| Organizers: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA; Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/ORL/FSL, Boulder, CO; A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL
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| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | J8.3 | Establishing an EURO-GCOS-Network Volker Vent-Schmidt, DWD, Deutscher Wetterdienst, OFFENBACH, Germany |
| 2:00 PM | J8.4 | Enhancing global climate observing system (GCOS) activities in Switzerland ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Thomas Frei, Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2:15 PM | J8.5 | Update on U.S. support for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and associated support for international, regional, and bi-lateral GCOS activities ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD |
| 2:30 PM | J8.6 | NOAA's role in building a global ocean observing system ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Johnson |
| 2:45 PM | | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
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| 3:15 PM | J8.7 | Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic Systems: A Key Component of an Ocean Observing System ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Shawn R. Smith, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |
| 3:30 PM | J8.8 | Global Observing System Information (GOSIC) data set information available through NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Gene R. Major, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and C. Lief, L. Olsen, S. A. Ritz, G. Servin, and D. White |
| 3:45 PM | J8.9 | On-line provision of data at ECMWF ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Fuentes and M. Manoussakis |
| 4:00 PM | J8.10 | Analysis of Data Exchange Problems in Global Atmospheric and Hydrological Networks ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Stephan Bojinski, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland; and A. R. Thomas |
| 4:15 PM | J8.11 | NCDC's GCOS lead center activities ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and G. R. Hammer and M. J. Menne |
| 4:30 PM | J8.12 | Adequacy of in situ observing system in the satellite era for climate SST analysis ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds and T. M. Smith |
| 4:45 PM | J8.13 | The Meteorological Service of Canada’s Solar Radiation Data Processing System Tara H. Sopoco, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and L. D. Boudreau |
| 5:00 PM | J8.14 | Upgrades to and expansion of the Comprehensive Pacific Rainfall Database (PACRAIN) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey |