Thirty Second Session of DBCP

17 - 21 October 2016,

La Jolla,
United States



Agenda



1 Opening and Welcome of the DBCP Session
2 Scientific and Techincal Workshop
3 Opening of the DBCP Business Session
3.1 Adoption of the Agenda
3.2 Working Arrangements
4 Reports by the Chairperson, vice Chairpersons, and the Executive Board
5 Report by the Techincal Coordinator
6 Reports by the Action Groups
7 Report by the Task Teams
7.1 Task Team on Instrument Best Practices and Drifter Technology Developments (TT-IBPD)
7.2 Task Team on Moored Buoys (TT-MB)
7.3 Task Team on Capacity Building (TT-CB)
8 Pilot Projects
8.1 DBCP/ETWCH Pilot Project on Wave measurement Evaluation and Test from Moored buoys (PP-WET)
8.2 Pilot Project Proposals
8.2.1 Unmanned Surface Vehicles
8.2.2 High Resolution Drifter SST Measurement
8.3 Other Activities
9 Buoy Data Management
9.1 Task Team on Data Management (TT-DM)
9.2 Data Timeliness
9.3 Buoy Data Management Centres
9.4 Data Integration
9.5 Metadata, including moored buoys rigs and platforms metadata
10 Issues for the Panel
10.1 Information Exchange
10.2 Vandalism
11 Information Reports
11.1 Satcom Report
11.2 Additional reports, as required
12 Organizational Issues
12.1 JCOMM Activities and Management
12.2 Report on decisions of WMO and IOC Governing Bodies
12.3 User Requirements
12.4 WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS), including DBCP participation
13 Executive Decisions
13.1 Report and Recommendations from the Executive Session
13.2 Budget and Financial Report
13.3 DBCP Implementation Strategy
13.4 DBCP Operating Principles
13.5 Review of action items from the previous DBCP Session
13.6 Workplans and priority for the Panel and Technical Coordinator
15 Election of the Chairperson and vice Chairpersons
16 National Reports
17 Adoption of the Session Report
18 Dates and Place for the Next Session
19 Closure of the Session