SCOR Meeting on Coordination of International Marine Research Projects

Agenda

23 September (Thursday)

9:00	Background, Introductions, and Goals – John Field/Laurent Labeyrie and Ed Urban
9:30	Update on follow-up activities related to SCOR/IGBP Activity on Data Management for International Marine Research Projects Updates from Projects Updates from Sponsors Additional Follow-up Needed
10:30	Break
11:00	Interactions of International Marine Research Projects with the Global Ocean Observing System Presentations: Tom Malone (COOP) and Ed Harrison (OOPC) – 40 minutes How have projects been involved in GOOS development? – Reports from GOOS and projects How can GOOS and other observing systems be useful for the projects? What measurements do projects need most from GOOS? How can projects be useful for GOOS? How are research observations transformed into operational observations? How can the research projects be useful for developing the observing system? What mechanisms are necessary to improve the way that projects work with GOOS and other observing systems? How will the observatories and time-series stations planned by the projects integrate with GOOS?
13:00	Lunch (bilateral and small-group meetings)
14:30	Continued discussions of GOOS-project relations
16:00	Break
16:30	Project Needs for Time-series stations Presentation (30 minutes) - Tommy Dickey
18:00	Adjourn for the Day
20:00	Dinner (bilateral and small-group discusions)

24 September (Friday)

9:00	Southern Ocean research and observations Potential for collaborative research among projects, in general, and during IPY Mechanisms for continued interactions – Presentation by Colin Summerhayes on SCAR-SCOR Proposal for a Coordination Group for the Southern Ocean (ISOS)
10:30	Break
11:00	Contributions of projects to environmental assessments supported by governments, such as the climate assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (30 minutes) - Jackie Alder
13:00	Lunch (bilateral and small-group discussions)
14:30	Discussion of other topics of interests to the participants (either identified at the meeting or in advance)
16:00	Break
16:30	Conclusions and Recommendations To SCOR and other organizations To projects To GOOS and other observing networks To governmental agencies and inter-governmental organizations To others?
18:00	Adjourn Meeting
20:00	Dinner (bilateral or small-group discussions)

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