Brief Report of GSICS-EP-18 (June 2017 in Jeju, Korea) on GDWG Activities Masaya Takahashi (JMA) and Peter Miu (EUMETSAT) GDWG Co-chair GDWG Web Meeting, 8 November 2017

GDWG Web Meeting, 8 November 2017 Issue raised by GDWG GDWG activities: not adequately supported by CGMS agencies 2-page GDWG fact sheet was developed to emphasize the benefits of GDWG for each agency (to be used for internal purpose): Who are the members of GDWG? Why invest in the work done by GDWG? Emphasizing the importance of GDWG activities by showing GDWG achievements so far (e.g. GSICS Collaboration Server, Products’ Convention to follow WMO filenaming and netCDF CF Convention) What further investment is needed; Capacity Building? Asking each agency to provide resources for GDWG collaborative activities GDWG Web Meeting, 8 November 2017

GDWG Web Meeting, 8 November 2017 Future GDWG Chairing Updated GDWG Terms of Reference was approved Re-formatting of GDWG chairing 2 Co-chairs -> 1 Chair + 2 outgoing/incoming Vice-chairs M. Takahashi (JMA) was elected as GDWG Chair, starting from March 2018 A. K. Mitra (IMD) is kindly asked to be nominated for GDWG vice-chairs with P. Miu (EUMETSAT) GDWG Web Meeting, 8 November 2017

Actions on GDWG Activities GDWG and GRWG to develop an approach for an Annual GSICS report on the State of the Observing System with respect to Instrument Performance and Inter-comparisons with GSICS Reference Instruments D. Kim (KMA, GRWG Chair) kindly initiated drafting a template for the Annual Report. The contents will be updated through the discussions at the future web meeting or the annual meeting. GDWG Web Meeting, 8 November 2017