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  2. GCOS Joint Panels Meeting 2021

GCOS Joint Panels Meeting ONLINE

Full report available here

19-23 April 2021

(all times in CEST (Zurich) time, UTC+2)

Day 1: Monday 19 April: Link to the Teams Joint Panels Meeting - Monday session + Individual Panel Meetings

Time

Topic

Details

Presenter

Note/Outcome

Documents/Presentations

14:00-14:05

Welcome and Introduction from WMO

Live/Recorded message

Petteri Taalas

Opening of the meeting, role of GCOS within WMO

 

14:05-14:10

Welcome and Introduction

GCOS, JSC-GCOS, Science Conference

Anthony Rea, Han Dolman

 

 

14:10-14:15

GCOS and UNFCCC

Presentation

Joanna Post

Importance of GCOS for UNFCCC

UNFCCC Presentation

14:15-14:25

A vision for GCOS

Presentation of Steering Committee ideas for the long-term development of the global observing system

Han Dolman

 

 

GCOS Vision Presentation

14:25-14:40

Key future improvements in observing system

Key improvements panels would like to see in the next 5-10 years

Discussion

Panel chairs (1-2 slides each panel)

Each panel to present 2-3 key improvements they would like to see in the next 5-10 years

Panels chairs Presentation

14:40-14:55

GCOS Implementation Plan 2022

Timeline, Outline

Instructions to panel (including interaction with editorial board), QA

GCOS Secretariat

Kicking off panel work for Implementation Plan

 

GCOS Implementation Plan Presentation

14:55-15:00

Presentation of cross cutting topics for Wednesday meeting

Topics for Wednesday including groups on cross cutting topics.

Han Dolman

Panel members will be invited to select which cross cutting session they will attend

 

 

 

 

15:00-16:30

Time for individual panel meetings

Link to the AOPC Teams Meeting

Link to the OOPC Teams Meeting

 

AOPC-26 Documents and Presentations

OOPC-24 Documents and Presentations

 

Day 2: Tuesday 20 April: Time for individual panel meetings

Link to the AOPC Teams Meeting

Link to the OOPC Teams Meeting

 

AOPC-26 Documents and Presentations

OOPC-24 Documents and Presentations

 

 

Day 3: Wednesday 21 April: Joint Panel meeting

Cross cutting issues – Breakout Groups (BOG) - Link to the Form to  Register to the Breakout Groups

Time

Topic

Details

Presenter

Note/Outcome

Presentations

13:00-15:00

Link to Session 1 Teams Breakout Group:

 

Extremes and Adaptation

It is suggested each session comprise short presentations (about 10 min?) followed by a much longer discussion session.

 

In general, the presentations will be made by the group leaders, but they could suggest alternatives if that is more appropriate.

 

The group leaders should moderate the discussions and present conclusions to the final session of the Joint Panel Meeting on Friday 23rd.

 

Sabrina Speich,

Rainer Hollmann

How can extremes of temperature and precipitation be best described for adaptation?  What are the other important extremes for adaptation?

 

15:00-17:00

Link to Session 2 Teams Breakout Group:

 

Paris Agreement and Observations for GHG Science and Reporting

 

Dale Hurst,

Han Dolman,

Karina von Schuckmann,

Martin Herold

How well do the GCOS ECVs contribute to adequate monitoring of GHG in the context of the Paris agreement? What improvements can we make?

 

13:00-15:00

Link to Session 3 Teams Breakout Group:

 

Global Climate Data Centres

 

 

Peter Thorne,

Thelma Krug,

Weidong Yu

 

What is needed to improve the network of global data centres?

What are the minimum requirements for GCOS endorsed global climate data centres?

 

AOPC View by P. Thorne

TOPC View by T. Krug

CMOC by W. Yu

MCDS by E. Freeman

 

15:00-17:00

Link to Session 4 Teams Breakout Group:

 

Surface energy and water fluxes

 

Meghan Cronin,

Nadia Smith,

Diego Miralles

How complete is the coverage (spatial and temporal) of Air-sea and Land-Air fluxes (evaporation, sensible heat …)? What can be implemented now and what developments are needed?

Air-sea Flux activities by M. Cronin

PBL Sounding of Temp and Water vapor by C. Wilson

Satellite-base Land Evaporation by D. Miralles

 

Day 4: Thursday 22 April: Time for individual panel meetings

Link to the OOPC Teams Meeting

 

OOPC-24 Documents and Presentations

 

Day 5: Friday 23 April: Link to the Teams Joint Panel Meeting - Friday Session

Time

Topic

Details

Presenter

Note/Outcome

Documents/Presentations

14:00-15:00

Report from Break out Groups

Includes the way forward for GCOS and expected involvement of panels

BOG Rapporteurs

Han Dolman / GCOS Secretariat

 

Report from Session 1

Report from Session 2

Report from Session 3

Report from Session 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

15:00-17:00

Time for individual panel meetings 

Link to the AOPC Teams Meeting

 

AOPC-26 Documents and Presentations

OOPC-24 Documents and Presentations

EU Copernicus

 

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