Third Session
Cape Town (Franschhoek), South Africa
19-22 March, 1996
June 1996
GCOS-23
GTOS-1
(WMO/TD No. 754)
(UNEP/DEIA/MR.96-6)
I. Welcome and Opening of the Meeting
II. Statement of the Chairman and Objectives of the Meeting
Guidelines for Participation of Sites
Cryosphere Needs - the Next Steps
Precipitation
Soil Moisture
Biomass Data Set
Prioritization of Variables
Data and Information Management
Review of Space-based Observations
Implementation Issues
Annex 3: Provisional Terms of Reference for the GCOS/GTOS Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate
Annex 4: Prioritization of Variables
Annex 5: Consensus Statement on the Estimation of Soil Platforms Moisture from Space