IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Our suggestions Our ambitions What we should keep from GODAE Core activities Working groups Relationship with ET-OOFS Terms of reference Leadership Refresh of Members Ownership Duration Project Office & funding Post GODAE – Content

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Our ambitions Transition to operational systems: from the demonstration of valuable services to the provision of operational services with high availability and reliability. Continuous improvements of systems through scientific & technological advances : extend existing capabilities to the coastal zone and ecosystems. Coupled ocean/atmosphere. Climate. Develop operational services and further links with applications Ensure a suitable sustained ocean observing system through the demonstration of the value of observations.

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Characteristics of IGST team -focus on scientific advances for operational application -Clear and ambitious but achievable objectives -its global international scope -it is for technical specialist discussion -“refreshing”, constructive nature -“pity not to continue” GODAE name -E could be “Experimentation” – as in WGNE -Could be Global Operational Oceanography & Data Assimilation Expert (GODAE) - the GODAE Team or Working Group - Global refers to scope of membership What we should keep

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Improvement of high-resolution, basin scale, physical ocean analyses & forecasts Observation Impact Assessments Intercomparisons -forms a coherent core and springboard -recognises importance of global observing system -Extensions building on core capabilities Initial Core Activities

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Most activities will require collaboration with other groups and should be pursued through dedicated working groups -observation impact assessments (OSE etc) -coastal & shelf seas -ecosystems (with IMBER) -Re-analyses (with WGSIP and GSOP) -coupled ocean-wave-atmosphere f/cs (with WGNE?) Working groups should be formed and disbanded according to demand & progress Working groups

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 JCOMM provides an inter-governmental vehicle to make definitive statements on standards, working practices, nomenclature etc. ET-OOFS will enable us to use this vehicle – it is an important opportunity JCOMM does not have a science mandate (unlike IPCC) ET-OOFS and GODAE have different roles and probably require different types of people Gary Brassington is a safe pair of hands for coordination between ET-OOFS and GODAE From the GODAE point of view ET-OOFS could appear to be one of the GODAE working groups Relationship with ET-OOFS

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Co-chair arrangement works well. We suggest -one from research & one from “operational” teams -one should have data assimilation background -taken from two continents Co-chairs need to be able to commit at least 10% of their time to the task Two good options are: -Andreas Schiller / Eric Chassignet -Jim Cummings / Eric Dombrowsky Leadership

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 There are relatively few recent new members Possibilities for new members include -Peter Oke -Pierre Brasseur -Anthony Weaver -Laurent Bertino -Srdjan Dobricic -NOAA/NCEP expert -One of Japanese attendees at Paris OSE meeting Refresh of members

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Important to have owners for -legitimacy (other groups could claim it if we don’t) -visibility Best not to put all eggs in one basket; apply for 2-4 owners (IOC, OOPC, WCRP, GOOS, CEOS, JCOMM) Ownership

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Options on duration -5 years to 2013 (end of Clivar – so poor choice) -10 years (a long time to plan – no obvious rationale) -For forseeable future (cf WGNE) On-going working group seems best -Transition GODAE from an experiment to a ‘permanent’ body for international coordination of the development (and operation?) of operational oceanography systems Duration

IGST, Washington DC, June 1-3, 2008 Up to new co-chairs where to put Project Office Kirsten is very effective – Project Office staying at Met Office is an option to be considered Options for funding -Sponsors – NOAA, EUMETSAT etc. -Subscription fee -Owners (e.g. IOC has small fund) Recommend sponsors invited to meetings – (GODAE Patrons) Project Office & funding from 2010