Tropical Atlantic Observing System Review Workshop
Submitted by Jing Li on Fri, 2017-12-15 13:36
Thursday, February 8, 2018 to Friday, February 9, 2018
Event City:
Portland
USA
Event Attendance:
By invitation
Event Contact:
Jing Li
Event Description:
Tropical Atlantic Observing System (TAOS) Review Workshop
- Time: 8-9 Febrary 2018
- Venue: Pearl Room (First Floor), at Courtyard by Marriott Portland Convention Center Downtown (Add: 435 NE Wasco St Portland Oregon 97232 USA; Tel: +1 503-234-3200), Portland, Oregon, USA
- Agenda: Download the full version
- List of participants
- Information booklet
| Time | Title | Speaker |
| Day 1 | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00-09:30 |
Welcome and Introductions |
Clivar ARP (Sabrina Speich), TAOS Review Committee (Bill Johns) |
| Session I: Requirements for the Tropical Atlantic Observing System Chair: S. Speich | ||
| 09:30-10.00 | 1.1 Societal impact and importance of observing the Tropical Atlantic | Moacyr Araujo |
| 10:00-10:30 | 1.2 Tropical Atlantic variability and change | Paulo Nobre |
| 10:30-11:00 | 1.3 Role of the Tropical Atlantic in the climate system | Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30-12:00 | 1.4 Impact of Tropical Atlantic biases in climate predictions/projections |
Noel Keenlyside |
| 12:00-12:30 | 1.5 Tropical-Extratropical Link | Jeff Knight |
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session I (continued) |
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| 14:00-14:20 | 1.6 Capabilities for seamless forecasting from days to season: the role of ocean observations | Magdalena A. Balmaseda |
| 14:20-14:40 | 1.7 Extreme Events | Scott Stripling/Ping Chang |
| 14:40-15:00 | Marie Drevillon | |
| 15:00-15:30 |
1.9 Biogeochemical applications in the Tropical Atlantic: Requirements, synergies, and gaps |
Toste Tanhua |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00-16:30 | 1.10 Biology and Fisheris applications: Requirements, synergies, and gaps | Joern Schmidt |
| 16:30-17:00 | 1.11 Presentations from related observation programmes (IMBER, SOLAS, POGO) | Carol Robinson |
| 17:00-18:00 |
Discussion:
Requirements for existing and emerging drivers;
essential ocean variables (EOVs) and system design.
What is the key information that is being
(a) sucessfully provided and
(b) missing from the TA observing system for these science/societal drivers?
(Recommendations from today's session with a special focus on issues to address in the review)
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| 18.00-19.00 | Review Committee meeting (closed session) | |
| 19:30-20:30 | Reception | |
| Day 2 |
Session 2: Tropical Atlantic Observing System Networks: Current Status and plans to 2030
Chair: B. Johns
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| 8:30- 9:00 | 2.1 Mooring Networks: PIRATA | Moacyr Araujo |
| 9:00-9:20 | 2.2 Satellite Observations (a. EUMETSAT; b. Satellite Observation) | Abderrahim Bentamy |
| 9:20-9:40 | 2.3 Lagrangian observations of the Tropical Atlantic | Rick Lumpkin |
| 9:40-10:00 | 2.4 Autonomous Platforms and Sensors | Steve Jayne |
| 10:00-10:20 | 2.5 Vessel-based Observations | Renellys Perez |
| 10:20-10:40 | 2.6 Surface flux measurements from buoys, ships, and gridded products; Atmospheric and marine boundary layer observations | Chris Fairall/Paquita Zuidema |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Discussion: Successes and gaps of the observing system newtork for science/societal applications; How to fill those gaps/optimize the TAOS? Recommendations for future evolution of the TAOS. |
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| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
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Session 3. Data Flow and Information Products Chair: N. Smith |
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| 13:30-14:00 | 3.1 Current data availability and access (how delivered; present status and future evolution) | Neville Smith |
| 14:00-14:30 | 3.2 Available Analysis Products (how accessed and how used by science/operatonal cummunity and stakeholders?) | Marie Drevillon |
| 14:30-15:00 | Discussion: Gaps in data availability/access and information products? Recommendations for possible improvements in data/information products and delivery. |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 4. Governance, Review, and Resourcing Chair: K. Hill |
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| 15:30-15:45 | 4.1 Perspectives from the Blueprint for Atlantic Observing | Brad de Young |
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15:45-16:30
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Presentations by agencies with interests in engaging: | |
| 4.2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | David Legler | |
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4.3 NASA |
E. Lindstrom | |
| 4.4 MétéoFrance & Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) | P. Dandin | |
| 4.5 Brazil | Moacyr Araujo | |
| 4.6 Cape Verde | Vito Melo(remote), Brian Mudumbi | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Discussion: Proposed governance and review mechanisms. Does the proposed TPOS-2020 structure (a TAOS Resources Forum, under guidance of a TAOS Streering Commitee, work for the Ttropical Atlantic? Alternate governance/review mechanisms? ) |
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| 17:00-17:40 | Summary: Points of consensus, divergence, issues to resolve. | |
| 17:40-18:00 | Next Steps: Workshop report; OceanObs '19 White paper, Next TAOS Review meeting (Marseille, October 2018); Closing remarks | |
| 18:00 | Meeting Adjourns | |
| 18:00-19:00 | Review Committee meeting/dinner (closed session) |
