Joint Session 4 |
| | Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) (Joint between the 25th Conference on International Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)) |
| | Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
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| 8:30 AM | J4.1 | GCOS progress and plans 
John W. Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia |
| 9:00 AM | J4.2 | The role of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in developing Earth Science Information
John H. Dunnigan, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:15 AM | J4.3 | Progress against Implementation of Global Observing Systems for Climate, Updating the GCOS Plan
Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Bojinski |
| 9:30 AM | J4.4 | The U.S. Group on Earth Observations (USGEO): Progress towards coordinated and sustained observations of the Earth system
Helen M. Wood, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Withee |