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Sea-level meeting in Hawaii

ITEM: 002
SOURCE/AUTHOR: Thorkild Aarup, IOC                
DATE:   29/01/2001

The Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS-GE), will hold its 7^th meeting in the USA at the University of Hawaii’s East-West Center, 23-27 April 2001. In connection with the GLOSS-GE meeting, three associated scientific workshops will be convened:

• A one-day workshop (23 April 2001), to be held in honour of Professor Klaus Wyrtki, addressing sea-level and non-sea level topics in the Pacific and Indian Oceans;
  
• A one-day workshop (24 April 2001) focusing on research activities conducted under the sea level component within the Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics Programme (http://center.shao.ac.cn/APSG). This workshop will also include a working group meeting on IAG Section II (http://geodesy.eng.ohio-state.edu/IAG_SectionII ) SSG 2.194, GPS Water Level Measurements; and
  
• A one-day workshop (25 April 2001) devoted to Global Positioning System observations to monitor vertical land movements near tide gauges.

The GLOSS tide gauge programme was established in 1985 and provides an important and necessary infrastructure for mean sea-level monitoring, coastal sea level research and global change studies. To this end, GLOSS provides an international co-ordination mechanism together with important elements for: (i) assisting in maintaining the GLOSS Core Network (GCN) of about 270 tide gauge stations and associated networks; (ii) training in sea level measurements and analysis; and (iii) development of scientific and technical training material on various sea level aspects. GLOSS is also part of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and contributes particularly to the GOOS climate and coastal modules.

The development and oversight of the GLOSS programme is the responsibility of a group of experts, the GLOSS-GE, which meets every two years to review the programme and make recommendations on the programme implementation. The GLOSS-GE reports to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.

For more detailed information about the GLOSS-GE7 meeting and the associated workshops, see the web-site http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/ge7/.

For more information about GLOSS and GOOS see: http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/programmes/gloss.info.html and http://ioc.unesco.org/goos respectively:

Contact information:

Dr Mark Merrifield
Dept. of Oceanography
University of Hawaii
1000 Pope Road, MSB 307
Honolulu
Hawaii 96822, USA
Tel. (1) 808 956 6161
E-mail: markm@soest.hawaii.edu

Dr Philip Woodworth
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
Bidston Observatory
Birkenhead
Merseyside, CH43 7RA, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 - 151 - 653 8633
Fax: +44 – 151 - 653 6269
E-mail: plw@pol.ac.uk

Dr Thorkild Aarup
GOOS Project Office
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
UNESCO
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
Tel: + 33 (0) 145 684019
Fax: + 33 (0) 145 685810
E-mail: t.aarup@unesco.org