1. JCOMM Ocean Observing System 2016 Report Card
version 0.3

2. Budget & Deliverables Budget:~5k$ Order signed by JCOMMOPS
300 printed units
3 pages recto-verso 200 x 250 mm (600 x 250 mm open)
i.e. x2 A4 pages horizontally folded in 3 parts
Initial deadline: May 2017
Reasonable deadline: JCOMM OCG late May (for content), June for final version with the agency
Absolute deadline: JCOMM V Conference (October)

3. 2 3 1 4 5 6 Sketch COVER INSIDE EDITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FRONT
THEMES/APPLICATIONS
SYSTEM STATUS 4 5 6

4. Content: FRONT (1)
TITLE: JCOMM Met-Ocean Observing System Report Card 2016
LOGOS:
IOC, WMO
JCOMM
GOOS

5. Content: EDITORIAL (2) Welcome Introduction
Editorial #1 JCOMM Co-presidents
Role of ocean obs vs WMO/IOC goals, link to SDG, G7 quote
Editorial #2 JCOMM OCG chair
Overall status of OCG networks, ref to GCOS (sustainability/resilience)
Including area of foci for next years ?
Call-out box #1: highlight
EL Nino & TPOS2020,
On the value of an integrated network …

6. Content: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (3)
Quotes (IOC exec, WMO DG), OCG members (verbatim)
Call-out box #2: Capacity building story (facultatif)
National Partners* (*) based on operational platforms registered at JCOMMOPS as of May (~20)
Producer: JCOMMOPS (Logo)
Authors : « JCOMM Observation Coordination Group »
Contacts, URLs,
(General Information)
(Networks Status)
(WMO secretariat)
(IOC secretariat)
(Assistance)
Logos for all networks at the bottom, with URL if possible
Argo, DBCP, GO-SHIP, GLOSS, SOT, OceanSITES (10)

7. Content: THEMES/APPLICATIONS (4,6)
Food Security (or Economic Strategies) – public health – blue economy
Ocean Acidification (or Ecosystems Health)
Weather/marine models & forecasts (or Short Range Forecasts)
Climate/seasonal models & forecasts (or Long Range Forecasts)
Safety/Efficiency Maritime Operations (in 3 ?)
Disasters, extreme events mitigation (separate weather/climate and non natural hazards ?)
Regional variability/conditions (e.g. polar, coastal communties)
Sea level change
1 logo/tag per theme (self explenatory), one photo or plot , a few words
Themes are introduced through application examples, call-out boxes
4 call-out boxes (themes/applications) per page

8. THEMES: rewording/ordering (try)
Weather
Climate
Economic Strategies
Ecosystems Health
Disasters Mitigation
Sea Level Change
Regional Variability
Blue Economy

9. Content: System Status (5)
Page divided in 3 parts:
Satellite status table (top)
in-situ networks map (mid)
Network list (legend), status, ref. to themes (bottom)
Where to put networks highlights?
In table if short enough
Graphic can be used (plot, chart)

10. System Status: Option 1
Map is a cartoon and content no really exploitable
More space for themes and status tables

11. System Status: Option 2
Map included as a background and themes placed all around, more exploitable
To optimize space, use transparency e.g. fading on the map borders

12. System Status (5)
Table used to provide status and legend for the map above
Networks
Status & Trend
International Support & Trend
Themes addressed
Profiling Floats (Argo)
Logos/tags
Surface Drifter (DBCP)
Tide Gauge (GLOSS)
Reference Line (GO-SHIP)
ALL
Integrated system
More tags thanks to the integrated system

13. Networks Status: to complete

14. Sample themes … Climate/seasonal models & forecasts
ENABLE SEASONAL FORECASTS …. Forecasts made recently available through ocean-atmosphere coupled models, using in-situ and satellite observations, can be used to shape economic strategies (fisheries, agriculture, finance, insurance, energy).
Climate/seasonal models & forecasts
Consequences of heat waves. Dried up corn field in Philippines.
ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE … Gathering global subsurface observations, of highest quality, on a long time scale, is critical to predict impact of climate changes on communities and nations.
Climate/seasonal models & forecasts
Warming trend … African continent desertification
MITIGATE DISASTERS … Extreme weather events (Hurricanes, ice-storms, record rainfalls, floods, droughts, tsunamis, etc) cause loss of life and enormous burden on insurance industry.
Disasters …
Hurricane Katrina …

15. Themes: to complete

16. Misc.
We can keep the idea of a band of photos/plots as covering all (cover) pages

17. Themes, network status INPUTS
card/JCOMM report card.xls   

18. Actions: validate title (Editorial board)
validate themes list and wording (Editorial board)
Box #1: ENSO & TPOS2020 highlight (volunteers? )
Welcome introduction (JCOMMOPS)
Co-presidents Editorial (J. Stander)
OCG Chair Editorial (D. Legler)
Box #2: Capacity building story (volunteers? )
Quotes (IOC Exec, WMO DG) (IOC & WMO secretariats)
8 THEMES (volunteers ?)
Network status/highlights review (OCG network chairs)
Work with agency after greenlight (JCOMMOPS)