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to request that JCOMM consider 

Chair 

done 

development of regular annual reports on 

variations and trends in mean sea level 

15 

to recommend (to JCOMM) that the WMO  Chair  

done, but ongoing 

make the full historical record of VOS 

metadata available in electronic form as 

soon as possible (WMO Marine Program 

Publication No. 47) 

16 

to strongly encourage JCOMM to stress 

Chair  

done, but ongoing 

with operators of VOS fleets that data 

collection should meet climate quality 

principles and standards 

17 

to contact WGNE, requesting its help in 

Chair 

done, but ongoing  

coordinating establishment of an ongoing 

archive of operational marine surface 

fields and air sea fluxes at the GODAE 

Server in Monterey to advance the SURFA 

and other projects

18 

to develop a group to assess the technical 

Swail 

to be followed up 

feasibility of adding wave measurements 

to existing mooring designs, and to 

develop requirements specifications 

19 

to seek an overview of the state of 

Chair, 

done (report by M. 

commitments and planning for ocean 

Johannessen, 

Drinkwater) 

satellites for report at OOPC 9 

Secretariat 

20 

to link observing system monitoring 

Secretariat 

tbd 

results to the OOPC web site

21 

to contact the CLIVAR SSG regarding the  Weller, Keeley  done / ongoing 

possibilities for data management for the 

time series stations 

22 

to encourage the Ocean Information 

Chair, Keeley 

done / ongoing 

Technology (OIT) project to interact with 

the US Data Management and 

Communications (DMAC) effort 

23 

to request GODAE and CLIVAR 

Chair 

done, but ongoing 

modeling groups to conduct observing 

system evaluation activities whenever 

feasible and to report results to OOPC 

24 

to request feedback from GODAE on the 

Chair 

done, but ongoing 

present and proposed initial observing 

system 

25 

to initiate observing system evaluation via 

all 

ongoing 

estimation of uncertainties in ocean 

climate index value estimates 

26 

to request the JCOMM Observations 

Chair, Johnson  done / ongoing (put 

Coordination Group to develop an 

together with 

implementation plan for achieving and 

OceanSITES, 

maintaining global coverage and density 

surface drifter, and 

for Argo and surface drifting buoys 

other needs   

systematic needs)