WCRP
Data Advisory Council
April 7, 2016
Overview
WCRP Data Advisory Council
(WDAC)
Mission
• act as a single entry point for all WCRP data, information, and observation activities
with its sister programmes,
• coordinate their high-level aspects across the WCRP,
• ensure cooperation with main WCRP partners such as GCOS, CEOS, CGMS and
other observing programmes
WDAC works with the WCRP Modeling Advisory Council to promote effective use of
observations with models and to address issues related to the coordinated
development of data assimilation, reanalysis, Observing System Sampling
Experiments, fluxes and paleoclimatic data and their assessments (metrics, etc.).
WDAC5
• Thank you for participating in WDAC5
• Special thanks to The Collider for hosting this
meeting and to Theresa Stone for local preparations
• Our agenda is very, very full, so please respect the
time limits
WDAC5 Overview
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JSC36 actions – Responses / Actions
WCRP – GCOS cooperation – this morning’s joint meeting
Obs4MIPs – review of current status and new dataset inclusion
Ana4MIPs & TIRA – review of current status
Surface Fluxes – review of current status
WCRP-GCOS – Data Prize
WCRP/GCOS – Open Data Policy
WCRP Strategic Plan – Comments, input, etc.
Agenda Approval
requirements, assessments and dissemination, including fluxes, reanalyses
and interfaces with other efforts such as obs4MIPs and ana4MIPs
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WCRP Data Advisory Council 5 Session
7-8 April 2016
The Collider
Asheville, USA
Draft Agenda
NB All briefers are kindly asked to allow time for discussion in their
allocated slots, and to raise any specific issues to be addressed by
WDAC
14h30
a. Review of WDAC4 actions – O. Brown
15h00
b. CLIVAR – GSOP etc – P.-P. Matthieu (remotely)
15h30
c. GEWEX – GDAP etc – J. Schulz
16h00
Coffee break
16h30
d. SPARC – S-RIP etc – S. Tegtmeier
17h00
e. CliC – W. Meier
17h30
f. SOLAS – C. A. Clayson / B. Ward
18h30
Reception/ice-breaker hosted by CICS-NC
Friday 8 April 2016
3. Data partnerships – Chair O. Brown
08h30
a. ESA CCI and uncertainties - P.-P- Matthieu o.b.o P.
Lecomte (remotely)
09h00
b. WG Climate and uncertainties – Joerg Schulz o.b.o.
P. Lecomte
1. Joint WDAC-AOPC session – Chairs O. Brown, K. Holmlund
and A. Klein-Tank
09h30
c. obs4MIPs and ana4MIPs – P. Gleckler
10h00
d. In-situ data – obs4MIPs – J. Biard
08h30
a. Introduction – WDAC and AOPC Co-chairs
10h15
08h40
b. Welcome address – NOAA / NCEI - T. Karl
e. Discussion: uncertainties nomenclature and
standards, the way forward - all
Coffee break
Time
Agenda Item
Docs
Thursday 7 April 2016
08h50
c. WCRP update – M. Rixen
10h30
09h10
d. GCOS update including Status Report and
Implementation Plan – C. Richter
11h00
f. GEO update, GCI and ESGF – G. Rutledge
11h15
g. ECV inventory – C. Lief
09h30
e. GCOS panel reports – A. Klein-Tank/K. Holmlund, C.
Richter
11h30
h. Copernicus Climate Change Services – J.-N. Thépaut
12h00
10h00
f. Discussion - all
i. International Conference on Reanalyses – J.-N.
Thépaut
10h30
Coffee break
12h30
Lunch
11h00
g. Fluxes – C.A. Clayson
4. WDAC Business – Chair O. Brown
11h30
h. Impact of observations – J.-N. Thépaut
14h00
a. Inputs to WCRP Strategic Plan
12h00
i. Reanalyses – M. Bosilovich
14h30
b. Memberships
12h30
k. Development of a WCRP-GCOS Data Prize - M.
Rixen
14h45
c. Next WDAC Meeting – Date/Venue
15h00
d. AOB
12h45
l. Discussion - all
15h30
e. Review of Draft actions list
13h00
Lunch
16h00
Meeting ends
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2. Data set products and requirements - Chair O. Brown
Briefers are invited to focus their presentation specifically on climate data set
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WDAC3 Outcomes
Galway May 6-7, 2014
WDAC4 Recs/Actions [1]
WCRP / GCOS Open Data Policy
1. Develop a Draft Data Policy (WDAC Co-chairs and GCOS Chair)*
GCOS
2. Review status report / provide feedback (Michel Rixen, Carolin Richter)*
CLIVAR
3. IQuod to provide additional details so that WDAC can make informed
decision about potential endorsement (Pierre-Philippe Matthieu,
Magdalena Balmaseda)
CliC
4. CLIC to consider using ana4MIPS for SIRTA (Walt Meier) *
* completed
WDAC3 Outcomes
Galway May 6-7, 2014
WDAC4 Recs/Actions [2]
SPARC
5. SPARC to articulate need for new missions to address current
“Lack of planned satellite observations (esp. limb) of UTS composition” and
forward to WGClimate (Susann Tegtmeier, Michaela Hegglin)*
Data set assessment
6. Circulate draft document to WCRP project offices for review and publication
(Michel Rixen)*
obs4MIPs
7. Follow-up on tractable work: maturity matrix, data set call, xml technical
note, completeness table (obs4MIPs Task Team, end 2015)*
ACTION: use SOCAT and other data sets as case studies for obs4MIPs in
situ protocol and standards (JPS)*
* completed
WDAC3 Outcomes
Galway May 6-7, 2014
WDAC4 Recs/Actions [3]
Ana4MIPs
8. Circulate TIRA concept note to WCRP core projects and DAOS (Michael
Bosilovich) *
9: TIRA to engage core project reanalysis efforts (Michael Bosilovich)*
Inventory
10. WGClimate to update WDAC on (satellite component of) ECV inventory
(WGClimate Co-chairs, WDAC5)*
Fluxes
11. Revise ToR, add Brian as vice-chair, address high latitude and
biogeochemistry representation, and circulate to JSC for approval (Brian
Ward)*
* completed
WDAC3 Outcomes
Galway May 6-7, 2014
WDAC4 Recs/Actions [4]
Data Prize
12. Drafting Tiger Team (Sonia, Martin, Anny + GCOS rep(s) via Carolin) to
scan ‘Prize’ landscape and get back to WDAC with final proposal, consider
data availability as part of the criteria, revisit career criteria (WDAC Cochairs)*
BUSINESS
13. Update WDAC pages and mailing list (GDAP and WGClimate co-chairs,
etc) (Michel Rixen)*
14: Address WDAC membership expirations with a 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 rotation
arrangement and submit to WCRP JSC (WDAC Co-Chairs, Michel Rixen)*
15: WDAC5 session, Asheville, ideally 2 days during week 4-8 April 2016, in
conjunction with AOPC)*
* completed
WDAC3 Outcomes
Galway May 6-7, 2014
JSC36 Actions
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7.3
WDAC
Make data issues more prominent within WCRP
•Develop ideas and plans for a data prize
•Work with GCOS to expand ECVs in useful directions
•Establish a WCRP-wide open data policy
•Refine and clarify the earth system reanalysis concept
WDAC, with JPS
and GCOS
Summer
2015
Actions for your consideration
• We will put together a summary of actions for your
input and approval tomorrow
• Expect this as the last item on our agenda