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Welcome to the 5th Annual System Review NOAA Climate Observation Program 05-07 June 2007 Silver Spring. Celebrating Our Past, Observing Our Present, Predicting Our Future: Ocean Observation as a Key to Global Understanding. photo courtesy of MeteoFrance.
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Welcome to the 5th Annual System Review NOAA Climate Observation Program 05-07 June 2007 Silver Spring
Celebrating Our Past,Observing Our Present,Predicting Our Future:Ocean Observation as a Key to Global Understanding photo courtesy of MeteoFrance
The 2007 Annual System ReviewMajor Themes • User feedback • How well is the observing system supporting Ocean Analysis? Break-out sessions: • Ocean Carbon • Sea level and heat content • Ocean circulation • Air-sea exchange • COSC executive session • Satellites and the surface/subsurface system • Project Accomplishments -- Posters • Future direction: • NOAA’s Climate Program and Climate Service • Climate Observation Program • Ocean Climate Observation • Partnership with IOOS • Partnership with Ocean Prediction (Operational Oceanography) • Atmospheric Climate Observation • Polar Climate Observation
The 2007 Annual System ReviewAgenda Tuesday • Session 1: Overview, Setting the Stage • Session 2: Ocean Synthesis and Satellites • Session 3: Illustrated Posters • Reception and Poster Session Wednesday • COSC Open Session 1: Programmatic Challenges • Session 4: The State of the Ocean, 2006 • Break-out Sessions: Feedback and Recommendations • COSC Executive Session 1 Thursday • Session 5: Ocean Observing System Connections & Applications • Break-out Group reports • COSC Open Session 2: Science Challenges • Adjourn at 1235 • COSC Executive Session 2
2007 Keynote AddressHow Ocean Observations Are Applied:Creating an Appetite for More ObservationsEd Sarachik