22nd Session of the Scientific Steering Group (SSG)
of the
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX)
National Rainfed Area Authority, Government of India, New Delhi, India
25–29 January 2010
AGENDA
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Monday, 25 January 2010
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08.00 – 08.30: General Registration
08.30 – 08.45: (1.) Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
1.1 Welcoming Remarks by Dr. J.S. Samra, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority
1.2 Welcome from Chair of GEWEX SSG (Tom Ackerman) and the Director of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) (Ghassem Asrar)
1.3 Welcome by Local Arrangements Committee and Introductions (K.D. Sharma)
08.45 – 10.15: (2.) Overview of Activities and Plans
2.1 Chairman’s Report (Tom Ackerman)
2.2 Update on activities at WCRP (Valery Detemmerman)
2.3 Update and outlook on the International GEWEX Project Office (Peter van Oevelen)
10.15 – 10.30: BREAK
10.30 – 11.30: (2.) Overview of Activities and Plans (continued)
2.4 Review of outstanding action items from the last Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) and the 21st GEWEX SSG Meeting (Tom Ackerman)
11.30 – 12.00: Executive Session 1 (GEWEX SSG Members only)
12.00 – 13.00: LUNCH
13.00 – 15.00: (3.) Presentations from Host and Sponsor
3.1 Cold Waves, Hot Waves and Droughts: JS Samra, NRAA (20 minutes)
3.2 Integrated Information Base – the Savior of the Water Sector: AK Gosain, IITD
3.3 Plan of Indian satellites in understanding the science of tropical weather and climate: P Pal, SAC
3.4 On a Formulation of a Global Model as a Tool for Forecasting, Geo-engineering and Climate Change: OP Sharma, IITD
3.5 Discussion
15.00 – 15.15: BREAK
15.15 – 16.15: (4.) Agency and Other Organizational Updates
4.1 ESA (Einar-Arne Herland)
4.2 JAXA (Kazuo Umezawa)
4.3 WGNE (Christian Jakob)
16.15 – 17.30: (5.) Future of WCRP and GEWEX
5.1 Future of WCRP and Its Structure (Antonio Busalacchi, Ghassem Asrar)
18.00: WELCOME RECEPTION
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010
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08.30 – 10.30: (6.) Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (CEOP)
6.1 Actions and Recommendations for the SSG
- Introduction and Overview of Milestones in 2009 (Sam Benedict)
- CEOP Response to 2009 SSG Rapporteurs Report and SSG Actions (Toshio Koike)
6.2 CEOP Science and Data Organization with Progress and Plans (Toshio Koike, Ron Stewart, Dennis Lettenmaier)
- Science and Data Overview with Selected Results and Perspectives (Toshio Koike)
- Report on HAP (Dennis Lettenmaier)
- RHP Perspectives and Extremes Cross Cuts (Ron Stewart)
- WCRP/UNESCO Workshop on Extremes (Olga Zolina)
6.3 Perspectives on CEOP Strategy and Framework from Co-Chair Elect (Dennis Lettenmaier)
10.30 – 11.00: BREAK
11.00 – 11.45: (6.) CEOP (continued)
6.4 Review of CEOP Science and Data Priorities for 2010 (Toshio Koike, Ron Stewart)
6.5 Wrap-up and Discussion, Including Actions for the SSG (Dennis Lettenmaier, Toshio Koike, Ron Stewart, Sam Benedict)
11.45 – 12.30: (7.) WCRP, GEWEX, and International Coordination Programs
7.1 CLIVAR (Howard Cattle)
7.2 GWSP and GEO Water Activities (Rick Lawford)
12.30 – 14.00: LUNCH
14.00 – 15.45: (8.) Future of GEWEX within WCRP (Open Discussion)
15.45 – 16.30: (9.) WCRP Cross Cuts: Extremes (Ron Stewart)
16.30 – 16.45: BREAK
16.45 – 17.30: (10.) Monsoon Cross Cut and VAMOS (Jun Matsumoto)
17.30 – 18.00: (11.) Monsoons and Extremes Discussion
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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08.15 – 10.30: (12.) GEWEX Radiation Panel (GRP)
12.1 GRP Actions and Recommendations for the SSG
12.2 Status of GRP Projects and Assessments (Chris Kummerow)
12.3 Addressing Legacy Documents and Future Ideas (Chris Kummerow)
10.30 –11.00: BREAK
11.00 –11.45: (12.) GRP (continued)
12.4 LandFlux (Matt McCabe)
12.5 SCOPE-CM (Lothar Schueller)
12.6 WOAP Representatives (Chris Kummerow, Kevin Trenberth)
11.45 – 12.30: (13.) Rapporteur's Report on CEOP (Amadou Gaye and Jun Matsumoto)
12.30 – 13.30: LUNCH
13.30 – 18.00: FIELD TRIP
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
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08.15 – 09.15: Executive Session 2
09.15 – 10.30: (14.) GEWEX Modelling and Prediction Panel (GMPP)
14.1 GMPP Actions and Recommendations for the SSG (Christian Jakob)
14.2 GMPP Progress and Plans (Christian Jakob)
14.3 Accelerating Progress in Model Development - Key Science and Programmatic Needs (Christian Jakob)
10.30 – 11.00: BREAK
11.00 – 12.00: Rapporteurs Report on HAP and Extremes (Ron Stewart, Howard Wheater, KD Sharma)
12.00 – 13.00: LUNCH
13.00 – 13:30: Rapporteurs Report on GRP (Kevin Trenberth, Olga Zolina)
13:30 – 14.00: Rapporteurs Report on GMPP (Anton Beljaars, Jan Polcher)
14.00 – 16.30: (15.) Synthesis Discussion on the Future Direction of GEWEX
16.30 – 17.30: Executive Session 3
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Friday, 29 January 2010
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08.30 – 09.30: (18.) 2nd PAN-GEWEX Meeting (Peter van Oevelen, Tom Ackerman)
18.1 Venue
18.2 Theme and Program Structure
18.3 Decisions
09.30 – 10.00: Review of SSG Recommendations and Actions
10.30 – 10.30: (19.) Discussion of Inputs to WCRP Priorities for the Next JSC Meeting
10:30 – 10:45: BREAK
10.45 – 12.00: (20.) Other Issues of Relevance to GEWEX
20.1 The role of GEWEX in the new WCRP Order (All)
20.2 Other issues (All)
20.3 Chairman’s summary remarks (Tom Ackerman)
12.00: FAREWELLS