The GOOS Coastal Panel 1st session

 

INTERGOVERNMENTAL
OCEANOGRAPHIC
COMMISSION
(of UNESCO)		 WORLD
METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION		 UNITED NATIONS
ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMME		 INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL OF
SCIENTIFIC UNIONS

 

First Session of the GOOS Coastal Panel
(Paris, 30 March - 1 April 1998)

SUMMARY REPORT

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. OPENING
2. ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
3.1 THE STATUS OF GOOS
3.2 THE GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL OBSERVING SYSTEM (GTOS)
3.3 THE GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS)
3.4 THE OCEAN OBSERVING PANEL FOR CLIMATE (OOPC)
3.5 CORAL REEFS
3.6 HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABs)
3.7 COASTAL INFORMATION.
3.8 COASTS AND SMALL ISLANDS PROJECT
3.9 LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (LMR) MODULE OF GOOS
3.10 HEALTH OF THE OCEANS (HOTO) MODULE OF GOOS
3.11 U.S. COASTAL GOOS
3.12 LAND-OCEAN INTERACTION IN THE COASTAL ZONE (LOICZ)
3.13 COASTAL MEETING (Miami)
4. DISCUSSION ON THE GOALS OF C-GOOS
5. DEVELOPING THE ACTION PLAN
5.1 THE SCOPE OF C-GOOS
5.1.1 Goals of the GOOS Coastal Panel
5.1.2 Geographic boundaries
5.1.3 Operational categories and ubiquitous issues
5.1.4 Capacity Building
5.2 COASTAL TYPOLOGY
5.3 DEVELOPMENT OF PILOT PROJECTS
5.4 GLOBAL INVENTORY OF COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAMMES
5.5 COORDINATION
5.5.1 Relations to LMR, HOTO and OOPC Modules of GOOS
5.5.2 GTOS, GLOSS, Regional GOOS efforts, and other related operational programmes
5.5.3 LOICZ.
5.6 COMMUNICATION
6. INTERSESSION ACTION PLAN
7. MEMBERSHIP AND COMPOSITION
8. TERMS OF REFERENCE
9. RESOURCES REQUIRED
10. OTHER BUSINESS
11. DATE AND VENUE OF NEXT MEETING

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ANNEXES

ANNEX I LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
ANNEX II AGENDA
ANNEX III LIST OF DOCUMENTS
ANNEX IV LIST OF CURRENT AND POTENTIAL GOOS PROJECTS IN COASTAL AREAS
ANNEX V SELECTED RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MIAMI WORKSHOP REPORT "GOOS Coastal Module Planning Workshop, Miami, USA, 24-28 Feb.1997"
ANNEX VI COASTAL GOOS: WHAT IS IT AND WHY DO IT?
ANNEX VII TERMS OF REFERENCE AND OBJECTIVES
ANNEX VIII LIST OF ACRONYMS

 

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