1. RCN: Ocean Meeting March 14 2012

2. Agenda 1. Introductions (“around the table”) 2. Program (Objectives) 3. Approach for operations a. Meetings/Coordination b. Schedule c. Working Groups 4. Ocean Community Issues and Challenges 5. Focus area discussions (additional topics) 6. AOB. [ Next meeting – September; Other ]

3. Motivation (1) New technologies and approaches are emerging to vastly improve ocean observations. Cabled observatories are an example of a paradigm shift, providing a relative abundance of power and bandwidth for observations. New mobile platforms provide unanticipated observation opportunities. Sensors traditionally only available in laboratories can now be adapted for in-situ observations. The potential for interdisciplinary collaboration is significant.

4. Motivation (2) Information exchange capabilities impacts our professional and private lives. Real time interfaces and automation bring new opportunities ETC……

5. Issues from a User Perspective First, users perceive they are working with a “trusted source”. Second, the source should be scalable in geometric coverage and in volume of requests. Third, the data sets should be comprehensive in the source’s specialty areas. The data should be open. Ultimately, there should be a “perceived sustainability” so that users are willing to invest their own efforts/resources to learn to work with it.

6. RCN objectives Foster a broad, multi-disciplinary dialogue, enabling more effective and sustained use of ocean observing systems for addressing local, national and global challenges. Delineate technical issues and approaches crucial for sustainability, data exchange and interoperability and other objectives.

7. RCN Directions (1) 3a. Approaches for Sustainability of Observing Systems 3b. Stimulating interdisciplinary cooperation 3c. Facilitating Open Exchange of Data and Information 3d. Promote Standards and Interoperability including approaches for common sensor builds 3e. Improving the flow of critical information to key stakeholder 3f/g. Capacity Building and Community

8. RCN Directions (2) 3h. Aligning insitu and remotely sensed observations 3i. Ubiquitous low cost sensors 3j. Integration and impacts of citizen observations Other?

9. RCN members (1) Simon Allen CSIROAustralia Pierre Bahurel MyOcean/MercatorFrance Stewart BernardCSIRSouth Africa Paul DiGiacomoNOAA & GEO CZCPUSA Albert FischerGOOS/IOCFrance Masao FukasawaJAMSTECJapan Milton KampelINPEBrazil Peter PissierssensIODE/UNESCOBelgium Iain ShepherdEuropean CommissionBelgium Christoph WaldmannUniversity of BremenGermany

10. RCN Members (2) Jorge CorredorU of Puerto Rico MayaguezPuerto Rico Benjamin CukerHampton UniversityVirginia Eileen HofmannOld Dominion UniversityVirginia John OrcuttUC San DiegoCalifornia Hans-Peter PlagU of Nevada Reno Nevada Heidi SosikWHOIMassachusetts Martin TaylorOcean Networks CanadaVictoria Dawn WrightESRIOregon Jim YoderWHOIMassachusetts

11. Agenda 1. Introductions (“around the table”) 2. Program (Objectives) 3. Approach for operations a. Structure b. Meetings/Coordination c. Schedule 4. Ocean Community Issues and Challenges 5. Focus area discussions (additional topics) 6. AOB. [ Next meeting – September; Other ]

12. RCN Structure Plenary Working groups – focused on selected topics Special activities fora (topics of interest)

13. Operations - Meetings/Coordination Plenary Meetings of the whole team will be twice per year – one in-person and two virtual Web support will be provided – Web page, news, repositories, links and library, etc – Webex and telephone communications – Web seminars Facilitators – Jay Pearlman and Sandy Williams

14. Schedule Plenaries – – March and September (TBD) - virtual – December in San Francisco (Just before AGU) – in person Working Groups – Six month duration – Two running in parallel – phased three months apart – Outputs – report of issues and recommendations Fora and special activities – as requested Webinars – Four a year

15. Working Groups 3a. Approaches for Sustainability of Observing Systems 3b. Stimulating interdisciplinary cooperation 3c. Facilitating Open Exchange of Data and Information 3d. Promote Standards and Interoperability including approaches for common sensor builds 3e. Improving the flow of critical information to key stakeholder 3f/g. Capacity Building and Community 3h. Aligning in-situ and remotely sensed observations 3i. Ubiquitous low cost sensors 3j. Integration and impacts of citizen observations

16. Participation Areas

17. Working Group 1 – Open Data Topic – Open Data Exchange Co-Chairs: John Orcutt and Peter Pissierssens Terms of Reference – to be decided on first meeting Outputs – Report on issues and recommendations Potential subjects – Intellectual Property issues – National policies – Real time availability/Publications – Key technologies Schedule– start in Late March or April; report in 6 months

18. Agenda 1. Introductions (“around the table”) 2. Program (Objectives) 3. Approach for operations a. Meetings/Coordination b. Schedule c. Working Groups 4. Ocean Community Issues and Challenges 5. Focus area discussions (additional topics) 6. AOB. [ Next meeting – September; Other ]

19. Discussion – Issue for the Ocean Community 3a. Approaches for Sustainability of Observing Systems 3c. Facilitating Open Exchange of Data and Information 3f/g. Capacity Building and Community