Session 15 |
| | Global Climate Observing System [GCOS] (ROOM 613/614) |
| | Cochairs: Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA
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| 8:30 AM | 15.1 | Moving the GCOS Second Adequacy Report to Implementation
Paul Mason, GCOS Steering Committee and University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom |
| 8:45 AM | 15.2 | Implementing Improvements in Global Observing Systems for Climate
Alan R. Thomas, Global Climate Observing System, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 9:00 AM | 15.3 | Improving the GCOS Surface and Upper air Networks
Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:15 AM | 15.4 | The GCOS Regional Workshop Program: A Review and Appraisal
William E. Westermeyer, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 9:30 AM | 15.5 | Update on U.S. Support for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and Associated Pacific Island Regional GCOS Activities  
Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:45 AM | | Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
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| 11:15 AM | 15.6 | Data Management Framework of the Meteorological Service of Canada
Tsoi-Ching Yip, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Minuk |
| 11:30 AM | 15.7 | Satellite-based drought observing system
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD |
| 11:45 AM | 15.8 | The Data Management and Communications (DMAC) for the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
Steve Hankin, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and L. Bernard, P. Cornillon, F. Grassle, D. M. Legler, J. Lever, and S. Worley |