GLOSS GE XII and associated Workshops

07 - 11 November 2011,

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
7, place de Fontenoy

75732 Paris cedex 07
France

Annotated Agenda

1. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
1.1 OPENING OF THE SESSION
1.2 PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS
1.3 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
2. REVIEW OF GLOSS ACTIVITIES AND STATUS OF ACTIONS FROM GE-XI
3. GLOSS CORE NETWORK
3.1 REVIEW OF GLOSS CORE NETWORK STATUS (LOW FREQUENCY AND HIGH FREQUENCY, DELAYED MODE AND FAST MODE)
3.2 REVIEW OF COLOCATED AND NEARLY COLOCATED CONTINUOUS GPS STATIONS
4. REGIONAL SEA LEVEL NETWORKS IN SUPPORT OF TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEMS
4.1 INDIAN OCEAN
4.2 PACIFIC OCEAN
4.3 CARIBBEAN
4.4 NE ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN
5. REPORT OF THE SEA LEVEL STATION MONITORING FACILITY
6. SUMMARY OF RECENT RESEARCH BASED ON TIDE GAUGE OBSERVATIONS
7. ACTIONS/REQUIREMENTS FROM WORKSHOPS (7-9 NOVEMBER 2011): (i) WORKSHOP ON STORM SURGE MONITORING AND EXTREME SEA LEVELS AND THE NEED FOR HIGH-QUALITY REAL-TIME SEA LEVEL DATA, 7-8 NOVEMBER 2011; (ii) SPACE-BASED METHODS FOR VERTICAL TIDE GAUGE CONTROL (9 NOVEMBER 2011)
8. WORKING GROUP ON TSUNAMIS AND OTHER OCEAN HAZARDS WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS (TOWS-4): REPORT AND REQUIREMENTS TO GLOSS FROM THE TOWS INTER-ICG TASK TEAM ON SEA LEVEL
9. OVERVIEW OF THE GLOSS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
10. NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SEA LEVEL ACTIVITIES
10.1 EUROPE
10.2 MEDGLOSS
10.3 RED SEA
10.4 NATIONAL REPORTS
11. LINKAGES BETWEEN GLOSS AND OTHER PROGRAMMES
11.1 JCOMM OPA REPORT
11.2 IHO
12. PRODUCTS AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
12.1 GLOSS MANUAL ON QUALITY CONTROL OF SEA LEVEL DATA
12.2 RADAR GAUGE INTERCOMPARISON
12.3 CO-OPS AND PACIFIC SEA LEVEL PRODUCTS
13. ACTIONS FOR JCOMM-IV
14. INTERSESSIONAL ACTIONS FOR GLOSS GE 2011-2013
15. DESIGNATION OF NEW CHAIR FOR GLOSS GE
16. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
17. DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION
18. CLOSURE