GCOS GOOS WCRP/OOPC IX/3 

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which will write a prospectus and suggest 

an organizing committee, for possible co 

sponsorship by OOPC; in coordination 

with both the Pacific and Southern Ocean 

panels chairs  

19    7.3.2 

to find a Chinese contact for invitation to 

Chair, 

OOPC X 

the next OOPC meeting, to improve 

Secretariat, 

observing strategy coordination  

Michida 

20    7.3.3 

to encourage JCOMM or other 

Chair, 

appropriate bodies to produce data 

Secretariat 

availability metrics   of data collection 

and data availability, as incentives for 

improving data sharing 

21    7.4.1 

to encourage the CLIVAR Atlantic Panel 

Schott, 

ASAP / 

to discuss at their upcoming June meeting  Campos 

20 June 

a potential review of PIRATA as a part of 

2004 

the integrated observing system; or to 

consider a joint OOPC/Atlantic panel 

review 

22     

to encourage the release of TAO salinity 

Dickey, 

ASAP 

data in real time at highest frequency 

Weller, Crease 

limited by the transmission technology 

(for GHRSST calibration)  

23    7.4.3 

to solicit from each of the CLIVAR 

CLIVAR 

SOT III 

panels clear requirements for SOT/SOOP 

representatives  (March 

XBT lines, which may differ from the 

2005) 

current (5 year old) recommendations 

24    7.4.4 

to ask GLOSS to provide a real time 

Chair, 

reporting map with finer time resolution 

Secretariat 

(last year, last month, real time, etc.) than 

the current map 

25    7.4.5 

to emphasize the importance of 

Chair 

maintaining or improving support for Port 

Meteorological Officers 

26    7.4.5 

to emphasize the importance of the GCOS  Chair 

Climate Monitoring Principles to NWP 

centers and VOS operators (JCOMM), 

and their funders 

27    7.4.5 

to again emphasize the importance of the 

Chair, Taylor, 

maintenance of the ship metadata database  Kent 

through WMO Publication 47 (via a letter 

WMO SecGen and VOSClim newsletter) 

28    7.4.6 

to review the OceanSITES whitepaper, for  all + 

consideration for publication as an OOPC  Sec./Weller for 

report 

external rev. 

29    7.4.6 

to encourage the NSF OOI initiative to 

Weller, Dickey   

consider ocean climate data infrastructure 

and observing requirements 

30    7.4.5/6 

to ensure JCOMM includes the VOS 

Secretariat 

network in its observing system status