Workshop Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Sustaining Project Contributions to WMO Global Cryosphere Watch and the
Group on Earth Observations Systems of Systems
Geneva, Switzerland
3-5 December 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 31 October 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://clic.npolar.no/gcw/gcw.php
Or contact:
Vladimir Ryabinin
Email: vryabinin [at] wmo.int
Or the CliC International Project Office
Email: clic [at] npolar.no
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Group on Earth
Observations (GEO), and the World Climate Research Programme Climate and
Cryosphere project invite you to participate in the IPY Legacy Workshop:
Sustaining Project Contributions to WMO Global Cryosphere Watch and the
Group on Earth Observations System of Systems, to be held in Geneva,
Switzerland, 3-5 December 2008.
Workshop Objective
The prime objective of this workshop is to review the accomplishments of
the relevant IPY cryosphere projects to date, assess their transition to
a more sustainable/ operational status and to identify projects and
related activities that would be valuable contributions to the Global
Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
The Workshop agenda will feature topics such as:
- Introduction and further development of the WMO GCW concept;
- Discussion of IPY projects' accomplishments and need for sustaining
the activity;
- Contribution of projects to determining the state and fate of the
cryosphere;
- Identification of specific IPY project components, such as sites
and facilities that are key for polar cryosphere monitoring and
research;
- Identification of IPY cryospheric projects capable of contributing
significantly to the GCW;
- Recommendations for observational activities and facilitating,
where necessary, a transition from research-based to "operational"
status;
- Recommendation of measures to ensure sustained flow of data from
the projects and continuing activities; and
- Search for users and sources of support for projects and/or their
components that should be sustained.
Registration is now available and is open until Friday, 31 October 2008.
Please be prepared to write a short description/title of your project
when registering. (The program committee will make final decisions on
acceptance of oral and poster abstracts.)
For further information and to register, please go to:
http://clic.npolar.no/gcw/gcw.php
Or contact:
Vladimir Ryabinin
Email: vryabinin [at] wmo.int
Or the CliC International Project Office
Email: clic [at] npolar.no