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ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING |
Josef Cihlar |
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1.1 |
Opening and Conduct of the meeting |
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1.2 |
Approval of the Agenda |
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2. |
REPORTS ON CURRENT STATUS AND UPDATES |
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2.1 |
GCOS Activities |
John Townshend |
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2.2 |
GTOS Activities |
Jim Gosz |
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2.3 |
Report of Recent JDIMP and AOPC Meeting |
Ron Wilson |
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2.4 |
Report of the Workshop on Climate Extremes |
Jurate Landwehr |
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2.5 |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
John Townshend |
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3.0 |
REVIEW OF TOPC GOALS AND STRATEGY |
Josef Cihlar |
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3.1 |
Framework for TOPC |
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3.2 |
Goals of TOPC |
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4.0 |
STATUS OF NETWORKS |
Josef Cihlar |
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4.1 |
Glaciers |
Roger Barry |
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4.2 |
Permafrost |
Roger Barry |
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4.3 |
Hydrology |
Hal Kibby |
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4.4 |
Ecology |
Jim Gosz |
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5.0 |
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS |
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5.1 |
Global Net Primary Productivity |
Steve Running |
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5.2 |
Global Observation of Forest Cover |
Josef Cihlar |
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6.0 |
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS MONITORING SITES |
Hal Kibby |
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6.1 |
Presentation of Data Base |
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6.2 |
Discussion |
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7.0 |
GAPS ANALYSIS |
Rik Leemans |
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8.0 |
SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVICE (SBSTA) |
Josef Cihlar et al. |
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9.0 |
TOPC DATA SETS |
Josef Cihlar |
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9.1 |
Presentations of existing data sets |
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Aerosols |
Randall Koster |
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Albedo |
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Plant biomass - above ground |
Alan Solomon |
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Fire area (biomass burning) |
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Carbon dioxide flux |
Ken’ichi Kuma |
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Evapotranspiration |
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Glacier length |
Roger Barry |
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Glacier mass balance |
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Ice sheet geometry |
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Ice sheet mass balance |
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Lake and river freeze-up and break-up |
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Permafrost - active layer |
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Permafrost - thermal state |
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Snow cover area |
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Snow depth |
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Snow water equivalent |
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Rooting depth - 95% Soil bulk density |
Robert Scholes |
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Soil cation exchange capacity |
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Soil moisture |
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Soil particle size distribution |
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Soil pH |
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Soil surface state |
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Soil temperature |
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Soil total carbon |
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Soil total nitrogen |
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Soil total phosphorus |
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Land cover |
Josef Cihlar |
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Leaf area index |
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Topography |
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Net ecosystem productivity |
Hal Kibby |
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Net primary productivity |
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Spectral vegetation index |
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Ground water storage fluxes |
Jurate Landwehr |
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Surface water flow - discharge |
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Surface water storage fluxes |
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9.2 |
Criteria for accepting a Data set |
Ron Wilson |
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9.3 |
Future Actions by TOPC |
Josef Cihlar |
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10.0 |
COORDINATION With JDIMP AND GOSIC |
Ron Wilson |
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11.0 |
REVIEW AND REVISE TOPC SATELLITE DATA REQUIREMENTS |
Josef Cihlar |
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12.0 |
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND FUTURE TOPC ACTIVITIES |
Josef Cihlar |
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12.1 |
Work Plan for the Next Year |
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12.2 |
Collaboration with other programmes |
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12.3 |
Soil Wetness Project |
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12.4 |
IGBP Sponsorship |
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12.5 |
Rates of Change |
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12.6 |
Information dissemination |
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Adjourn
Field trip to H.J. Andrews Forest Research Station (tier 2 research site)
