Institut de Ciències del Mar - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49
08003 Barcelona Catalunya
Spain
| 1 | Opening and overview (Chair: Toshio Suga) |
| 1.1 | Welcome from co-chairs, local host, introductions |
| 1.2 | Overview of Agenda, aims, expectation of the meeting. Approval of Agenda. |
| 1.3 | State of the Ocean Update (Ocean Indices) |
| 2 | Sponsor guidance, planning and reporting (Chair: Mark Bourassa) |
| 2.1 | GCOS update, process for Status Report and next Implementation Plan |
| 2.2 | GOOS update, planning and reporting |
| 2.3 | Discussion: reporting processes, drivers and priorities for the OOPC Work Plan going forward |
| 3 | Implementing the OOPC Work Plan (Chair: Toshio Suga) |
| 3.1. | Overview of OOPC Work Plan, development, status, next steps |
| 3.2. | Introducing Observing System Evaluations |
| 3.3. | Tropical Pacific Observing System, 2020 |
| 3.4 | Deep Ocean Observing Strategy |
| 3.5 | Discussion: lessons learnt, formation of projects, next steps and priorities |
| 4 | Evaluating Variable (EOV/ECV) Requirements (Chair: Mark Bourassa) |
| 4.1 | Introduction |
| 4.2 | Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Salinity |
| 4.3 | Sea Level |
| 4.4 | Sea State and Sea Ice |
| 4.5 | Surface Current and Subsurface Current |
| 4.6 | Subsurface Temperature, Salinity, Tracers |
| 4.7 | Biogeochemical ECVs/Proposed EOVs |
| 4.8 | Evaluating Coastal Observation requirements and implementation globally, inc. Discussion |
| 4.9 | Discussion: next steps for EOV Specifications, and connection to GOOS reporting |
| 5 | 'Science Break': Ocean Observing and the CSIC Institute de Ciences del Mar |
| 5.1 | Overview of CSIC Institute de Ciences del Mar Activities |
| 5.2 | Zonal Jets and Recirculations in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean |
| 5.3 | Citclops: Citizen Observatory for Coast and Ocean Optical Monitoring |
| 5.4 | ENSO monitoring using SMOS salinity fields |
| 5.5 | Ice, climate, and economics - Arctic research on change |
| 5.6 | Small-scale wind variability as depicted by satellite scatterometers: a valuable source of air-sea interaction information |
| 5.7 | Discussion |
| 6 | Setting observing system requirements and feedback on observing system Design. Connection to CLIVAR |
| 6.1. | Overview, pan CLIVAR Sustained Obs breakout |
| 6.2 | Global Synthesis and Observations Panel |
| 6.3 | Atlantic Panel |
| 6.4 | Pacific Panel |
| 6.5 | Indian Ocean Panel |
| 6.6 | Southern Ocean Panel |
| 6.7 | Discussion: connections and feedbacks, role of CLIVAR panels in observing system development and evaluations, GOOS Projects, (process studies feedback into sustained obs design, etc.) |
| 7 | Qualitative and quantitative approaches to observing system design and evaluation |
| 7.1 | Statistical Approaches |
| 7.2 | Modelling approaches and activities of the GODAE OceanView Observing System Evaluation Task Team |
| 7.3 | Development of Observing System Metrics |
| 7.4 | Discussion |
| 8 | Discussion: Collaborative activities to progress in 2014-16 |
| 9 | Dates/Location of next meeting and meeting close. |