U.S. GOOS Steering Committee Meeting VII
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboraties
9-11 October 2002

AGENDA

Meeting attendees

This report can also be downloaded as a Word document. Links to the twelve appendices (either MS Word or PDF format) are available.
 
Wednesday, 9 October 2002
 
0800Coffee, rolls, and juice
 
1.   Opening of Meeting
0830Welcome (Worth Nowlin and Stephen Brandt)
Introductions
Key meeting objectives (Tom Malone)
Adoption of agenda (Tom Malone)
 
2.   Progress on National and International GOOS Activities and Related Programs
0915International coastal GOOS (Tom Malone)
0930Status of U.S. contribution to global GOOS module (Mike Johnson)
0945Ocean.US priorities for implementing the IOOS (Larry Atkinson)     PowerPoint (3.2 Mb)
1015COFFEE
1030Status of pending, pertinent legislation (Evan Richert)
1100Implementing the IOOS; the role of CORE (RADM Richard West)     PowerPoint (1.8 Mb)
1130Reports on federal agency initiatives related to GOOS (Representatives present)
      Coastal Observing Technology System project (Davidson)
      NOAA Plan for Contributions to GOOS Climate Module (M. Johnson)     PowerPoint (5.7 Mb)
      NSF Observatories program (E. Ralph)
1200LUNCH
1315Reports on federal agency initiatives related to GOOS (continued)
1330Discussion of Ocean.US draft document on Implementation of the U.S. IOOS (Nowlin, discussion leader)
1445Discussion of draft document Research and GOOS (Nowlin)
1515BREAK
1530Discussion of draft Data and Communications Plan for the IOOS (Steve Hankin)     PowerPoint (188 K)
 
3.   Regional Observing Systems
1630Status of GoMOOS (Evan Richert)
1650Status of GEM (written report from Mundy
1710NRC review of GEM plans (Thomas Royer)
1730Adjourn for the day
 
 
Thursday, 10 October 2002
 
0800Coffee, rolls, and juice
 
4.   Special Review of Great Lakes Observing System Elements
0830Review of IOOS-related GLERL Activities (Stephen Brandt to arrange)     PowerPoint (12.2 Mb)
0930Users of an integrated observing system for the Great Lakes (Jeffrey Reutter)     PowerPoint (96 K)
0955COFFEE
1015Great Lakes Forecasting System (Keith Bedford)
1040Operational or quasi-operational observing system elements (C.K. Shum)     PDF (7 Mb)
1105Discussion
1200LUNCH
 
5.   Subcommittee Reports and Related Information
1315Report from Users and Products Subcommittee (Steve Weisberg)
1345Regional market and policy imperatives as drivers for the design of the coastal component of GOOS (Mary Altalo)
1415Start-up activites of Economic Benefits Subcommittee (Charlie Colgan)
Including discussion of new NOPP-sponsored study of expected economic benefits of regional observing systems
1515BREAK
1530Discussion of Communications Subcommittee
1615Discussion of Memorandum of Agreement for supporters of regional coastal observing systems (Mark Luther et al.)
1715Adjourn for the day
 
 
Friday, 11 October 2002
 
0800Coffee, rolls, and juice
 
6.   Executive Session
0830Old business
     Including concluding discussion on draft Ocean.US documents and review of action items from U.S. GSC-VII
New business
Committee membership
Venue and date of next meeting
1200Adjourn Meeting



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