About GCOS
Steering CommitteeGCOS Steering Committee
The GCOS Steering Committee (SC) consists of up sixteen scientific and technical experts selected on the basis of their personal expertise. The Chairs of standing GCOS panels are members ex officio. The SC is appointed jointly by the Executive Heads of the GCOS sponsoring organizations by mutual consent.
Membership of the SC includes a balanced geographical representation of major operational and research observing programmes contributing to GCOS, as well as an appropriate mix of disciplines in atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological, cryospheric and biospheric sciences.
Terms of Reference
The functions of the GCOS Steering Committee are to formulate the overall concept and scope of the GCOS, and to provide scientific and technical guidance to sponsoring and participating organizations and agencies for the planning, implementation and further development of the GCOS.
Specifically, the Steering Committee will be called upon:
- To identify observational requirements, define design objectives and recommend coordinated actions by sponsoring and participating organizations and agencies, in order to optimize the system's performance and coherence, taking cognizance of the responsibilities, working arrangements and recommendations of established scientific and technical bodies of such organizations and agencies;
- To review and assess the development and implementation of the components of the GCOS, and report to the sponsoring organizations and to the participating agencies as required;
- To facilitate the exchange of information among sponsoring and participating organizations and agencies, and in general make the objectives, resource requirements capabilities and outputs of GCOS known to relevant national and international bodies.
Sessions
SC-XX
SC-XIX
SC-XVIII
Members (1 April 2011)
Dr Adrian Simmons (Chairman)
ECMWF
Shinfield Park
READING RG2 9AX
United Kingdom
Prof. Abel AFOUDA
Faculty of Sciences and Techniques
University of Abomey-Calavi
B:P 526 COTONOU
Benin
Dr Alan BELWARD
European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Institutefor Environment and Sustainability
21020 ISPRA, Varese
Italy
Dr Anny CAZENAVE
Laboratoire d’études en géophysique et océanographie spatiales LEGOS-CNESy
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénéesi
31401 TOULOUSE Cedex 09
France
Dr Barry GOODISON
Environment Canada
OTTAWA, Ontario K2C 3L7
Canada
Dr D.E. Harrison Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
NOAA/PMEL/OCRD
SEATTLE, WY 98115, USA
Dr Juliet Hermes
South African Environmental Observation Network Persequor Technopark
PRETORIA, Africa
Dr Mohammed KADI
African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development
BP 13184 NIAMEY
Niger
Prof. Lucka KAJFEZ-BOGATAJ
University of Ljubljana
Biotechnical Faculty
1000 LJUBLJANA
Slovenia
Dr Thomas KARL
Research Division
National Climatic Data Center
ASHEVILLE NC 28801-5001
USA Dr Dileep Kumar MARIPI
Chemical Oceanography Division
National Institute of Oceanography
GOA 403 004
India
Dr Kazutoshi ONOGI
Climate Prediction Division
Japan Meteorological Agency
TOKYO 100-8122
Japan
Dr Roger S. Pulwarty
Climate and Societal Interactions Division and
National Integrated Drought Information System
NOAA Climate Program and ESRL
BOULDER, Colorado, USA 80305
Mr Stefan ROESNER
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
63067 OFFENBACH AM MAIN
Germany
Dr Lianchun SONG
Meteorological Observation Center
China Meteorological Administration
BEIJING 100081
China
Dr Alexandre ZAYTSEV
Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory
194021 ST PETERSBURG
Russian Federation