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Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
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... Appendix B Workshop Agenda Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth's Climate Workshop Agenda National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue NW | Washington, DC 20418 NAS BUILDING November 15-17, 2016 November 15, 2016 Meeting Location: NAS 120 OPEN SESSION 8:30 AM Breakfast available 9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions: Mary Glackin and Bob Weller, Committee Co-Chairs • Context and purpose of the study • Objectives of the workshop 9:30 AM Keynote Address: John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Introduced by: Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences 10:30 AM Session 1 -- Defining and Supporting the U.S. Contributions to GCOS and GOOS 125
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... 5.  s the United States able to make and subsequently meet I long-term or ongoing commitments to sustained ocean observing?
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... 4.  re existing international coordination bodies, i.e., A JCOMMOPS, carrying out the functions required of them?
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... Session Contributions to GCOS and GOOS Session Objective: To understand how the U.S. ocean research and observing efforts across the agencies and from remote sensing, to coastal, to open ocean are prioritized and coordinated Session leads: Rob Dunbar and Patrick Heimbach Panelists: David Legler, Division Chief, Climate Observation Division, Climate Program Office, NOAA Eric Lindstrom, Physical Oceanography Program Scientist, Science Mission Directorate, NASA, and Co-Chair, Global Ocean Observing System Gary Mitchum, Associate Dean and Professor, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida Rick Murray, Director, Ocean Sciences Division, Directorate for Geosciences, NSF Questions: 1.
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... and international science planning and oversight groups and from intergovernmental planning perspectives Session leads: Lynne Talley and Ed Boyle Panelists: Molly Baringer, Deputy Laboratory Director and Supervisory Oceanographer, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, and Co-Chair, NOAA Climate Observing System Council, NOAA Annalisa Bracco, Co-Chair, CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology Katy Hill, GCOS-GOOS Scientific Office, IOC, WMO Gregory Johnson, Co-Chair, NOAA Climate Observing System Council, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA David Legler, Division Chief, Climate Observation Division, Climate Program Office, NOAA Questions: 1.  hat is WCRP's mechanism for evolving its science plan W and incorporating new technologies?
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... 6.  s it conceivable, based on experience working at I international level, to create a CERN-like institution that would deal with sustained ocean observations, where countries commit resources, but decisions be made by the institution?
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... , and Senior Advisor, Michigan Tech Research Institute Questions: 1.  hat experience does your institution have in the area W of sustained ocean observations in support of climate research?
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... Session Objectives: To show, using the example of the Argo profiling float array, the efforts to deploy and sustain one element of the sustained ocean observing system and to also summarize challenges of responding to observing more different variables over more of the ocean Session lead: Dean Roemmich Panelists: Jim Baker, Director, Forest and Land-Use Measurement, Clinton Climate Initiative, Clinton Foundation Molly Baringer, Deputy Laboratory Director and Supervisory Oceanographer, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and Co-Chair, NOAA Climate Observing System Council, NOAA Gregory Johnson, Co-Chair, NOAA Climate Observing System Council, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Dean Roemmich, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Stan Wilson, Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, NOAA (ret.) Nathalie Zilberman, Project Scientist, Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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... in a flat budget environment? 1:00 PM Lunch Break 2:00 PM 7 -- New Models and Solutions for Sustaining Session Ocean Observations Session Objectives: To explore and initiate the discussion of new models for sustaining ocean observations  Glackin and Rob Dunbar Session leads: Mary  Panelists: Andrew Clark, Vice President of Research Industry Technology, Marine Technology Society Adena Leibman, Ocean and Coastal Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Rick Spinrad, Chief Scientist, NOAA
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... Ocean Com mission proposed various mechanisms to increase funding for ocean activities including long-term ocean observing. Since that time, we have seen increasing requirements for long-term ocean observing and largely flat or declining fed eral investments in this area.


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