Third session of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

04 - 11 November 2009,

Hotel Atlas Asni
Marrakech
Morocco

Annotated Agenda

1 OPENING OF THE SESSION
2 ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.1 Consideration of the report on credentials
2.2 Adoption of the agenda
2.3 Establishment of committees
2.4 Other organizational matters
3 REPORT BY THE CO-PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMISSION
4 REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF WMO AND UNESCO/IOC RELATED TO THE COMMISSION
5 ASSESS SCIENTIFIC AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Met-ocean applications
5.2 GOOS and GCOS
5.3 Global and regional NWP and synoptic meteorology
5.4 Other
6 IN-SITU AND SATELLITE OBSERVING SYSTEMS
6.1 JCOMM OPA implementation goals
6.2 Instrumentation issues
6.3 Scientific and Technical Developments for Ocean Observations
6.4 Observing Programme Support Centre (OPSC)
7 INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES (DATA MANAGEMENT)
7.1 Data Management
7.2 Marine Climatology
7.3 Data Management Practices (DMP)
8 MARINE METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC FORECASTING SYSTEMS AND SERVICES
8.1 Forecasting Systems and Products
8.2 Disaster Risk Reduction
8.3 Service Delivery
9 EDUCATION AND TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
9.1 Specialized education and training
9.2 Technology transfer and implementation support
10 WMO INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
10.1 WMO Information System (WIS)
10.2 WIGOS Pilot Project for JCOMM
11 QUALITY MANAGEMENT
11.1 Quality Management Systems (QMS) for services and WMO Quality Management Framework (QMF)
11.2 Best practices and standards
12 REVIEW OF TECHNICAL REGULATIONS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION, INCLUDING GUIDES AND OTHER TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
13 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PROGRAMMES AND BODIES
13.1 Programmes and bodies of WMO and UNESCO/IOC
13.2 Organizations and bodies
14 JCOMM PROGRAMME AND PLANNING
14.1 WMO and UNESCO/IOC Strategic Planning and the JCOMM strategy; Monitoring and Evaluation of JCOMM activities
14.2 Future work programme and operating plan
14.3 Review of previous resolutions and recommendations of the Commission and of relevant resolutions of the Governing Bodies of WMO and UNESCO/IOC
14.4 Establishment of Groups and Expert Teams and nomination of Rapporteurs
14.5 Date and place of the fourth session
15 SCIENTIFIC LECTURES: SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MET-OCEAN INFORMATION AND SERVICES
16 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
17 CLOSURE OF THE SESSION