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- Title:
- The WMO/GEO/WCRP IPY Legacy Workshop
- When:
- 04.12.2008 - 06.12.2008
- Where:
- -
- Category:
- Conferences
Description
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), through its Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project, are jointly sponsoring an “IPY Legacy Workshop on Sustaining Projects’ Contributions to WMO Global Cryosphere Watch and GEOSSâ€. It will be held on 3-5 December 2008 at the WMO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
IPY has now advanced into the second half of its field phase.  Participants in, and sponsors of, this unique scientific programme anticipate that IPY will generate results of very significant value for the society; and they have started to seek ways of sustaining the IPY legacy of observing systems, data products and information services. The World Meteorological Organization’s Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) is an initiative welcomed by the Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress in May 2007.  Along with related initiatives such as Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON), Pan-Antarctic Observations System (PAntOS) and others, GCW has a potential of making a critical contribution to safeguarding the IPY legacy and maintaining support for many cryosphere-related IPY projects.  Once established, the GCW will provide authoritative cryospheric data and information to a wide range of users, leading to a broad range of societal benefits, constituting a valuable contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and scientific work in support of policy decisions and managing risks associated with the climate change. Â
Dr Vladimir Ryabinin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Joint Planning Staff for World Climate Research Programme
WMO Secretariat
7bis, Avenue de la Paix, CP2300, Geneva 2,
CH-1211, Switzerland
phone: + 41 (0) 22 730 8486
fax: Â Â + 41 (0) 22 730 8036
http://wcrp.wmo.int
IPY has now advanced into the second half of its field phase.  Participants in, and sponsors of, this unique scientific programme anticipate that IPY will generate results of very significant value for the society; and they have started to seek ways of sustaining the IPY legacy of observing systems, data products and information services. The World Meteorological Organization’s Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) is an initiative welcomed by the Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress in May 2007.  Along with related initiatives such as Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON), Pan-Antarctic Observations System (PAntOS) and others, GCW has a potential of making a critical contribution to safeguarding the IPY legacy and maintaining support for many cryosphere-related IPY projects.  Once established, the GCW will provide authoritative cryospheric data and information to a wide range of users, leading to a broad range of societal benefits, constituting a valuable contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and scientific work in support of policy decisions and managing risks associated with the climate change. Â
Dr Vladimir Ryabinin ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Joint Planning Staff for World Climate Research Programme
WMO Secretariat
7bis, Avenue de la Paix, CP2300, Geneva 2,
CH-1211, Switzerland
phone: + 41 (0) 22 730 8486
fax: Â Â + 41 (0) 22 730 8036
http://wcrp.wmo.int
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