29th Data Buoy Cooperation Panel Session

23 - 27 September 2013,

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy

75732 Paris cedex 07
France

Annotated Agenda

1 Opening and Welcome of the DBCP Session
2 Scientific and Technical 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 Technical Coordinator
6 Reports by the Task Teams
6.1 Task Team on Data Management (TT-DM)
6.2 Task Team on Instrument Best Practices and Drifter Technology Development (TT-IBPD)
6.3 Task Team on Moored Buoys (TT-MB)
6.4 Task Team on Capacity Building (TT-CB)
7 Reports by the Action Groups
8 Pilot Projects
8.1 Progress Report on Pilot Project on the Impact of SLP from Drifters on NWP
8.2 Progress Report on Pilot Project on Wave Measurement Evaluation and Test From Moored and Drifting Buoys
8.3 Progress Report on Pilot Project for High Resolution SST
9 Issues for the Panel
9.1 Information Exchange
9.2 Deployment opportunities and strategies
9.3 Data timeliness
9.4 Vandalism
9.5 Metadata
10 Information Reports
10.1 Argo Steering Team and Argo Information Centre
10.2 Buoy data management centres
10.3 Argos operations and developments
10.4 Iridium operations and developments
11 Organizational Issues
11.1 JCOMMOPS Activities
11.2 JCOMM & JCOMMOPS
11.3 Decisions of WMO & IOC governing bodies
11.4 User requirments
11.5 WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS)
11.6 Financial Reports
12 Report and Recommendations from the Executive Session
12.1 Update DBCP Implementation Plan
12.2 Update DBCP Operating Principles
13 National Reports
14 Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
15 Adoption of the Session Report
16 Dates and Places for the Next Session
17 Closure of the Session