Joint Session 3 |
| | EUROPEAN AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS—GCOS (Joint with 19 IIPS and 7 IOS) |
| | Organizers: John R. Lincoln, US Navy Retired; WMO Retired; Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 3:25 PM | J3.0a | Session Introduction 
Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. R. Lincoln |
| 3:30 PM | J3.1 | Second Report on the Adequacy of the Global Climate Observing Systems Policy Overview
Alan R. Thomas, Global Climate Observing System, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 3:45 PM | J3.2 | Second Report on the Adequacy of the Global Climate Observing Systems Scientific process and emerging conclusions
Paul J. Mason, Global Climate Observing System, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom |
| 4:00 PM | J3.3 | Second Report on the Adequacy of the Global Climate Observing Systems Conclusions on atmospheric and oceanic observations
D. E. Harrison, Global Climate Observing System/GOOS/WCRP Ocean Observing Panel for Climate, Seattle, WA |
| 4:15 PM | J3.4 | The U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Program Office's Involvement in the International GCOS Effort
Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 4:30 PM | J3.5 | The global climate observing system. French contribution
Régis Juvanon du Vachat, Météo-France, Paris, France |
| 4:45 PM | J3.6 | Metadata Initiative of the Meteorological Service of Canada
Tsoi-Ching Yip, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Kumar and M. Minuk |
| 5:00 PM | J3.7 | Special Address: "The Need for Global Observing Systems"
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC |