... of Network- distributed clearing house (CEOP) ... WOAP'

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Participation of WCRP (and GCOS) in GEO

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  G.Sommeria

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Role for the Scientific Community in GEO(1)
Advising GEO

• Participating in advisory mechanism
• Optimising use of GEOSS observations
• Helping transition from research to operational
  systems
• Generating new applications

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Role for the Scientific Community (2) As a major
user of GEOSS

• Understanding Earth processes in all areas
• Connecting scientific communities
• Developing observation methodologies
• Linking existing methodologies to new appl.
• Adapting to new processing technologies

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INVOLVEMENT of WCRP in GEO

• Input to 10-year Plan
• Role of research, importance of data quality,
  of assimilation
• Climate chapter (with GCOS and WMO)
• Water chapter (with IGWCO and WMO)
• Input to 2005 tasks,2006 and 2007-09 Workplans
• Consultation within WCRP (role of WOAP)/GCOS
• Coord. with our sponsors (WMO, ICSU, IOC), with
  IGBP, within CEOS and IGOS P
• Participation in Plenaries and 4 committees

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Implication of WCRP in 2006 GEO tasks Climate
(1)

• (1) Maintain sustained climate data reprocessing
  and reanalysis effort (WOAP) co-lead with GCOS-
  poc G.Sommeria
• Direct support obtained from GEO for
  reanalysis Workshop (first support from GEO for
  climate)
• 2007 reanalysis conf, reprocessing workshop?
• (2) Secure key data for climate studies and
  forecasting from satellite systems co-lead
  WMO-CEOS-USA (GCOS under WMO)

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Climate tasks (2)

• 3/ Clarify mechanisms for improving terrestrial
  observations (lead GTOS, contr GCOS)
• 4/ Identify mechanisms to help create a truly
  global ocean OS. (lead GOOS, contr GCOS)
• 5/ Coordinate with IPY on EO requirements
• (proposed lead IGOS-P/WCRP CliC, contr GCOS)
• 6/ Improve coordination of coastal and marine
  climate obs. (contr GCOS, prop.contr WCRP/Clivar)

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Water tasks (GEWEX with IGWCO)

• 1/Workshops on Water observation (lead
• IGOS-P/Spain poc R.Lawford (2006 only)
• 2/Hydrological ensemble forecasts for WR managt.
  (WCRP/IGOS-P) poc J.Schaake
• 3/Water resource management including capacity
  building, at WWF IV
• (IGOS-P/GEOsec) 2006 only
• 5/Coord. Mechanism for global in-situ water
  observations (Portugal/GOOS)

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Other Tasks

• AR-06-04 Interoperability specifications (CEOP)
• AR-06-05 Development of Network- distributed
  clearing house (CEOP)
• WE-06-03 Multi-model ensemble prediction system
  (lead WMO/ Thorpex)
• WE-06-04 Advanced dissemination methods (lead
  WMO/WIS, contr CEOP)

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Proposals for 2007-2009 WP(WCRP-1)

• Proposed co-lead of Cl-06-05 with IGOS-P
  (V.Lytle)
• Contr. to Cl-06-06 (H.Cattle)
• Co-lead Cl-07-P1(with THORPEX) seamless weather
  and climate prediction system?
• Contr. to Wa-07-P2 Satellite water measurements
  in lakes, rivers, estuaries (GEWEX?)

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Proposals for 2007-2009 WP(WCRP-2)

• Contr. to HE-06-03 Ensemble forecasting methods
  for Health (H.Cattle)
• Contr. to AG-06-05Predictability of food supply
  hazards (THORPEX-AMMA)-H.Cattle
• Contr. to EN-06-05 Ensemble forecasting
  techniques for energy management ?
• Contr. to US-07-P2 Millenium development goals
  (or better specific task on the use of climate
  data and forecasts in decision-support systems
  for risk management.)?

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Questions for WOAP

• What role for WOAP in WCRPs inputs?
• Need to improve coordination with GCOS?
• Which messages to GEO?
• How to benefit better from GEO?
• WOAPs views on WCRPs commitments
• Message for next Plenary
• Actions for the coming year?

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Proposals for 2007-2009 WPGCOS

• Cl-06-02 emphasize need for enhanced space-based
  obs. in line with IP and satellite supplement
  report
• Support integration of climate information into
  development decisions (cf US-07-P2)
• Contin. of AR-06-07 improve def. of in-situ obs.
  networks, through high level support and
  community engagement
• Support comprehensive reporting on progr. of GCOS
  by June 09 as requested by SBSTA

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Thank you
Merci
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GEO tasks 2006 WATER

• Workshops on various aspects of water observation
  (space and in situ), quality,ground water,atmos
  w.cycle, hydrology
• Demonstration project on hydrological ensemble
  Forecast
• Session of WWF IV on benefits of EO for WR
  managt.
• Produce a global catchment dataset for
  application to catchment managt. and monitoring
  of hydr. Cycle
• Coordination mechanism for global in-situ water
  observations, including oceans
• Workshops on EO applic.for WR management in
  developing countries
• Capacity building programme on WR man.in Latin
  America

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Background (1)

• GCOS Implementation Plan for the Global
  Observing System for Climate in Support of the
  UNFCCC (follows second adequacy report)
• - Key Action 23 Parties are urged to adopt an
  internationally-coordinated approach to the
• development of integrated global climate
  products and to make them accessible to all
  Parties. As far as possible, these products
  should incorporate past data covering at least
  the last 30 years in order to serve as a
  reference for climate variability and change
  studies

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Background (2)

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• -Key Action 24 Parties are urged to give high
  priority to establishing a sustained capacity for
• global climate reanalysis, to develop
  improved methods for such reanalysis, and to
  ensure
• coordination and collaboration among centres
  conducting reanalyses.

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Contributors

• Co-leads GCOS-WCRP (WOAP)
• CEOS/ESA
• ECMWF
• Japan (JMA)
• USA (NOAA, NASA)
• Portugal, Italy, Thaïland, Greece, Germany,
  Australia, Argentina, Spain, Netherlands