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  4. 26th Steering Committee Meeting 2018

The 26th GCOS Steering Committee meeting took place in Helsinki, Finland from 23rd-26th October 2018.

The final report available here.

  • Please find draft agenda here (version 19/10/2018).
  • Please find draft list of participants here (19/10/2018).
  • Please find logistical informations here.
  • Further documents and presentations (numbering according to items on agenda):

Agenda item

Documents, presentations and Annotations


1a Welcome Host  

1a Welcome SC Chairman

Stephen Briggs

  • Report from last SC 2017 (Hangzhou) meeting available

2 Sponsors remarks

WMO: Pavel Kabat (Chief Scientist and Research Director)

IOC: Albert Fischer (Head, Ocean Observations and Services Section - GOOS – JCOMM)

UN Environment: Hartwig Kremer (Head of GEMS Water Unit; Science Division and Climate Technology Centre and Network, CTCN, Economy Division)

ISC: Lucilla Spini (Head of Science Programmes, remotely)


3 GCOS Secretaria Activity Report

Carolin Richter

  • Presentation
  • Activity report

Valentin Aich

  • New web pages / tag line / ECV fact sheets
  • Presentation
  • 3_sst_ECV_factsheet_20181017.pdf
  • 3_surface-temp_ECV_factsheet_20181018.pdf
  • 3_glacier_ECV_factsheet_20181017.pdf

4 All panels will report on day 1

AOPC, TOPC and OOPC reports from 2018 meetings are available.

  • AOPC-23 (EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 2018)
  • OOPC-21 (INIDEP, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2018)
  • TOPC-20  (WMO, Geneva, Switzerland, 2018)

4a Ocean Observations Panel for Physics & Climate, OOPC

Co-Chair  Bernadette Sloyan / supported by Katy Hill

  • Presentation

4b Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate, AOPC

Chair Kenneth Holmlund / supported by Caterina Tassone

  • Presentation

4c Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate, TOPC

On behalf of the chair Wolfgang Wagner: Michael Zemp/ supported by Valentin Aich

  • Presentation  

4d Implementing GCOS: what are the established processes: ECV stewards, IP action rapporteurs, cross-panel fora.

Michael Zemp / supported by Caterina Tassone, Valentin Aich

  • Presentation
  • Doc.4d_-_ToRs_General_GCOS_Panel_membership.docx
  • Doc.4d_Role_of_ECV-StewardsIP-Action-Rapporteurs.docx

5 Vision of a future GCOS - introduction  

5a Joint Panels meeting March 2019, Morocco Preparing for  2nd GCOS Science Conference in 2021

Stephen Briggs

  • Recalling 1st GCOS Science Conference in 2016 (Amsterdam): http://www.gcos-science.org/
  • Doc.5a_-_GCOS_Time_Plan.pptx
  • Doc.5a_-_DRAFT_CONCEPT_NOTE_for_2nd_Science_Conference.docx
  • Doc.5a_-_Draft_Agenda_for_GCOS_Joint_Panel_Meeting_New.docx
  • Doc.5a_regional_workshop_eastafrica_20180713.docx

5b A seamless, integrated science for services approach 

Pavel Kabat (Director Research, Chief Scientist, WMO)

  • Presentation
  • Latest information and draft of WCRP strategy 

5c The GOOS 2030 strategy - discussion on aligning strategies and partnership

Toste Tanhua (Co-Chairman, Steering Comittee GOOS)

  • Presentation
  • 5c_GOOS_Strategy_Draft_Oct_2018.docx
  • 5c_GCOS-GOOS_Relationship_paper_for_GCOS_SC_DRAFT_161018.docx
  • 5c_GCOS-GOOS_Bilateral_Report.pdf

5d  The Global Basic Observing Network (GBON)

Rob Varley

  • Presentation
  • 5d_GBON-Concept-draft-1.1_September_13_7_2018.pdf

5e Progress of GCOS &  development of relations to UNFCCC, WCRP and other partner programmes of relevance

Stephen Briggs / Carolin Richter

  • Open discussion on where GCOS is going. Do we provide the righ information to sponsors, users? Voice your concerns and criticism and bring in your views.
  • Doc.5d_-_brief_presentation_on_GCOS_Strategy.pptx
  • Doc.5d_-_GCOS_Strategy_V2.0.docx

6a UNFCCC update 

Florin Vladu

  • Presentation

6b GCOS support to the Paris Agreement  and the Gloabl Stocktake

Sybil Seitzinger

  • Presentation
  • Seeking approval from SC, to have document submitted to UNFCCC/SBSTA49
  • Doc.6b_-_SystematicObsPA_1.7.doc

6c Are we providing the right information for adaptation measures?

Han Dolman supported by Caterina Tassone / Valentin Aich

  • Presentation
  • TOPC TT Adaptation 
  • The planned ECV user workshop in 4-7 Feb 2019, focussing on adaptation observation needs
  • Seeking for guidance from SC on participation of marine/coastal experts from the other panels, or, IPCc WG II?
  • Doc.6c_-_ECV_user_Workshop_draft.docx

7 World Adaptation Science Programme (POVIA)

Hartwig Kremer

  • Presentation

8 Merger of ICSU to ISC  Lucilla Spini

9 Communicating on Climate: How does GCOS ensure good communication with the more generic users of climate information? For example, how do we relate to insurances of risk?

Stephen Briggs

Manola Brunet, suceeding Tom Peterson in being President of the WMO Commission for Climatology,  

  • Presentation

10a Resourcing,Budget, Priority activities for GCOS in 2019 ff

Carolin Richter

  • Presentation
  • 10a_Budget_Document_October_2018.docx
  •  Doc.10a_-_List_of_Meetings_2018-2019.docx

10b GCOS Cooperation Mechanism

Stephen Briggs

  • Presentation
  • Doc.10b_GCOS_GCM_Report_of_Activities.pdf
  • Doc.10b_GCOS_Cooperation_Mechanism_Project_Candidates_2018.docx
  • 10b_climate_rationale_presentation.pdf

11a AOB as emerged out of the past days  

11b Agree on List of actions from this meeting

Caterina Tassone

  • 11b_GCOS_Objectives_Functionalities.docx
  • 11b_SC25_Action_update.docx

11c What can GCOS contribute to achieve the Paris Agreement: What can GCOS contribute to reduce our carbon footprint?

Michael Zemp

  • Presentation

11d Reflection on Science Day 2018

Kenneth Holmlund, Arslan Ali Nadir (FMI, host), Maria Hurtola (FMI, host)

  • Past Science Days were held in Cape Town (2015), Guayaquil (2016), Hangzhou (2017), 2019?

12 Next meeting / next science day 2019  

13 Close formal meeting  

 

 

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