Draft Agenda for the IGWCO Planning meeting
February 25, 26, 2010
Room #801 in the Marshak Science Building
(Version Feb. 25, 2010)
Meeting Objectives:
- To review progress on the water and water-related tasks in GEO Water SBA,
- To explore the linkages between the GEO Water Cycle Societal Benefit Area (SBA) and the activities of other GEO SBAs,
- To encourage discussion regarding ways to improve the coordination among the various components of the GEO Water Cycle SBA and other GEO SBAs at the planning and implementation levels.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
0900 – 0915: Welcomes, Introductions and Meeting Objectives
- Background on Water Cycle Programs and Initiatives
0915- 0930: Introduction to GEO and the Water SBA (Douglas Cripe)
0930-0945: Background to the IGWCO CoP and its activities (Rick Lawford)
0945-1000: US GEO and its water activities (Matt Larson?)
1000 – 1020: GTN- H: Structure and Priorities (Balazs Fekete and Wolfgang Grabs)
1020 – 1035: CEOS and its committees (Osamu Ochiai)
1035 – 1100: Break
- CEOS Member activities related to water
1100 – 1115: NASA (David Toll)
1115 – 1130: JAXA (Osama Ochiai)
1130 – 1145: ESA (Einar Herland to be given by TBD)
1145 – 1215: Discussion of the Planned CEOS Water Activities (Discussion Leader: Osamu Ochiai)
1215 – 1330: Lunch
- Integrated Data Sets – Geo Task WA-08-01A
1330 – 1345: Summary of the Integrated Global Water Cycle Workshop (Rick Lawford)
1345 – 1355: WA-08-01A Soil Moisture (Peter van Oevelen to be given by RL)
1355 – 1405: WA-08-01B Runoff (Wolfgang Grabs)
1405 – 1415: WA-08-01C Groundwater (Sophie Vermooten)
1415 – 1425: WA-08-01D Precipitation (George Huffman to be given by David Toll)
1425 - 1435: WA-08-01G Water Quality (Steven Greb to be given by Angelica Gutierrez-Magness)
1435 – 1445: WA -08-01E Integrated Data Sets (CEOP) (Toshio Koike to be given by Rick Lawford)
1445 – 1500: Discussion on steps needed to implement Integration component of WA-08-01
1500 – 1530: Break
- Water Cycle Activities related to Extremes:
1530 -1540: WA-06-02A Prediction systems for Water management (John Schaake)
1540 – 1550: WA-06-02B Drought Impacts and Monitoring (Rick Lawford)
1550 – 1600: WA-06-02C Water Towers of the World (Douglas Cripe)
1600 – 1610: WA-08-01F IEEE Demonstration Projects (Tom Wiener)
1610 -1620: WA-06-07A Latin and Caribbean Water Cycle Activities/ Priorities (Angelica Gutierrez-Magness/ David Toll)
1620 – 1630: WA-06-07B Asian Water Cycle Initiative (Osamu Oachiai)
1630 – 1640: WA-06-07C African Water Cycle Coordination Initiative (Douglas Cripe)
1640 – 1700: Discussion related to the integration across GEO water cycle tasks
Friday, February 26, 2010
0830 – 0845: WMO Climate and Water Resources (Wolfgang Grabs)
0845 - 0900: US UNESCO Water-related Activities (Matt Larsen)
0900- 0915: CUAHSI (Yoori Choi)
0915-0930: ESSP/GWSP (Charles Vorosmarty)
0930-0945: GEWEX/CEOP (TBD)
0945 – 1000: Waternet (Lydia Gates)
1000 – 1020: WA-06-02D Drought Monitoring and NIDIS presentation (Chad McNutt)
1020 – 1045: Break
1045– 1100: Towards New Collaborations for a Distributed Data Integration System (Satoko H. Miura)
1100 – 1115: WMO WIS system (Wolfgang Grabs)
1115 – 1130: DA-09-02a Data Centre Alliances (Rick Lawford)
1130 – 1145: ADC Committee and the AIP-3 Projects (Will Pozzi)
1145 – 1200: US-09-01A User Needs Survey (Sushel Unninayar)
1200 - 1215: Discussion
1215 – 1330: Lunch
- Linkages with Other SBAs and Communities
1330 – 1345: GEO UIC Water Cycle Projects (Kathy Fontaine via Webex?)
1345 -1400: The ESIP Federation and its potential contributions to IGWCO (Carol Meyer)
1400 – 1415: Canada/ US Water Cycle Demonstration Project Program (Rick Lawford for Ken Korporal)
1415 – 1430: Overview of Water links with Ecosystems and Biodiversity including GEOBON (Charles Vorosmarty)
1430 – 1445: Possible Linkages between the Water SBA and Health SBA
1445 – 1505: Overview of potential links between the Water SBA and the Agriculture and Food SBA, the Energy SBA and the Disasters SBA (Douglas Cripe)
1505 – 1515: Charge to Working Groups
1515 – 1530: Break
1530 – 1630: Breakout Groups to discuss opportunities for integration:
GROUP A
- How can better integration across the Water SBA Tasks be achieved?
- How can we more effectively link Water SBA activities with data systems and services projects and the GEO ADC in general?
GROUP B:
- How can improved interactions between the Water SBA and other GEO SBAs be achieved?
- How can the GEO Water SBA interact more effectively with other water programs?
1630 – 1700: Reports from Working Groups and Discussion
1700 – 1730: IGWCO Planning Meeting Summary and Action Items
1730: Meeting adjourns
