NOAA OBSERVING SYSTEMS COUNCIL MEETING

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NOAA OBSERVING SYSTEMS COUNCIL MEETING

• JULY 28, 2004
• SSMC-1, ROOM 8331
• 130 330

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NOSC AGENDA July 28, 2004

• Opening Withee/ 130-140
• Johnson
• Old Business
• Approve June Minutes Miller/ 140-200
• Action Item Review Withee
• New Business
• DSC Chair Withee 200-210
• NOAAs Integrated Earth Withee 210-220
• Observation Program Overview
• Annual Guidance Memorandum Miller 220-230
• Goal Assessments
• NOSA Investment Anal Miller 230-310
• Update
• Integrated Upper Air Seidel 310-320 Observing
  System Workshop
• NOSC Web Site Miller 320-325
• Closing Withee/ 325-330
• Johnson

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Old BusinessApprove June Meeting Minutes

• No comments received. Recommend approval.

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Old Business (Action Items)AI 040527-1

• Investigate alternatives for managing NOAAs
  development of an integrated observing and data
  management system. Focus on interfaces,
  priorities, and possible incremental actions
  throughout the PR07 process.
• Status Open.
• A complex and important issue.
• Draft implementation plan for strategic direction
  available for brief to co-chairs
• Consider in preparation for PR08 cycle.
• OPR Miller Suspense Dec 04

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AI 040527-3

• Determine appropriate position/person to chair
  the DSC.
• Status Open. Co-Chair decision. Additionally,
  review membership to ensure includes right amount
  of focus on data management.
• OPR Withee/Johnson Suspense Jul 28,
  2004

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AI 040630-1

• Include time on July NOSC meeting agenda to
  discuss data management and the Data Stewardship
  Committee chairpersonship and membership.
• Status Recommend closing with todays
  discussion.
• OPR Withee/Johnson Suspense July 28,
  2004

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AI 040630-2

• Post DSC TOR on the NOSC web site for further
  review with emphasis on the chairperson and
  membership.
• Status Posted. Recommend closing with todays
  discussion.
• OPR Tileston Suspense July 28, 2004

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AI 040630-3

• Disseminate NOSC TOR for final review of recent
  changes and ensure words are contained in the TOR
  addressing the NOSCs role in conjunction with
  data stewardship and data management.
• Status Recommend closing with todays
  presentation.
• OPR Tileston Suspense Jul 28, 2004

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NOSC Terms of ReferenceAI 040630-3

• Recommended change to account for data
  stewardship and data management.
• Suggested change to Purpose paragraph
• The Observing System Council is the principal
  advisory body to the Under Secretary for NOAAs
  Earth observation and data management (end-to-end
  collection, assimilation, processing, storage,
  archiving, accessing, and disseminating)
  activities. It also serves as NOAAs principal
  coordinating body to the White House Committee on
  Environment and Natural Resources (CENR)
  Subcommittee on Earth Observations. Specific
  tasks include

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AI 040630-4

• Post the 400 requirements addressed in the
  preliminary NOSA Investment Analysis effort on
  the NOSC web site.
• Status Posted. Recommend closing.
• OPR Tileston Suspense July 28, 2004

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AI 040630-5

• Post Background Paper On NOAA's Observation
  Requirements Collection Process onto the NOSC web
  site for review.
• Status Posted. Recommend closing.
• OPR Tileston Suspense July 28, 2004

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AI 040630-6

• Provide more granularity to the NOSA Investment
  Analysis effort Next Steps list of milestones
  and dates and post it on the NOSC web site.
• Status Posted. Recommend closing
• OPR Tileston Suspense July 28, 2004

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AI 040630-7

• Provide the NOSC an update of the NOSA Investment
  Analysis at the next NOSC meeting.
• Status Recommend closing with todays
  discussion.
• OPR Miller Suspense July 28, 2004

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AI 040630-8

• Determine a way ahead for the UAV proposal in the
  PPBES process.
• Status Open
• OPR OAR/FSL Suspense August 19, 2004
• and NMAO

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Data Management Discussion

• Withee/Johnson

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NOSA Investment Analysis Update

• Eric Miller

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Upper-Air Observations for Climate Workshop Plans

• Dian Seidel

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NOSC WEB SITE

• http//www.nosc.noaa.gov/
• Modeled after NOC web site
• NOAA username/password protected
• Posted thus far
• Terms of Reference
• Membership
• All meeting minutes
• Action Items
• Meeting presentations
• Integrated Obs Data Management Strategic
  Direction document

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Future Schedule

• Aug 19, 830-1030
• Sep 29, 830-1030
• Oct 27, 830-1030
• Nov 22, 130-330
• Dec 21, 830-1030
• All in SSMC-1, Room 8331, 830 1030