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Tools to Harness the Potential of Earth Observations for Water Quality Reporting and Management
Citation:
Brando, V. AND B. Schaeffer. Tools to Harness the Potential of Earth Observations for Water Quality Reporting and Management. In Proceedings, International Ocean Color Science Meetng, San Francisco, CA, June 15 - 18, 2015. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Canada, 29-30, (2015).
Impact/Purpose:
Following the success and momentum arising from the first International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting held Darmstadt, Germany (6-8 May 2013), the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) resolved to hold a second such meeting in San Francisco, USA. Amongst the many outcomes from the milestone IOCS-2013 meeting was (i) the establishment of a permanent IOCCG Task Force on Ocean Colour Satellite Sensor Calibration, (ii) a follow-up workshop on Phytoplankton Functional Types, and (ii) a workshop on Ocean Optics Protocols, as well as (iv) numerous recommendations to the space agencies from the splinter sessions. The overall goal of the IOCS meetings is to bring together ocean colour research scientists and space agency representatives from around the world to help build a strong global ocean colour user community by collectively addressing common issues and goals, and also to promote international linkages among the different communities. Furthermore, these meetings provide a forum (breakout sessions) for discussion on various topics, and indirectly allow more people from the ocean colour community to be involved in IOCCG activities than is feasible through IOCCG Committee meetings and working groups alone. In doing so, the IOCS meetings help the IOCCG in its oversight role and also act to reinforce the voice of the ocean colour community when it comes to high-level discussions with space agencies.
Description:
The second IOCS meeting was convened by the IOCCG and was held in San Francisco, USA from 15-18 June 2015, with NASA and NOAA as the primary sponsors of the meeting. Additional sponsorship was obtained from ESA, EUMETSAT, CNES, SCOR and the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. All organisational aspects of the meeting were competently arranged by the IOCS-2015 meeting manager, Liz Gross, with the help of an Organizing Committee (6 members from NASA, NOAA and IOCCG) via regular telephone conferences, while the Scientific Planning Committee (17 members) provided advice on developing the scientific program and the selection of the keynote speakers as well as the breakout sessions. In total, 260 scientists from 29 different countries participated in the four-day meeting, including representatives from all the major space agencies with an interest in ocean-colour radiometry (CNES, CSA, ESA, EUMETSAT, INPE, ISRO, JAXA, KIOST, NASA, NOAA and SOA). The IOCS meeting thus helped to bring together both the users and the providers of ocean-colour data for in depth discussions of detailed requirements for ocean-colour products and services.
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