2018 meeting of the IODE Steering Group for the International Quality Controlled Ocean Database

16 - 18 April 2018,

UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7

8400 Oostende
Belgium

Annotated Agenda

1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
2. OVERVIEW OF IOC AND ITS IODE
3. INTRODUCTION TO OTGA AND THE OCEANTEACHER E-LEARNING PLATFORM
4. OVERVIEW IQuod v0.1 PRODUCT + JOINT IODE DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTING VISIBILITY
5. TT: I-METADATA
6. TT: UNCERTAINTY
7. TT: FORMAT
8. LONG TERM AND REAL TIME OBSERVATIONS OF THE OCEAN MEGA SCIENCE CENTER
9. UDASH - UNIFIED DATABASE FOR ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC HYDROGRAPHY
10. GTSPP/IQuOD
11. TT-GDAC
12. LESSONS LEARNT: v01 IMPLEMENTATION AND TRACEABILITY
13. OVERALL DISCUSSIONS DAY 1
14. USE OF ALPHA CONVEX HULL FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF T/S DATA
15. CUSTOMIZED GLOBAL XBT DATA SET FOR QUALITY CONTROL PERFORMANCE TEST
16. MEXICO'S NODC ACTIVITIES
17. TT: AUTO QC
18. TT: EXPERT QC/MACHINE LEARNING
19. TT: PERFORMANCE METRICS (OBS/MODEL)
20. DISCUSSION QC + METRICS
21. ENGAGING WITH SCOR AND IODE: RELEVANT PROJECTS, NODCs, ADUs
22. BIASES OF FIVE LATENT HEAT FLUX PRODUCTS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON MIXED-LAYER TEMPERATURE ESTIMATES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
23. PLANNING FOR IMPACT: DESSEMINATION STRATEGY (INTERIM PRODUCTS), WEBSITE, DOCUMENTATION, TRAINING AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS
24. TRACKING SCOR WG 148 toRs / MAY REPORT
25. PLANNING FUTURE ACTIVITIES FOR INTERIM/FINAL PRODUCTS
28. OVERALL DISCUSSION DAY 2
29. TS DATA INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT IN NMDIS
30. REVIEW PLANNED TT ACTIVITIES
31. OVERVIEW: AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL PROPOSAL WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
32. PLANNING: REGULAR VIDEO MEETINGS AND 2019 WORKSHOP
33. AGREED ACTIONS AND WRITE UP
34. CLOSING OF THE MEETING