WGClimate-20
20th Meeting of Joint CEOS-CGMS Working Group on Climate
26 – 28 March, 2024
Meeting Agenda
The 20th Meeting of the Joint CEOS-CGMS Working Group on Climate (WGClimate-20) will be hosted by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research’s (UCAR) Center Green Campus in Boulder, Colorado. This will be a hybrid-enabled meeting so offsite members can participate.
Presentations listed in the Agenda will be made available on the CEOS WGClimate meeting web page after the meeting. Presenters are asked to provide their slide decks as soon as possible – and no later than 1 hour prior to their speaking time to WGClimate Secretariat Kyle Wohlwend at (kyle.wohlwend@noaa.gov) for upload and archival purposes.
This 2.5 day working meeting will convene from 26-28 March 2024, with Day 1 starting at 9:00 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT; GMT-6) and ending by 17:00. Day 3 will be a half day, so we will start at 9:00 and end at Noon.
Agenda
Day 1 – March 26 |
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Time (MDT) |
Topic |
Speaker |
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9:00-9:10 |
Welcome, Tour de Table, |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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9:10-9:30 |
Introduction of New Members and Their Priorities |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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9:30-10:00 |
2024 WGClimate Work Plan |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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10:00-11:00 |
GCOS IP Space Agency Response + GCOS (Part 1) |
Wenying Su, GCOS; WGCV |
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11:00-11:15 |
Coffee |
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11:15-12:15 |
GCOS IP Space Agency Response + GCOS (Part 2: WGCV) |
Wenying Su, GCOS; WGCV |
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12:15-12:30 |
Vice Chair Nomination |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
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2:00-2:20 |
CDR Lightning Talk 1: Microwave Sounder/Imager FCDR |
Christian Kummerow, CSU |
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2:20-4:00 |
Merged Gap Analyses & WGClimate Coordinated Action Plan |
Jörg Schulz, EUMETSAT |
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4:00-4:15 |
Coffee |
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4:15-4:45 |
Templates for WGClimate presentations |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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4:45-5:00 |
Actions review, Evening homework assignments |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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5:00 |
End of Day 1 |
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Day 2 – March 27 |
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9:00-9:10 |
Opening Day 2, Recap of Day 1 |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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9:10-9:40 |
GEO Member Engagement |
Sara Venturini, GEO Secretariat |
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9:40-10:10 |
Update on WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch |
Gianpaolo Balsamo, WMO |
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10:10-10:40 |
GHG TT and WGClimate Communications: Policies, Protocols |
Jörg Schulz, EUMETSAT |
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10:40-11:00 |
Coffee |
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11:00-11:35 |
GHG Task Team Update and Activities |
Yasjka Meijer, ESA |
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11:35-12:25 |
Climate Policy Impact (SIT-39 Session Preview) |
Mark Dowell, EC/JRC Wenying Su, NASA |
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12:25-1:35 |
Lunch |
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2:00-2:30 |
CDR Lightning Talk 2: Earth’s Radiation Budget & Libera |
Peter Pilewskie, CU/LASP |
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2:30-3:15 |
Analysis Ready CDRs and AI Considerations |
Rob Redmon, NOAA Douglas Rao, NCState/CISESS |
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3:15-3:30 |
Coffee |
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3:30-4:00 |
CDR Lightning Talk 3: Sea Ice Concentration, Extent, & Index |
Walt Meier, CU/CIRES/NSIDC |
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4:00-4:30 |
Considerations on COP-29 Side Event by WGClimate |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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4:30-5:00 |
Actions review, Evening homework assignments |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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5:00 |
End of Day 2 |
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Day 3 – March 28 |
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9:00-9:10 |
Opening Day 3, Recap of Day 1 |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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9:10-9:40 |
Pillar 4: User Engagement: New SCO Projects and Progress |
Laurence Monnoyer-Smith, CNES, Frederic Bretar, CNES |
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9:40-10:10 |
CDR Lightning Talk 4 // open |
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10:10-10:40 |
Update: CDR Terms and Definitions |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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10:40-10:55 |
Coffee |
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10:55-11:25 |
Working session: Tie-up Gap Analysis Report, Action Plan |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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11:25-12:00 |
Review of Actions |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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Close Day 3 and Meeting |
Jeff Privette, NOAA |
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12:00 |
End of Day 3 |
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Virtual Meeting Link
The following Zoom link will be active for all three days of the meeting:
https://ucar-edu.zoom.us/j/96542000608?pwd=NjQ2VzNha0YrYjNvT3d1QWxBb0tGQT09
In the event you are prompted for a passcode please use the following: CEO2024#
*Those speakers slated to present virtually can also display their slides directly through Zoom via screen sharing.*
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