Announcement
The 1st Joint GOSUD/SAMOS Workshop will be held at the UCAR Center
Green Campus from 2-4 May 2006. The workshop will identify areas of
international collaboration between the Global Ocean Surface Underway
Data (GOSUD) project and the Shipboard Automated Meteorological and
Oceanographic System (SAMOS) initiative. Through a series of invited
speakers and panel discussions, the workshop also aims to stimulate
interest in utilizing automated atmospheric and near-surface ocean
measurements to further the scientific objectives of the oceanic,
atmospheric, and global climate communities. The workshop will
advance international plans to provide high-accuracy, calibrated,
quality-controlled near-surface ocean (GOSUD) and marine
meteorological
observations (SAMOS) to the scientific community. The observations
currently collected by GOSUD and SAMOS are measured by automated
underway instrument systems on research and merchant vessels. These
research-quality observations are an essential component to the
developing ocean observing system. They are an ideal resource to
validate satellite sensors, provide benchmarks of air-sea flux fields,
and improve our understanding of ocean circulations.
The workshop will be comprised of three main sessions.
- A plenary science session. The science session will include
both invited oral speakers
and contributed poster presentations. Topics for the science session
will include
current and future applications of SAMOS and GOSUD observations
to climate and
ocean problems, data uncertainty and bias correction, and model
and satellite
validation. Additional speakers will be invited to discuss potential
collaboration with
other automated marine meteorological and near-surface ocean measurement
programs (e.g., PIRATA, OceanSites, SeaKeepsers, etc.).
- Parallel technical sessions for the GOSUD and SAMOS programs.
During these
sessions, each program will discuss data stewardship and technical
issues related to
their individual program’s goals.
- The final session will be a joint round-table discussion where
invited speakers and
members of the SAMOS and GOSUD projects will develop a plan for
synergetic
activities.
Workshop deliverables will include a written meeting report that
will be summarized and submitted to an ocean-atmosphere publication.
The report will detail the recommendations, action items, and plans
for collaboration between the GOSUD and SAMOS programs. The plan
will contain areas of responsibility, data/product pathways, a timeline
for development, and where necessary, cost estimates for developing
and evolving the shipboard observing system. Finally, a list of
follow-up actions will identify activities that may lead to improvements
of the system through synergistic, collaborative, and other low-cost
efforts.
The workshop is open to anyone (but limited to 45 participants)
with an interest in high quality meteorological and near-surface
oceanographic observations collected by automated sensors on ships.
The organizers are seeking contributions from research and operational
data users, marine technicians, vessel operators, and funding agencies.
Members of the satellite, modeling, and other user communities are
especially encouraged to attend. All parties interested in attending
the workshop are requested to register online
by 28 February 2006. If you are
interested in presenting a poster, please submit a short abstract
when you register. Suitable poster topics would include present
and future applications of underway meteorological and near-surface
ocean observations, instrument system design, current ship and moored
platform deployments, calibration practices, data stewardship (data
flow, QC, archival), and technician training tools. Questions and
comments regarding the workshop should be directed to Shawn R. Smith
(smith@coaps.fsu.edu).
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1st Joint GOSUD/SAMOS Workshop
Contact: Shawn R Smith
Email: smith@coaps.fsu.edu
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