOOS with support from EUMETSAT Topic: Annual GODAE OceanView Science Team Meeting Consolidate collaborations/activities within GOV and facilitate interaction with international and intergovernmental organisations outside GOV Duration: 5-day meeting Main hosts/organisers: Abhisek Chatterjee, Francis Pavanathara , Kirsten Wilmer-Becker and Satheesh Shenoi Participation: ~40 attendees Representation: more than 10 countries Group-photo after this presentation GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Reporting GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
GOV reporting o Workshop and meeting outcomes o Most reports or minutes available online o Financial overviews o GOV financial reports/ summaries are regularly provided to the GOV Patrons’ Group and GOVST co-chairs o GOV account information is exchanged with the Met Office Finance Department and Science Admin group (for future planning) o Contract deliverables o Some sponsors require project reporting for the contributions they provide o Event/meeting/workshop announcements o Summaries of meeting- and workshop details are summarised in announcement or brochures GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
GOV reporting o Collection of quad-charts and national reports and provision online o Collection and provision of quad-charts on a 6-monthy basis o Annual national reports o Online publications o Contribution to and distribution of GOV publications o Website – Events (internal and external) – News – GOV partner updates o Provision of information internally (email) regarding: – Surveys GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
Financial information GOVST-VII meeting, The Holiday Inn, Kochi, 7-11 November 2016
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