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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
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COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS
OPEN PROGRAMME AREA GROUP ON INTEGRATED OBSERVING SYSTEMS
EXPERT TEAM ON SATELLITE SYSTEMS
SIXTH SESSION
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 12-15 APRIL 2011 / ET-SAT-6/Doc. 1.3
(27.I.2011)
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ITEM: 1.3
Original: ENGLISH

TENTATIVE WORK SCHEDULE

DAY 1: Tuesday12 April 2011

9:00 /
  1. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

1.1Opening of the session
1.2Adoption of the agenda
1.3Working arrangements for the session
1.4Guidance from the OPAG-IOS Chair
9:20 /

2.ET-SAT CHAIRMAN’s REPORT

9:30 /

3.OUTCOME OF MEETINGS WITH RELEVANCE TO ET-SAT (IncludingExecutive Council, CIMO, CGMS, CBS EXT(10), Architecture Workshop)

10:00 /

4.STATUS OF ACTIONS FROM PREVIOUS ET-SAT MEETINGS

10:30 / Break
10:50 /

5.SATELLITE PROGRAMME UPDATES FROM PARTICIPATING AGENCIES

13:00 /

Lunch Break

14:00 /

6.CONTINUITY AND TRANSITION ISSUES

14:00 /

6.1Operational systemscontinuity and preparation for new generations

14:45 /

6.2R&D missions and follow-on opportunities

15:30 /

Break

16:00 /

6.3GOS Dossier Update

16:15 /

6.4Gap Analysis of satellite missions with respect to GCOS ECVs

17:00 /

Adjourn for Day 1

18:00 /

Cocktail reception

DAY 2: Wednesday,13 April 2011

9:00 /

7.SPACE-BASED ARCHITECTURE

9:00 /

7.1Revision of the CGMS baseline for the space-based GOS

10:00 /

7.2Implementation Plan for the Evolution of Global Observing Systems

10:30 /

Coffee-Break

11:00 /

7.3Architecture for climate monitoring from space

12:00 /

8.INTEGRATION ISSUES

12:00 /

8.1CIMO Guide Update

12:30 /

8.2Space-surface integration (Use of ground-based AWS networks)

12:45 /

Lunch Break

14:00 /

9.USER INFORMATION AND DATA ACCESS

14:30 /

10.SPACE WEATHER

15:00 /

11.RADIO-FREQUENCY PROTECTION MATTERS

15:30 /

Coffee-Break

16:00 /

Organization of break-out sessions

16:15
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17:30 /

Break-out sessions to review the following documents:

Revision of CGMS baseline, Implementation Plan for the Evolution of the GOS, Architecture for space-based climate monitoring

DAY 3: Thursday,14 April 2010

9:00 /

Break-out sessions (Continued)

12:30 /

Lunch Break

13:30 /

Break-out sessions (Continued)

15:00 /

Coffee-Break

15:30 /

Review draft report for items 1 to 11

16:00 /

Discussion on the preliminary outcome of the break-out sessions

17:30 /

Adjourn

DAY 4: Friday15 April (Morning only)

9:00 /

Break-out sessions (Finalization of the reports)

10:30 /

Break

11:00 /

12.NEW TECHNOLOGIES: Sensor web concept

11:30 /

13.UPDATE ON WIGOS

11:45 /

14.UPDATE ON GSICS

12:15 /

15.SUGGESTED THEMES FOR THE WMO IMPACT WORKSHOP IN 2012

12:30 /

16.ANY OTHER BUSINESS

12:45 /

Lunch Break

14:00 /

17.REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT REPORT

14:00 /

17.1Break-out session reports (summary for the final report and annexes)

15:00 /

17.2Plenary session report (including summary of actions)

15:45 /

18.DATE, PLACE AND AGENDA OF NEXT MEETING

16:00 /

Closure of the meeting