OOPC-25

25th Session of the Ocean Observation Physics and Climate panel (OOPC). 20 - 21 October 2022, Darmstadt (hybrid)

20 – 21 Oct 2022, Germany

In its 25th edition, this meeting will provide the first opportunity in three years for the OOPC panel members to meet in person and: (1) connect with related programmes, bodies and initiatives to plan on how to better work together to develop the global ocean observing system and contribute to GOOS/GCOS/WCRP strategic objectives; (2) review progress achieved in the different activities carried out by the panel; (3) start preparing the 2024-2027 OOPC Workplan. 

Notes

20-21 October 2022 (Darmstadt time, UTC+2)


OOPC-25 AGENDA


Meeting held with the support of EUMETSAT at EUMETSAT HQ, Darmstadt


 



































Thursday 20 October MORNING: Room NW 472 - Meeting Room - 4th Floor North


Link to Webex Day 1 -









https://eumetsat.webex.com/eumetsat/j.php?MTID=mec7151389a1a2fd372e8637711c0d0c3



 The meeting starts at 11:00, names in italics indicate remote participation

11:00-13:00


 



Item 1 - Why are we here: the role of OOPC and connections to other bodies 


Statements and short presentations from:


11:00-11:45


Statements GCOS, GOOS, WCRP - Han Dolman, Albert Fischer, Mike Sparrow


GCOS panels - AOPC - Caterina Tassone


 


OOPC - Progress Report- Sabrina Speich and Weidong Yu


11:45-12:30


Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) - Petra Heil


  


CLIVAR regional panels - IORP Birgit Gaye (Juliet Hermes, Roxy Koll), GSOP Peter Oke,


 


12:30-13:00


General discussion How OOPC and rest of connected bodies can better work together


  


 13:00-14:00

Lunch break



Thursday 20 October AFTERNOON: Link to Webex to be provided later



14:00-15:30


 



 Item 2 - Outcomes from CLIVAR-GOOS Coastal Workshop (Aug. 15-17, 2022, Triest)


14:00-14:30


From the coast to the open ocean --> working towards a global tropical ocean observing system - a protocol for the truly global system -- Weidong Yu


 


Item 3 - GCOS IP and GCOS Climate Observation Conference: Actions for the ocean community ---Who does what and how to have more impact together?


14:30-15:15


Presentation on GCOS IP and the Ocean related actions - Belén Martín Míguez


 


Report on GCOS Climate Observation Conference - Sabrina Speich


 


Item 1 (cont’d) - Why are we here: the role of OOPC and connections to other bodies


15:15-15:30


Presentations from:


GOOS panels -(BGC/IOCCP) - Maciej Telszewski


 


15:30-16:00


General discussion: How OOPC and rest of connected bodies can better work together


 


 15:30-16:00

Coffee break



16:00-18:00


 



Item 1 (cont’d) - Why are we here: the role of OOPC and connections to other bodies


Presentations from:


16:00-16:45


OCG -David Legler, AC Zinkan


Ocean Decade - Emma Heslop, Mairéad Donovan


GRAS - tbc


 


16:45-17:30


CLIVAR Regional Panels and Lighthouse activities


NORP Benjamin Rabe


CLIVAR ARP and My Climate Risk- Regina Rodrigues (17:15)


LHA EPESC -Patrick Heimbach


 


 


 


17:30-18:00


General discussion: How OOPC and rest of connected bodies can better work together


 



 





















Friday 21 October MORNING: EUMETSAT-Room PC 006 - Meeting Room


Link to Webex:


https://eumetsat.webex.com/eumetsat/j.php?MTID=mbf8efeec27a8fb56eb20ba6ef71cd08b



09:00-10:30


 



Item 4 - EOV/ECVs requirements


EOV/ECV Integration: the new EOV specification sheet


Can we improve the list of EOVs/ECVs? Rationalisation, regional considerations, more variables


Candidate EOVs: Sea Ice-related ECVs (Petra Heil)



 



Coffee break



11:00-13:00


 



 Item 5 -OOPC Activities reporting



  • Air-Sea Fluxes - Meghan Cronin

  • Ocean Indicators - Karina von Schuckmann

  • Freshwater/Heat exchange (discussion about continuity)

  • Boundary Systems Task Team (including connection with GOOS/CLIVAR workshop, from the open ocean to the coast) - Marjolaine Krug, Tamaryn Morris


 






























 



Lunch break



Friday 21 October AFTERNOON: Link to Webex to be provided later



14:00-14:30


 



 Item 6 -GOOS IP and how to make sure the activities are properly reflected



14:30-15:30



 Item 7 - The future: new membership and workplan



 



Coffee break



16:00-18:00


 



Item 4 (cont’d)- EOV/ECVs requirements


Contribution of OOPC to the WMO Rolling Review of Requirements


 


Candidate EOVs: Turbulence mixing, Bottom pressure, geothermal flux -Nicole Couto, Bruce Rowe, Laura Cimoli, Justin Stopa


 


Item 8- WRAP UP and next meeting


Location

Germany

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Dr Weidong Yu
Prof. Sabrina Speich
Staff
Dr Belen Martin Miguez
2

Outcomes from CLIVAR-GOOS Coastal Workshop (Aug. 15-17, 2022, Triest)

3

GCOS IP and GCOS Climate Conference Statement: Actions for the ocean community ---Who does what and how to have more impact together?

6

GOOS IP and how to make sure the activities are properly reflected

7

The future: new membership and workplan

8

Next meeting

Report Documents

Code Title
GOOS-281 OOPC - 25 Report

Agenda Documents

Agenda Code Title
1 OOPC report 2021-2022
1 WCRP presentation to OOPC 2022
1 IOCCP/BGC panel presentation to OOPC 2022
1 CLIVAR Global Synthesis and Observations Panel (GSOP)
1 CLIVAR/CLiC Northern Regions Ocean Panel
1 CLIVAR Indian Ocean Regional Panel
1 WCRP Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change (EPESC)
1 WCRP My climate Risk
1 Ocean Coordination Group (OCG)
1 GOOS Ocean Decade Programmes
2 From Global to Coastal: GOOS/CLIVAR workshop
3 GCOS Implementation Plan and Ocean Actions
4 EOV/ECV requirement setting
4 Ocean Bottom Pressure EOV
4 Ocean Mixing EOV
4 Observing Co-Design Boundary Currents Exemplar Case
5 Boundary Systems Task Team Activity Report
5 Ocean Indicators Framework Task Team: Activity Report
5 Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS)

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 3
Confirmed 30
Not Confirmed 8
Not-participating 0
Total 41
Groups: GOOS, GOOS Biogeochemistry Panel (IOCCP), GOOS Regional Alliances, OOPC Panel
Created at 16:28 on 9 September 2022 by Dr Belen Martin Miguez
Last Updated at 14:48 on 23 February 2023 by Dr Belen Martin Miguez
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