Tohoku University
Aobayama Campus
6-3,Aramaki Aza-Aoba,
Aoba-ku
Sendai, Tohoku
980-8578
Japan
| 1 | Joint Plenary. Introductions, overarching GCOS and GOOS Talks |
| 1.1 | Welcome, Local Logistics |
| 1.2 | GCOS Priorities, Next Implementation Plan, focus, process and milestones |
| 1.3 | GOOS Strategic Mapping: rationale, process, next steps |
| 1.4 | DISCUSSION: contributions to planning prcesses, scope/drivers, areas of progress/development in Ocean observing |
| 2 | OOPC Only: Introductions |
| 2.1. | Update from the OOPC C-Chairs, Activities since OOPC-17, Agenda for the meeting |
| 2.2 | DISCUSSION, including changes to and approval of the agenda |
| 3 | OOPC Only: Status of the Sustained Observing System |
| 3.1 | Observing System Status, risks, challenges, opportunities |
| 3.2 | Discussion |
| 4 | OOPC Only: Feedback from CLIVAR Panels |
| 4.1 | Global Synthesis and Observations Panel |
| 4.2 | Atlantic Panel |
| 4.3 | Indian Ocean Panel |
| 4.4 | Pacific Panel |
| 4.5 | Questions, |
| 4.6 | Southern Ocean Panel |
| 4.7 | Discussion |
| 5 | Joint Session: Recap/Input from Separate Panels Sessions, Focus of Joint Day |
| 5.1 | Agenda and Aims of the Joint Session |
| 5.2 | Recap OOPC |
| 5.3 | Recap IOCCP/GOOS Biogeochemistry |
| 6 | Joint Session: GCOS Implementation Plan, GOOS Strategic Mapping activities |
| 6.1 | GCOS IP: Priority areas in new plan, focus of ocean section |
| 6.2 | GOOS Strategic Mapping, rational for Variable/Network Specifications |
| 6.3 | Discussion |
| 6.4 | Summary of Physical Variable Specs, common issues, areas for improvement |
| 6.5 | Summary of Biogeochemical Specifications |
| 6.6 | Discussion of next steps for Variable Specs |
| 6.7 | Network Specifications: rationale, templates, process |
| 6.8 | Discussion: feedback on templates, next steps, process for proposing new networks |
| 7 | Joint Session: Quantitative Targets for Observing Networks |
| 7.1 | Intro: process for developing targets for physics/climate networks to date, lessons learnt, next steps |
| 7.2 | Discussion: Development of BGC Network Targets (and what should be in the next GCOS IP |
| 7.3 | Observing System Metrics (By Variable, Network) |
| 7.4 | DISCUSSION: Feedback, next steps in developing observing system metrics |
| 8 | DISCUSSION: Next steps for joint OOPC/OCG Activities |
| 9 | OOPC Only: Recap from joint Day. |
| 10 | OOPC Only: Observing System Development Activities |
| 10.1 | TPOS 2020 |
| 10.2 | DISCUSSION: TPOS 2020 Climate Timeseries Activity |
| 10.3 | AtlantOS |
| 10.4 | Deep Ocean Observing Strategy |
| 10.5 | Discussion |
| 10.6 | Boundary Currents and their interaction with the Shelf |
| 10.7 | Air Sea Fluxes |
| 10.8 | Polar Oceans and Ocean/Cryosphere Interactions |
| 10.9 | Discussion |
| 11 | OOPC Only: Discussion on way forward. |
| 11.1 | OOPC Work Plan Progress and Actions |
| 11.2 | Discussion and agreement on way forward for O.S: Evaluations, Priorities/Milestones for input to GCOS IP, OceanObs19, etc |
| 11.3 | GCOS Status Report, IP, Next Steps for Variable Specifications |
| 11.4 | Developing Network Specifications |
| 11.5 | Future Priorities (New Variables, New Requirements, Opportunities arising from Development Projects, Coastal requirements, BGC ECVs |
| 11.6 | Planning for Next Meeting |
| 12 | Japanese workshop |