Joint Session 5
	Related to Global Environmental Observing Systems Including Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) (Joint between the 22nd Conference on IIPS, and the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the 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; A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/ORL/FSL, Boulder, CO
	8:30 AM	J5.1	Global Climate Observing System Implementation: Progress and Challenges   David M. Goodrich, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland
	8:45 AM	J5.2	Taking forward the “GCOS Implementation Plan for the Global Observing Systems for Climate in support of the UNFCCC” a component of the GEOSS   Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom
	9:00 AM	J5.3	Improving the GCOS Surface and Upper Air Networks   Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Diamond
	9:15 AM	J5.4	Pacific Island Meteorological Service Offices Web Site Development: a Model for Cost Efficient Implementation and Sustainability—the Case of Papua New Guinea   Christina Lief, Univ. of Delaware, Lewes, DE; and H. J. Diamond and K. Luana
	9:30 AM	J5.5	Update on the US Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program   Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and R. S. Vose
	9:45 AM		Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee break (See Wed. schedule for poster listings)
	11:00 AM	J5.6	NOAA's contributions to the global ocean observing system for climate   Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA; and M. Johnson
	11:15 AM	J5.7	Real-time oil platform ocean current data in the Gulf of Mexico: An IOOS industry partnership success story   Richard L. Crout, National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and D. Conlee, D. Gilhousen, R. Bouchard, M. Livingston, M. Garcia, C. Cooper, and R. Raye
	11:30 AM	J5.8	The Georgia Mesonet: Concepts and Systems to Demonstrate a New Cooperative Climate Network   Lans P. Rothfusz, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA; and K. Crawford, G. Hoogenboom, D. E. Stooksbury, and P. N. Knox
	11:45 AM	J5.9	COOP Modernization: NOAA's Environmental Real-time Observation Network in New England, the Southeast, and Addressing NIDIS in the West   Kenneth C. Crawford, Office of Science and Technology, National Weather Service Headquarters, Silver Spring, MD; and G. R. Essenberg
	12:00 PM	J5.10	Extreme Data Collection—The Arizona Experience   Anton F. Haffer, NOAA/NWSFO, Phoenix, AZ

Thursday, 2 February 2006: 8:30 AM-12:15 PM, A411

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