| Joint Session 1 | 
|  | National and International Observing Networks (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC) | 
|  | Organizer: Pamela N. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 
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|  | 9:30 AM | J1.1 | U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Program Overview    Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD
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|  | 9:45 AM | J1.2 | North of the border—The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) Reference Climate Network John MacPhee, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada
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|  | 10:00 AM | J1.3 | Reference station networks for monitoring climatic change in the conterminous United States Russell S. Vose, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
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|  | 10:15 AM | J1.4 | A GIS approach to site selection for the NWS Modernized Cooperative Network William G. McPherson Jr., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan
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