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IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
Our suggestions• Our ambitions • What we should keep from GODAE• Core activities • Working groups • Relationship with ET-OOFS• Terms of reference• Leadership• Refresh of Members• Ownership • Duration• Project Office & funding
Post GODAE – Content
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
Our ambitions
• Transition to operational systems: from the demonstration of valuable services to the provision of operational services with high availability and reliability.
• Continuous improvements of systems through scientific & technological advances : extend existing capabilities to the coastal zone and ecosystems. Coupled ocean/atmosphere. Climate.
• Develop operational services and further links with applications
• Ensure a suitable sustained ocean observing system through the demonstration of the value of observations.
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• Characteristics of IGST team - focus on scientific advances for operational
application - Clear and ambitious but achievable objectives- its global international scope - it is for technical specialist discussion - “refreshing”, constructive nature- “pity not to continue”
• GODAE name- E could be “Experimentation” – as in WGNE- Could be Global Operational Oceanography & Data
Assimilation Expert (GODAE) - the GODAE Team or Working Group- Global refers to scope of membership
What we should keep
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• Improvement of high-resolution, basin scale, physical ocean analyses & forecasts
• Observation Impact Assessments
• Intercomparisons
- forms a coherent core and springboard
- recognises importance of global observing system
- Extensions building on core capabilities
Initial Core Activities
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• Most activities will require collaboration with other groups and should be pursued through dedicated working groups
- observation impact assessments (OSE etc)- coastal & shelf seas- ecosystems (with IMBER) - Re-analyses (with WGSIP and GSOP)- coupled ocean-wave-atmosphere f/cs (with WGNE?)
• Working groups should be formed and disbanded according to demand & progress
Working groups
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• JCOMM provides an inter-governmental vehicle to make definitive statements on standards, working practices, nomenclature etc.
• ET-OOFS will enable us to use this vehicle – it is an important opportunity
• JCOMM does not have a science mandate (unlike IPCC) • ET-OOFS and GODAE have different roles and probably
require different types of people • Gary Brassington is a safe pair of hands for
coordination between ET-OOFS and GODAE• From the GODAE point of view ET-OOFS could appear to
be one of the GODAE working groups
Relationship with ET-OOFS
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• Co-chair arrangement works well. We suggest
- one from research & one from “operational” teams - one should have data assimilation background- taken from two continents
• Co-chairs need to be able to commit at least 10% of their time to the task
• Two good options are:
- Andreas Schiller / Eric Chassignet- Jim Cummings / Eric Dombrowsky
•
Leadership
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• There are relatively few recent new members
• Possibilities for new members include
- Peter Oke- Pierre Brasseur - Anthony Weaver- Laurent Bertino- Srdjan Dobricic- NOAA/NCEP expert- One of Japanese attendees at Paris OSE meeting
Refresh of members
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• Important to have owners for
- legitimacy (other groups could claim it if we don’t)- visibility
• Best not to put all eggs in one basket; apply for 2-4 owners (IOC, OOPC, WCRP, GOOS, CEOS, JCOMM)
Ownership
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• Options on duration - 5 years to 2013 (end of Clivar – so poor choice) - 10 years (a long time to plan – no obvious rationale)- For forseeable future (cf WGNE)
• On-going working group seems best
- Transition GODAE from an experiment to a ‘permanent’ body for international coordination of the development (and operation?) of operational oceanography systems
Duration
IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008
• Up to new co-chairs where to put Project Office
• Kirsten is very effective – Project Office staying at Met Office is an option to be considered
• Options for funding - Sponsors – NOAA, EUMETSAT etc. - Subscription fee - Owners (e.g. IOC has small fund)
• Recommend sponsors invited to meetings – (GODAE Patrons)
Project Office & funding from 2010
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