From July 21 to 23, ICM is hosting in Barcelona the 17th meeting of the Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (OOPC). The mission of this international panel is to develop recommendations for a sustained global observation of the oceans in relation to climate. In order to do so, OOPC provides support to global ocean observation activities, monitors the evolution of present systems and draws the needs for future observational implementation.
From July 21 to 23, ICM is hosting in Barcelona the 17th meeting of the Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (OOPC). The mission of this international panel is to develop recommendations for a sustained global observation of the oceans in relation to climate. In order to do so, OOPC provides support to global ocean observation activities, monitors the evolution of present systems and draws the needs for future observational implementation.
The OOPC is sponsored by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). These in turn are programmes that depend on the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Council for Science (ICSU), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
OOPC panel members attending the Barcelona meeting at ICM include renowned scientists such as Mark Bourassa, professor of meteorology at Florida State University, the physical oceanographer Toshio Suga from Tohoku University, or Eric Lindstrom, leader of the climate focus area at NASA and chairman of the Steering Committee of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).
During the meeting, a local science break has been scheduled to introduce ICM research activities and infrastructures to the panel members.