1. WCRP Data Advisory Council April 7, 2016 Overview

2. WCRP Data Advisory Council
(WDAC)
Mission
act as a single entry point for all WCRP data, information, and observation activities with its sister programmes,
coordinate their high-level aspects across the WCRP,
ensure cooperation with main WCRP partners such as GCOS, CEOS, CGMS and other observing programmes
WDAC works with the WCRP Modeling Advisory Council to promote effective use of observations with models and to address issues related to the coordinated development of data assimilation, reanalysis, Observing System Sampling Experiments, fluxes and paleoclimatic data and their assessments (metrics, etc.).

3. WDAC5 Thank you for participating in WDAC5
Special thanks to The Collider for hosting this meeting and to Theresa Stone for local preparations
Our agenda is very, very full, so please respect the time limits

4. WDAC5 Overview JSC36 actions – Responses / Actions
WCRP – GCOS cooperation – this morning’s joint meeting
Obs4MIPs – review of current status and new dataset inclusion
Ana4MIPs & TIRA – review of current status
Surface Fluxes – review of current status
WCRP-GCOS – Data Prize
WCRP/GCOS – Open Data Policy
WCRP Strategic Plan – Comments, input, etc.

5. Agenda Approval

6. WDAC4 Recs/Actions [1] WDAC3 Outcomes Galway May 6-7, 2014
WCRP / GCOS Open Data Policy
1. Develop a Draft Data Policy (WDAC Co-chairs and GCOS Chair)*
GCOS
2. Review status report / provide feedback (Michel Rixen, Carolin Richter)*
CLIVAR
3. IQuod to provide additional details so that WDAC can make informed decision about potential endorsement (Pierre-Philippe Matthieu, Magdalena Balmaseda)
CliC
4. CLIC to consider using ana4MIPS for SIRTA (Walt Meier) *
* completed

7. WDAC4 Recs/Actions [2] WDAC3 Outcomes Galway May 6-7, 2014 SPARC
5. SPARC to articulate need for new missions to address current
“Lack of planned satellite observations (esp. limb) of UTS composition” and forward to WGClimate (Susann Tegtmeier, Michaela Hegglin)*
Data set assessment
6. Circulate draft document to WCRP project offices for review and publication (Michel Rixen)*
obs4MIPs
7. Follow-up on tractable work: maturity matrix, data set call, xml technical note, completeness table (obs4MIPs Task Team, end 2015)*
ACTION: use SOCAT and other data sets as case studies for obs4MIPs in situ protocol and standards (JPS)*
* completed

8. WDAC4 Recs/Actions [3] WDAC3 Outcomes Galway May 6-7, 2014 Ana4MIPs
8. Circulate TIRA concept note to WCRP core projects and DAOS (Michael Bosilovich) *
9: TIRA to engage core project reanalysis efforts (Michael Bosilovich)*
Inventory
10. WGClimate to update WDAC on (satellite component of) ECV inventory (WGClimate Co-chairs, WDAC5)*
Fluxes
11. Revise ToR, add Brian as vice-chair, address high latitude and biogeochemistry representation, and circulate to JSC for approval (Brian Ward)*
* completed

9. WDAC4 Recs/Actions [4] WDAC3 Outcomes Galway May 6-7, 2014 Data Prize
12. Drafting Tiger Team (Sonia, Martin, Anny + GCOS rep(s) via Carolin) to scan ‘Prize’ landscape and get back to WDAC with final proposal, consider data availability as part of the criteria, revisit career criteria (WDAC Co-chairs)*
BUSINESS
13. Update WDAC pages and mailing list (GDAP and WGClimate co-chairs, etc) (Michel Rixen)*
14: Address WDAC membership expirations with a 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 rotation arrangement and submit to WCRP JSC (WDAC Co-Chairs, Michel Rixen)*
15: WDAC5 session, Asheville, ideally 2 days during week 4-8 April 2016, in conjunction with AOPC)*
* completed

10. JSC36 Actions WDAC3 Outcomes Galway May 6-7, 2014 23 7.3 WDAC
Make data issues more prominent within WCRP
Develop ideas and plans for a data prize
Work with GCOS to expand ECVs in useful directions
Establish a WCRP-wide open data policy
Refine and clarify the earth system reanalysis concept
WDAC, with JPS and GCOS
Summer 2015

11. Actions for your consideration
We will put together a summary of actions for your input and approval tomorrow
Expect this as the last item on our agenda