The Second Annual Meeting of the "Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (CEOP)",
[ Geneva, Switzerland 15-17 September 2008 ]

Agenda

Presentations Abstracts
1. Opening of Meeting and Introduction    
   1.1 Welcoming Remarks/Logistics      
   1.2.1 Introduction to Meeting Objectives and Agenda (R. Stewart)   
   1.2.2 Introduction to Meeting Objectives and Agenda (T. Koike)     
2. Coordinated Energy and Water-cycle Observations Project (CEOP) International connections and Outreach Strategy and Near Term Implementation Plans    
    2.1  CEOP in WCRP (G. Asrar)    
    2.2  GEWEX Interactions (S. Sorooshian)  
    2.3  CEOP Contribution to GEO Water Tasks (GEO Secretariat . D. Cripe)  
3. CEOP Component Status Reporting: Assessment of Success with Metrics for Data Collection/Archive/Application, Scientific Achievements and Deliverables.    
3.1 Regional Hydroclimate Projects       
     3.1.1 LBA (A. Araujo/L. Horta)
     3.1.2 LPB (H. Berbery)  
     3.1.3 MAHASRI (J. Matsumoto)
     3.1.4 BALTEX (M. Reckermann)
     3.1.5 CPPA + NOAA MRED Initiative (R. Arritt)  
     3.1.6 NEESPI (P. Groisman)
3.2 Regional Climate Foci      
     3.2.1 Semi-arid Regions (W. Guo)  
     3.2.2 Cold Regions (D. Yang)  
3.2 Regional Climate Foci : Special session on High Elevations      
     3.2.3 Opening statement on Ev-K2-CNR’s commitment to the HE initiative (B. Schommer, Ev-K2 CNR Committee General Director)  
     3.2.4 Contribution of HE initiative in the context WCRP/GEWEX/CEOP (V. Ryabinin)  
     3.2.5 Current status and perspectives of HE initiative (G. Tartari)
     3.2.6 The CEOP-HE Scientific Rationale and Regional Water and Energy Cycle Research (K. Ueno)
     3.2.7 Ev-K2-CNR’s SHARE Project Executive Coordinator: Reference stations for the high elevations (HE) network (E. Vuillermoz)
     3.2.8 The Proposed CEOP-HE Implementation Strategy (G. Tartari)
3.3 Invited Talk: CEOP-AEGIS (M. Menenti)      
3.4 Special Session on Monsoon as a CEOP/GEWEX/WCRP Foci      
     3.4.1 Pan-WCRP Monsoon Activities (G. Wu)
     3.4.2 Asian Monsoon Year . AMY (J. Matsumoto)
     3.4.3 Variability of the American Monsoon Systems (VAMOS) model strategy (H. Berbery)  
     3.4.4 The West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation project (WAMME) and its First Model Intercomparison Experiment (Y. Xue)
3.5 Crosscutting Studies      
     3.5.1 Water and Energy Budget Study . WEBS (K. Yang)  
3.5 Crosscutting Science Studies (Continued) Special session on Extremes as a CEOP/GEWEX/WCRP Foci:      
     3.5.2 The Extremes focal point within CEOP (R. Stewart)
     3.5.3 Strategies for describing change in storminess (H. von Storch)  
     3.5.4 Priorities in extremes studies in the CLIVAR Variability of the American Monsoon Systems (VAMOS) Panel: The case of the La Plata Basin (H. Berbery)  
     3.5.5 GPCC products (T. Fuchs)  
     3.5.6 Aerosols (T. Koike)  
     3.5.7 Isotopes (K. Yoshimura)
3.6 Modeling Session    
     3.6.1 Global Models (M. Bosilovich)  
     3.6.2 Regional Models (B. Rockel/R. Arritt)
     3.6.3 Land Surface Models (D. Mocko)  
     3.6.4 Hydrologic Applications Project (J. Shaake)  
3.7 Data    
     3.7.1 Satellite Data Summary (T. Koike)  
     3.7.2 JAXA contributions (K. Umezawa)
     3.7.3 NASA contributions (M. Teague/G. Ye)
     3.7.4 ESA contributions (E.-A. Herland)  
     3.7.5 Reference Site/ River Basins (S. Williams)  
     3.7.6 Model Output (F. Toussaint)  
     3.7.7 Global Precipitation Climatology Center - GPCC (T. Fuchs)
     3.7.8 GRDC (U. Looser)
     3.7.9.1 Data Integration (E. Ikoma)
     3.7.9.2 Data Integration (Yasukawa)  
4. WCRP/GEWEX intermediate and long-range implementation and strategic planning    
5. Breakout Session By Scientific Foci Topic . Monsoon, High Elevations, Extremes (Including Break)    
     5.1 Monsoon (J. Matsumoto/H. Berbery)  
     5.2 High Elevations (G. Tartari)  
     5.3 Extremes (R. Stewart)  
6. Breakout Session . Data Integration of Satellite, Model, In-situ Data for Science Foci Topic . Monsoon, High Elevations, Extremes    
     6.1 Satellite Data (T. Koike)  
     6.2 Model Data (M. Bosilovich)  
     6.3 In-situ Data (S. Williams)  
7. PLENARY DISCUSSION / EXCHANGE SESSION (Koike)