1. Welcome and Opening of the Meeting
2. Statement of Chairman and Objectives of the Meeting
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Update on GTOS Sponsors’ Meeting and GCOS JSTC-V
5. Draft Terms of Reference
6. Plenary Session
Guidelines for Participation of Sites
Cryosphere Needs - the Next Steps
Demonstration Project
Review of Space-based Observations
Tier Sampling Scheme
Precipitation
Need for a Biomass Data Set
Soil Moisture
Product Requirements from BGC Experiments
GCOS Data and Information Management System
Variable Prioritization
Implementation Needs
7. Working Groups
The results of the discussion on each topic was written by a small working group
8. Reports from Working Groups
9. Closure of the Meeting
