PROVISIONAL TIMELINE/AGENDA
FOR THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING MEETING FOR THE COORDINATED ENHANCED OBSERVING PERIOD (CEOP),
A COMPONENT OF THE WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (WCRP), GLOBAL ENERGY AND WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT (GEWEX) ENDORSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES (CEOS), INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVERVING STRATEGY PARTNERS (IGOS-P)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE (UCI), IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, USA 10-12 MARCH 2004
(REV-3a 29 FEBRUARY 2004)

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Wednesday, 10 March 2004:
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8.15 - 9.00 REGISTRATION

9.00 1. OPENING OF SESSION AND OVERVIEW OF CEOP INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK
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　　　　　　　　1.1 Welcome/logistics UCI/GEWEX-WCRP/CEOP (S. Sorooshian, T. Koike, S. Benedict)
　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　1.2 Agency Viewpoints JAXA/NASA/NOAA/Europe/IAEA (N. Matsuura, J. Kaye, M. Colton, H. Grassl, P. Aagarwal)
　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　1.3 GEWEX Overview (S. Sorooshian)

　　　　　　　　1.4 CEOP as a contribution to the CEOS/IGOS-P Water Initiative (R. Lawford)


11.00 1. OPENING OF SESSION - CONTINUED


11.30 2. CEOP INTRODUCTION/SCIENCE OVERVIEW BY CEOP LEAD SCIENTIST (T. KOIKE)

The CEOP Science Strategy and how it will be addressed at the meeting will be introduced. Satellite and in situ data Integration and assimilation topics will be introduced with model related issues.

13.00 3. CEOP IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY SUMMARY (S. Benedict)

The Planned, co-ordinated and structured international commitments, co-operation and collaboration that are crucial elements of the implementation of CEOP will be addressed.

13.15 4. CEOP DATA MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP STRATEGY (S. Williams/H-J Isemer)

CEOP reference site data is at: http://www.joss.ucar.edu/ghp/ceopdm/rsite.html. An initial CEOP dataset (EOP-1) for the period July through September 2001 has been released. Implementation of the CEOP annual cycle datasets EOP-3 and EOP-4 cover the period from 1 October 2002 up to the end of 2004. The status of this work will be reviewed.

14.00 5. CSE/CEOP REFERENCE SITE CONTRIBUTIONS SUMMARY

The configuration of the EOP-1 and EOP-3 in situ datasets has marked important milestones in CEOP that could not have been accomplished without the support of the Reference Site Spokespersons and Managers. The Reference Site representatives will be asked to discuss individually their contributions to CEOP and note their main issues:

- BALTEX_1 BALTEX_2 (Grassl/Isemer)
- GAPP (Huang/Williams)
- LBA (Marengo)
- GAME/CAMP (Koike/Other GAME/CAMP Site Representatives)
- La Plata (R. Mechoso)
- AMMA/CATCH (Polcher)
- New Sites

15.30 6. CEOP WATER AND ENERGY SIMULATION AND PREDICTION STATUS (J. Roads will organize and moderate this section of the Agenda.

A CEOP Water and Energy Simulation and Prediction (WESP) Working Group has been organized. WESP studies are designed to understand what components of the global water and energy cycles can be measured, simulated, and predicted at regional and global scales. Results from this work will be shown and specific issues related to these objectives will be addressed. The program may include presentations by:
- K. Hsu (UCI)
- J. Roads (Scrppts)
- H. Berbery (Univ. of Maryland)
- M. Rodell (GSFC)
- B. Rockel (GKSS)

16.15 7. MODEL STRATEGY OVERVIEW (M. Bosilovich will moderate this part of the agenda.)
An earlier workshop has focused on CEOP model data handling and has emphasized the outcome of the studies to validate models using coordinated CEOP datasets. A review of the earlier meeting and plans to continue to deliver data, to the CEOP Model Output Archive and to apply the CEOP coordinated datasets will be addressed. The CEOP Model Output Guidance Document is at: http://www.joss.ucar.edu/ghp/ceopdm/.

The program may include brief statements by:
- J. Polcher (GMPP)
- M. Boshilovich (GSFC)
- P. Earnshaw (UK Met Office)
- K. Mitchell (NCEP)
- T. Matsumura (JMA)
- G. Iyengar (NCMRWF)
- S. C. Chou (CPTEC)



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9.00 8. CEOP MONSOON SYSTEMS STRATEGY OVERVIEW (W. Lau, will moderate this section of the agenda)

A CEOP Monsoon Systems Working Group has been addressing the accomplishment of one of the main CEOP aims associated with the documenting of the seasonal march of the monsoon systems, assessing the monsoon systems driving mechanisms, intra-seasonal variations, and diurnal cycle and investigating the possible physical connections between such systems. A CEOP Inter-monsoon Model Study (CIMS) will be discussed.

The program may include presentations by:

- W. Lau (GSFC)
- R. Mechoso (UCLA/VAMOS)
- J. Marengo (LBA)

9.45 9. CEOP SATELLITE DATA INTEGRATION STRATEGY (moderator: T.Koike)

A CEOP Satellite Data Integration Working Group has made progress on the satellite data integration activity under development by JAXA and the University of Tokyo (UT). This concept is supported by a proposal for a CEOP CEOS/WGISS Test Facility (CEOP-WTF) promoted by JAXA. A proto-type CEOP Data Integration System will be demonstrated at the meeting and related data integration issues will be addressed.

The program will include two sub-sections:

(i)WGISS Test Facility (WTF) for CEOP:25min.
- JAXA's Contributions (N.Matsuura/K.Umezawa/O.Ochiai/B.Burford)
- NASA's Contributions (K. McDonald/Y. Enloe/M. Rodell)

(ii)CEOP Satellite Data Integration Center at UT/IIS: 20min.
- Data Integration Functions and System (T.Nemoto)
- Converged Data Integration and Mining (E.Ikoma)


- Watershed Hydrology D.Lettenmaier
- Watershed Hydrology T.Koike

11.00 10. ORGANIZATION OF CEOP PARALLEL WORKING GROUP SESSIONS ON OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH (All Participants)

Parallel working sessions will be set up in Plenary to address specific implementation issues associated CEOP Implementation topics. Participants can divide between the groups as they wish and may “float” between sessions if their interests overlap topics.


13.00 10. MEETING OF CEOP WORKING GROUPS IN PARALLEL SESSIONS

Three sessions are planned:

10.1 CEOP Data Management and Data Integration Working Groups Session (Williams/Bosilovich Co-Chairs, McDonald/Isemer - Correspondents)

The Chair(s) and Correspondents will organize the group to respond to at least the following topics:

(i) Implementation issues for EOP-3
(ii) Data Collection for EOP-2, and 4
(iii) Data Policy issues with regard to new datasets (e.g. BSRN, etc.)
(iv) Data Quality Assurance/Control
(v) Data Availability, Data Archive/Flow, etc.
(vi) Possible additional Satellite Validation Sites
(vii) WGISS Test Facility (WTF) Definition/Applicability
(viii) CEOP Data Integration of Satellite data, Model output and in-situ products

10.2 CEOP Water and Energy Simulation and Prediction (WESP) (Co-Chairs Roads/Ohata; Arkin/Aagarwal-Correspondents)

10.3 Monsoon Systems Working Group Session (Lau/Mechoso, Co-Chairs, Marengo/Lettenmaier -Correspondents)

These two sessions will address the main issues associated with the CEOP Implementation
Working Groups on Water and Energy Simulation and Prediction and Monsoon Systems.

Presentations will be made as necessary and the Chair(s) and the Correspondents will
organize the group to respond to at least the following topics:

(i) Temporal scale issues (diurnal through Interannual)
(ii) Spatial scale issues (local through Global)
(iii) Intercomparison of model products and their application to error analyses
(iv) Data (observational) Requirements
(v) Test case scenarios using EOP-1 data and future EOP datasets
(vi) Model output requirements and handling


15.30 10.4 Plenary Session (All Participants)

The Chairs/Correspondents of each of the Groups will be given 60 minutes to report out on the results of the parallel sessions to all participants including time for open discussion on the outcomes of their deliberations.


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Friday, 12 March 2004:
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9.00 11. PLENARY SESSION TO ADDRESS SPECIAL REPORTS AS REQUIRED

- 11_01_datamanagement_session
- 11_02_wesp_session
- 11_03_monsoonss_session

10.00 12. CONVENING OF JOINT SESSION OF THE CEOP SCIENCE STEERING COMMITTEE (SSC) (H. GRASSL - CHAIR) AND THE CEOP ADVISORY AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (KAYE/SUMI CO-CHAIRS)

12.1 Drs H. Grassl and J. Kaye will convene a joint breakout session of the CEOP SSC and AOC to address at least the following issues:

(i) Maximizing the Science and Technology Benefits from CEOP
(ii) Framework for Oversight of CEOP Science Implementation Plans/Results
(iii) Specific recommendations for efficient organization and management of CEOP
to achieve the main science objectives
(iv) Objectives and Plans for possible CEOP Science Workshop in 2005.
(v) Highlight items relevant to CEOP implementation and planning that require further development.
(vi) Discuss CEOP implementation plans and schedules in the context of the priorities being set by the broader International Climate Research Community and recommend changes in scope and areas where gaps exist, if any.
(vii) A strategy to foster close coordination between all elements of CEOP and the International framework for Climate System Research.

(NOTE: Sessions of the three other Working Groups may take place in parallel with the SSC/AOC breakout session as required)


11.45 13. CONTINUATION OF SSC/AOC BREAKOUT AND PARALLEL WORKING GROUP
SESSIONS AS REQUIRED OR MEET IN PLENARY

13.30 14. FINAL PLENARY

16.00 14. FINAL PLENARY (CONTINUED AS REQUIRED)

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