Annex 2

**NOAA-Roshydromet MoU**

**Status Report of Program of Activities for 2006-07**

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| 1 | Adaptive      | U.S.:      | Discussions    | Prepar           |
| . | upper-air     | Zoltan     | are currently  | ation/Submission |
| 1 | observations  | Toth       | taking place   | of proposal for  |
|   | in support of |            | between Dr.    | WMO Voluntary    |
|   | the THORPEX   | Russia:    | Toth and Dr.   | Cooperation      |
|   | campain       | Mikhail    | Kats, Central  | Program (VCP)    |
|   |               | T          | Aerological    | funding; from    |
|   |               | syrulnikov | Observatory    | the Russian      |
|   |               |            | (CAO), to      | side,            |
|   |               |            | identify       | participation of |
|   |               |            | THORPEX needs, | Roshydromet in   |
|   |               |            | funding for    | the T-PARC       |
|   |               |            | additional     | experiment       |
|   |               |            | radiosondes    | within THORPEX   |
|   |               |            | launches.      | and Asia-THORPEX |
|   |               |            | Within         | is possible,     |
|   |               |            | THORPEX-IPY,   | provided         |
|   |               |            | collaboration  | external funding |
|   |               |            | between        | will be          |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | available;       |
|   |               |            | and Norwegian  | Preparation of   |
|   |               |            | Meteorological | the detailed     |
|   |               |            | Service was    | plan for         |
|   |               |            | organized by   | additional       |
|   |               |            | CAO.           | upper-air        |
|   |               |            |                | observations,    |
|   |               |            |                | site selection,  |
|   |               |            |                | observation      |
|   |               |            |                | request,         |
|   |               |            |                | transmission,    |
|   |               |            |                | fine-resolution  |
|   |               |            |                | p                |
|   |               |            |                | rofiles/formats, |
|   |               |            |                | and delivery,    |
|   |               |            |                | etc.; further    |
|   |               |            |                | discuss at       |
|   |               |            |                | Second Formal    |
|   |               |            |                | Meeting in       |
|   |               |            |                | Silver Spring    |
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| * | **Data        |            |                |                  |
| * | A             |            |                |                  |
| 1 | ssimilation** |            |                |                  |
| . |               |            |                |                  |
| 2 |               |            |                |                  |
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| 1 | Explore and   | U.S.       | A visit to the | Several lines of |
| . | promote       | Fuzhong    | U.S. (NCEP) by | future           |
| 2 | adaptation of | Weng or    | Dr. Elena      | collaboration    |
| . | NOAA's        | Steve Lord | Astakhova and  | were identified: |
| 1 | operational   | (to be     | Dr. Mikhail    |                  |
|   | data          | d          | Tsyrulnikov    | \(1\) Ensemble   |
|   | assimilation  | etermined) | took place     | prediction: (a)  |
|   | methodology   |            | during the     | possible         |
|   | for use with  | Russia:    | period May     | adoption of the  |
|   | Roshydromet   | Mikhail    | 14-22, 2007.   | ET methodology   |
|   | weather       | T          | The following  | at the           |
|   | analysis and  | syrulnikov | major topics   | Hydrometcenter   |
|   | numerical     |            | were covered   | of Russia. A     |
|   | weather       |            | during the     | visit of 1 to 2  |
|   | prediction    |            | visit: (1)     | specialists for  |
|   |               |            | ensemble       | 7-10 days, if it |
|   |               |            | prediction on  | is financially   |
|   |               |            | different time | possible, to     |
|   |               |            | and space      | NCEP to discuss  |
|   |               |            | scales; (2)    | the results is   |
|   |               |            | data           | desireable, and  |
|   |               |            | assimilation;  | (b) joint        |
|   |               |            | and (3)        | research on      |
|   |               |            | satellite data | designing a      |
|   |               |            | assimilation.  | practical        |
|   |               |            | A satellite    | stochastic       |
|   |               |            | microwave      | model-error      |
|   |               |            | radiation      | model to         |
|   |               |            | assimilation   | properly         |
|   |               |            | scheme was     | represent        |
|   |               |            | developed in   | forecast-model   |
|   |               |            | the            | uncertainties    |
|   |               |            | Hydrometcenter |                  |
|   |               |            | of Russian     | \(2\) Data       |
|   |               |            | within the     | assimilation:    |
|   |               |            | framework of   | (a) share        |
|   |               |            | the 3D-Var     | approaches in    |
|   |               |            | development    | flow-dependent   |
|   |               |            | taking into    | and multivariate |
|   |               |            | account some   | background-error |
|   |               |            | experience of  | covariance       |
|   |               |            | U.S.           | modeling, and    |
|   |               |            | colleagues.    | (b)              |
|   |               |            |                | specification of |
|   |               |            |                | o                |
|   |               |            |                | bservation-error |
|   |               |            |                | statistics in    |
|   |               |            |                | satellite data   |
|   |               |            |                | assimilation     |
|   |               |            |                |                  |
|   |               |            |                | \(3\) An         |
|   |               |            |                | investigation    |
|   |               |            |                | into spatial and |
|   |               |            |                | inter-channel    |
|   |               |            |                | microwave        |
|   |               |            |                | satellite        |
|   |               |            |                | correlations.    |
|   |               |            |                | Further          |
|   |               |            |                | activities to be |
|   |               |            |                | discussed at     |
|   |               |            |                | April meeting.   |
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| 1 | Improvement   | U.S.:      | \(1\) There    | Both parties     |
| . | of analysis   | Robert     | has been an    | consider this    |
| 2 | quality       | (Jim)      | exchange of    | activity to be   |
| . | through       | Purser     | scientific     | complete.        |
| 2 | development   |            | papers/reports |                  |
|   | of more       | Russia:    | treating the   |                  |
|   | adequate      | Mikhail    | subject of     |                  |
|   | probabilistic | T          | data           |                  |
|   | bac           | syrulnikov | assimilation   |                  |
|   | kground-error |            |                |                  |
|   | models        |            | \(2\) A new    |                  |
|   |               |            | NOAA/NCEP      |                  |
|   |               |            | office note    |                  |
|   |               |            | was issued     |                  |
|   |               |            | describing the |                  |
|   |               |            | experiments,   |                  |
|   |               |            | comparing      |                  |
|   |               |            | three methods  |                  |
|   |               |            | proposed to    |                  |
|   |               |            | extract        |                  |
|   |               |            | information    |                  |
|   |               |            | from the       |                  |
|   |               |            | forecast       |                  |
|   |               |            | background     |                  |
|   |               |            | field in the   |                  |
|   |               |            | operational 3D |                  |
|   |               |            | variational    |                  |
|   |               |            | assimilation   |                  |
|   |               |            | schemes that   |                  |
|   |               |            | can be used to |                  |
|   |               |            | set the        |                  |
|   |               |            | parameters of  |                  |
|   |               |            | the spatially  |                  |
|   |               |            | adaptive and   |                  |
|   |               |            | anisotropic    |                  |
|   |               |            | covariances    |                  |
|   |               |            | that NWS plans |                  |
|   |               |            | to make as the |                  |
|   |               |            | future         |                  |
|   |               |            | operational    |                  |
|   |               |            | assimilation   |                  |
|   |               |            | technique for  |                  |
|   |               |            | the global and |                  |
|   |               |            | regional       |                  |
|   |               |            | atmospheric    |                  |
|   |               |            | forecast       |                  |
|   |               |            | models. This   |                  |
|   |               |            | note was       |                  |
|   |               |            | issued and is  |                  |
|   |               |            | freely         |                  |
|   |               |            | available on   |                  |
|   |               |            | the NCEP web   |                  |
|   |               |            | page.          |                  |
|   |               |            |                |                  |
|   |               |            | \(3\) Visit of |                  |
|   |               |            | Dr. Elena      |                  |
|   |               |            | Astakhova and  |                  |
|   |               |            | Dr. Mikhail    |                  |
|   |               |            | Tsyrulnikov to |                  |
|   |               |            | NCEP in 2007.  |                  |
|   |               |            |                |                  |
|   |               |            | \(4\) New      |                  |
|   |               |            | spatial        |                  |
|   |               |            | covariance     |                  |
|   |               |            | scheme was     |                  |
|   |               |            | developed and  |                  |
|   |               |            | realized in    |                  |
|   |               |            | Hydrometcenter |                  |
|   |               |            | of Russian.    |                  |
|   |               |            | Its ability to |                  |
|   |               |            | represent      |                  |
|   |               |            | flow-depend    |                  |
|   |               |            | covariances,   |                  |
|   |               |            | including      |                  |
|   |               |            | anisotropy,    |                  |
|   |               |            | was            |                  |
|   |               |            | demonstrated.  |                  |
|   |               |            | The results    |                  |
|   |               |            | were reported, |                  |
|   |               |            | in particular, |                  |
|   |               |            | at the seminar |                  |
|   |               |            | at NCEP. The   |                  |
|   |               |            | new scheme is  |                  |
|   |               |            | used in the    |                  |
|   |               |            | Russian 3D-Var |                  |
|   |               |            | system under   |                  |
|   |               |            | development.   |                  |
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| 1 | Investigate   | U.S.       | See Item 1.2.1 | See Item 1.2.1   |
| . | the           | Zoltan     | above          | above            |
| 2 | efficiency of | Toth       |                |                  |
| . | the Ensemble  |            |                |                  |
| 3 | Kalman Filter | Russia:    |                |                  |
|   | (EnKF)-based  | Mikhail    |                |                  |
|   | data          | T          |                |                  |
|   | assimilation  | syrulnikov |                |                  |
|   | and           |            |                |                  |
|   | development   |            |                |                  |
|   | of new        |            |                |                  |
|   | techniques to |            |                |                  |
|   | improve the   |            |                |                  |
|   | EnKF          |            |                |                  |
|   | performance   |            |                |                  |
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| * | **Improved    |            |                |                  |
| * | Weather       |            |                |                  |
| 1 | Prediction    |            |                |                  |
| . | and Modeling  |            |                |                  |
| 3 | Techniques**  |            |                |                  |
| * |               |            |                |                  |
| * |               |            |                |                  |
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| 1 | Numerical     | U.S. Mark  | Journal and    | Both Parties     |
| . | formulation   | Iredell    | recent         | consider this    |
| 3 | of global     |            | -developmental | activity to be   |
| . | numerical     | Russia: V. | papers were    | complete.        |
| 1 | weather       | Tsvetkov   | shared on (a)  |                  |
|   | prediction    |            | polynomial     |                  |
|   | (NWP) models  |            | grids          |                  |
|   | using the     |            | potentially    |                  |
|   | double        |            | useful in      |                  |
|   | trigonometric |            | spherical      |                  |
|   | Fourier       |            | computations   |                  |
|   | series and/or |            | (Russia sent   |                  |
|   | grid-point    |            | to U.S.) and   |                  |
|   | approach      |            | (b) Fibonacci  |                  |
|   |               |            | grids on a     |                  |
|   |               |            | sphere (U.S.   |                  |
|   |               |            | to Russia).    |                  |
|   |               |            | The Russian    |                  |
|   |               |            | papers were    |                  |
|   |               |            | reviewed by    |                  |
|   |               |            | U.S.           |                  |
|   |               |            | scientists,    |                  |
|   |               |            | and it was     |                  |
|   |               |            | determined     |                  |
|   |               |            | that the       |                  |
|   |               |            | techniques     |                  |
|   |               |            | presented,     |                  |
|   |               |            | while          |                  |
|   |               |            | interesting,   |                  |
|   |               |            | were not       |                  |
|   |               |            | practicable in |                  |
|   |               |            | applying to    |                  |
|   |               |            | NOAA's needs.  |                  |
|   |               |            | There has been |                  |
|   |               |            | no Russian     |                  |
|   |               |            | interest       |                  |
|   |               |            | concerning the |                  |
|   |               |            | U.S. papers.   |                  |
|   |               |            | This activity  |                  |
|   |               |            | did help NOAA  |                  |
|   |               |            | better         |                  |
|   |               |            | understand     |                  |
|   |               |            | numerical      |                  |
|   |               |            | weather        |                  |
|   |               |            | prediction     |                  |
|   |               |            | modeling being |                  |
|   |               |            | done at        |                  |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet.   |                  |
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| 1 | Limited area  | U.S. Jeff  | \(1\) NCEP     | Send a           |
| . | hi            | McQueen    | provided Dr.   | specialist from  |
| 3 | gh-resolution |            | Trosnikov with | the              |
| . | modeling;     | Russia:    | access to      | Hydrometcenter   |
| 2 | forecasting   | Igor       | documentation  | of Russia to the |
|   | with WRF      | Trosnikov  | on the WRF NMM | WRF Users'       |
|   | nested grid   |            | system and its | Workshop and for |
|   | system for    |            | capabilities;  | training in USA  |
|   | ensembles and |            |                | (for 2-3 weeks   |
|   | air-quality   |            | \(2\) NCEP     | at the expense   |
|   | applications  |            | provided       | of WDB if no     |
|   |               |            | information to | financial        |
|   |               |            | Dr. Trosnikov  | problems arise   |
|   |               |            | about a WRF    |                  |
|   |               |            | User's         |                  |
|   |               |            | Meeting, held  |                  |
|   |               |            | in Boulder,    |                  |
|   |               |            | during the     |                  |
|   |               |            | summer, and    |                  |
|   |               |            | recommended    |                  |
|   |               |            | that Dr.       |                  |
|   |               |            | Trosnikov      |                  |
|   |               |            | consider       |                  |
|   |               |            | participating  |                  |
|   |               |            | in this        |                  |
|   |               |            | meeting;       |                  |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    |                  |
|   |               |            | was unable to  |                  |
|   |               |            | attend because |                  |
|   |               |            | of financial   |                  |
|   |               |            | problems.      |                  |
|   |               |            |                |                  |
|   |               |            | \(3\) It was   |                  |
|   |               |            | suggested to   |                  |
|   |               |            | perform        |                  |
|   |               |            | further        |                  |
|   |               |            | studies on     |                  |
|   |               |            | project 1.3.2  |                  |
|   |               |            | jointly with   |                  |
|   |               |            | the studies on |                  |
|   |               |            | project 1.3.3. |                  |
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| 1 | Development   | U.S. Jeff  | \(1\) NCEP     | Hydrometcenter   |
| . | of methods    | McQueen    | provided       | of Russia should |
| 3 | for           |            | information to | send a           |
| . | processing    | Russia:    | Dr. Rozinkina  | representative   |
| 3 | results of    | Inna       | about a WRF    | to one of the    |
|   | numerical     | Rozinkina  | User's         | next WRF User's  |
|   | modeling and  |            | Meeting, held  | Meeting in       |
|   | forecast for  |            | in Boulder,    | Boulder, CO.     |
|   | expansion of  |            | during the     |                  |
|   | output        |            | summer, and    | Roshydromet will |
|   | information   |            | recommended    | identify         |
|   | and           |            | that Dr.       | questions and    |
|   | improvement   |            | Rozinkina      | areas of further |
|   | of forms of   |            | consider       | development with |
|   | its           |            | participating  | respect to       |
|   | r             |            | in this        | postprocessing   |
|   | epresentation |            | meeting;       | and              |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | meteorological   |
|   |               |            | was unable to  | product          |
|   |               |            | attend because | generation.      |
|   |               |            | of financial   |                  |
|   |               |            | problems.      | The              |
|   |               |            |                | postprocessor    |
|   |               |            | \(2\) NCEP     | documentation    |
|   |               |            | also provided  | and software     |
|   |               |            | Dr. Rozinkina  | should be        |
|   |               |            | with access to | examined.        |
|   |               |            | documentation  |                  |
|   |               |            | on the         | The Russian side |
|   |               |            | WRF            | should send an   |
|   |               |            | -postprocessor | expert to NCEP   |
|   |               |            | and the list   | for training on  |
|   |               |            | of             | the problem of   |
|   |               |            | meteorological | organization of  |
|   |               |            | products that  | the unified      |
|   |               |            | it can         | postprocessing   |
|   |               |            | generate.      | (for 2-3 weeks   |
|   |               |            | Currently, the | at the expense   |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | of WDB if no     |
|   |               |            | laboratory for | financial        |
|   |               |            | medium-range   | problems arise). |
|   |               |            | forecasting is |                  |
|   |               |            | learning the   |                  |
|   |               |            | system and     |                  |
|   |               |            | will identify  |                  |
|   |               |            | additional     |                  |
|   |               |            | products       |                  |
|   |               |            | (e.g.,         |                  |
|   |               |            | aviation,      |                  |
|   |               |            | severe         |                  |
|   |               |            | weather) that  |                  |
|   |               |            | both NOAA and  |                  |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    |                  |
|   |               |            | will find      |                  |
|   |               |            | useful for     |                  |
|   |               |            | expanding the  |                  |
|   |               |            | postprocessor  |                  |
|   |               |            | system. The    |                  |
|   |               |            | Russian        |                  |
|   |               |            | laboratory is  |                  |
|   |               |            | preparing a    |                  |
|   |               |            | response with  |                  |
|   |               |            | questions and  |                  |
|   |               |            | areas of       |                  |
|   |               |            | further        |                  |
|   |               |            | development    |                  |
|   |               |            | with respect   |                  |
|   |               |            | to             |                  |
|   |               |            | postprocessing |                  |
|   |               |            | and            |                  |
|   |               |            | meteorological |                  |
|   |               |            | product        |                  |
|   |               |            | generation.    |                  |
|   |               |            |                |                  |
|   |               |            | \(3\) The      |                  |
|   |               |            | American side  |                  |
|   |               |            | suggested that |                  |
|   |               |            | the Russian    |                  |
|   |               |            | specialists    |                  |
|   |               |            | should study   |                  |
|   |               |            | the unified    |                  |
|   |               |            | postprocessing |                  |
|   |               |            | for mesoscale  |                  |
|   |               |            | and global     |                  |
|   |               |            | models based   |                  |
|   |               |            | on the WRF     |                  |
|   |               |            | postprocessor  |                  |
|   |               |            | and take part  |                  |
|   |               |            | in its         |                  |
|   |               |            | development.   |                  |
|   |               |            | The unified    |                  |
|   |               |            | postprocessing |                  |
|   |               |            | problems were  |                  |
|   |               |            | discussed      |                  |
|   |               |            | during the     |                  |
|   |               |            | visit of the   |                  |
|   |               |            | Russian        |                  |
|   |               |            | specialists,   |                  |
|   |               |            | Dr. Elena      |                  |
|   |               |            | Astakhova and  |                  |
|   |               |            | Dr. Mikhail    |                  |
|   |               |            | Tsyrulnikov to |                  |
|   |               |            | NCEP (projects |                  |
|   |               |            | 1.2 and        |                  |
|   |               |            | 1.3.4); the    |                  |
|   |               |            | American side  |                  |
|   |               |            | suggested to   |                  |
|   |               |            | organization   |                  |
|   |               |            | training of    |                  |
|   |               |            | Russian        |                  |
|   |               |            | specialists    |                  |
|   |               |            | engaged in     |                  |
|   |               |            | project 1.3.3  |                  |
|   |               |            | at NCEP. Now   |                  |
|   |               |            | the Russian    |                  |
|   |               |            | side has       |                  |
|   |               |            | started        |                  |
|   |               |            | examining the  |                  |
|   |               |            | materials and  |                  |
|   |               |            | implementing   |                  |
|   |               |            | individual     |                  |
|   |               |            | parts of the   |                  |
|   |               |            | postprocessor  |                  |
|   |               |            | software.      |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 1 | \(1\) Develop | U.S.       | See Item 1.2.1 | The quality of   |
| . | methods that  | Zoltan     |                | the              |
| 4 | are ready for | Toth       |                | Hydrometcenter   |
|   | operational   |            |                | EPS real-time    |
|   | i             | Russia:    |                | runs should be   |
|   | mplementation | Elena      |                | analyzed for     |
|   | at            | Astakhova  |                | long periods and |
|   | Roshydromet   |            |                | ways to improve  |
|   | for ensemble  |            |                | it should be     |
|   | weather       |            |                | identified.      |
|   | prediction    |            |                |                  |
|   | and (2)       |            |                |                  |
|   | improve       |            |                |                  |
|   | ensemble      |            |                |                  |
|   | forecasting   |            |                |                  |
|   | methods used  |            |                |                  |
|   | at NWS        |            |                |                  |
|   | through       |            |                |                  |
|   | coordinated   |            |                |                  |
|   | research      |            |                |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 1 | \(1\)         | U.S. Hualu | NCEP has       | Exchange of      |
| . | Development   | Pan        | completed a    | historical       |
| 5 | of long-range |            | 25-year        | forecasts.       |
|   | forecasting   | Russia: D. | retrospective  | Assessment of    |
|   | (LRF) methods | Kiktev     | forecast for   | predictability   |
|   | for           |            | seasonal and   | for joint        |
|   | improvement   |            | interannual    | forecast         |
|   | of            |            | time frames    | products. To be  |
|   | assessments   |            | and has an     | further          |
|   | of            |            | operational    | discussed at     |
|   | p             |            | Climate        | April meeting.   |
|   | redictability |            | Forecast       |                  |
|   | for various   |            | System         | To be further    |
|   | regions of    |            | running.       | discussed at     |
|   | the globe and |            | Roshydromet is | April meeting.   |
|   | an exchange   |            | working on     |                  |
|   | of ensemble   |            | development of |                  |
|   | long-range    |            | seasonal       |                  |
|   | hindcasts in  |            | forecasting    |                  |
|   | accordance    |            | technology and |                  |
|   | with the      |            | has completed  |                  |
|   | SMIP-2/HFP    |            | a new 25-year  |                  |
|   | protocol for  |            | series of      |                  |
|   | possible      |            | historical     |                  |
|   | development   |            | forecasts on   |                  |
|   | of joint      |            | the basis of   |                  |
|   | forecasting   |            | SMIP-2/HFP     |                  |
|   | products      |            | protocol.      |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 1 | Improving     | U.S. Fred  |                | Will further     |
| . | tele          | Branski    |                | discuss GLORIAD  |
| 6 | communication |            |                | at the Second    |
|   | capacity for  | Russia:    |                | Formal Meeting   |
|   | the exchange  | Leonid     |                | in April 2008.   |
|   | of            | Bezruk     |                |                  |
|   | operational   |            |                |                  |
|   | and research  |            |                |                  |
|   | information   |            |                |                  |
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+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 2 | To conduct    | U.S.:      | Dr. Borshch    | Develop a plan   |
| . | joint         | Curtis     | visited the    | for a workshop   |
| 1 | research in   | Barrett    | U.S. during    | to be organized  |
|   | the area of   |            | the period     | in Russia to     |
|   | studying      | Russia:    | October 27 --  | discuss the      |
|   | flash-flood   | Sergey     | November 3. He | development and  |
|   | processes and | Borshch    | visited the    | implementation   |
|   | formation     |            | NWS Office of  | of the NWS River |
|   | with the      |            | Hydrologic     | Forecast System  |
|   | purpose of    |            | Development    | as a pilot in    |
|   | developing    |            | and then flew  | the Kuban River  |
|   | methods and   |            | to Minneapolis | Basin.           |
|   | technologies  |            | where he       |                  |
|   | to provide    |            | visited with   |                  |
|   | dangerous     |            | the North      |                  |
|   | flood         |            | Central River  |                  |
|   | forecasting   |            | Forecast       |                  |
|   | in the Kuban  |            | Center and     |                  |
|   | River basin   |            | co-located     |                  |
|   |               |            | Weather        |                  |
|   |               |            | Forecast       |                  |
|   |               |            | Office. He     |                  |
|   |               |            | also visited   |                  |
|   |               |            | with the       |                  |
|   |               |            | National       |                  |
|   |               |            | Hydrologic     |                  |
|   |               |            | Operational    |                  |
|   |               |            | Remote Sensing |                  |
|   |               |            | Center.        |                  |
|   |               |            | Experts of     |                  |
|   |               |            | Hydrometcenter |                  |
|   |               |            | of Russia have |                  |
|   |               |            | executed the   |                  |
|   |               |            | complete       |                  |
|   |               |            | analysis of    |                  |
|   |               |            | processes of   |                  |
|   |               |            | flash floods   |                  |
|   |               |            | formation      |                  |
|   |               |            | which take     |                  |
|   |               |            | place on the   |                  |
|   |               |            | southwest      |                  |
|   |               |            | inflows of the |                  |
|   |               |            | Kuban River    |                  |
|   |               |            | Basin. The     |                  |
|   |               |            | preliminary    |                  |
|   |               |            | equations for  |                  |
|   |               |            | the            |                  |
|   |               |            | forecasting of |                  |
|   |               |            | rain floods    |                  |
|   |               |            | c              |                  |
|   |               |            | haracteristics |                  |
|   |               |            | in this part   |                  |
|   |               |            | of the Kuban   |                  |
|   |               |            | River Basin    |                  |
|   |               |            | are derived.   |                  |
|   |               |            | As a results   |                  |
|   |               |            | of the         |                  |
|   |               |            | executed       |                  |
|   |               |            | research, it   |                  |
|   |               |            | has been       |                  |
|   |               |            | established    |                  |
|   |               |            | that the       |                  |
|   |               |            | time-spatial   |                  |
|   |               |            | resolution of  |                  |
|   |               |            | the            |                  |
|   |               |            | precipitation  |                  |
|   |               |            | data (both     |                  |
|   |               |            | observed and   |                  |
|   |               |            | forecasted     |                  |
|   |               |            | precipitation) |                  |
|   |               |            | should be in   |                  |
|   |               |            | limits from    |                  |
|   |               |            | 1-3 hours. For |                  |
|   |               |            | detailed and   |                  |
|   |               |            | reliable       |                  |
|   |               |            | heavy-rain     |                  |
|   |               |            | forecasting in |                  |
|   |               |            | the Kuban      |                  |
|   |               |            | River Basin,   |                  |
|   |               |            | the algorithm  |                  |
|   |               |            | of maximum and |                  |
|   |               |            | average        |                  |
|   |               |            | intensity of   |                  |
|   |               |            | showers        |                  |
|   |               |            | forecast in    |                  |
|   |               |            | this basin in  |                  |
|   |               |            | view of the    |                  |
|   |               |            | hydrographic   |                  |
|   |               |            | ch             |                  |
|   |               |            | aracteristics, |                  |
|   |               |            | the lay of the |                  |
|   |               |            | land, the      |                  |
|   |               |            | directions of  |                  |
|   |               |            | main mountain  |                  |
|   |               |            | ridges and     |                  |
|   |               |            | other features |                  |
|   |               |            | of the         |                  |
|   |               |            | territory has  |                  |
|   |               |            | been           |                  |
|   |               |            | developed.     |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 2 | Apply Russian | U.S.:      | Data for this  | To be further    |
| . | forecasting   | Robin      | activity on    | discussed by     |
| 2 | techniques    | Radlein    | the Yukon      | electronic mail. |
|   | for           |            | River were     | Organization of  |
|   | forecasting   | Russia: Z. | turned over to | the workshop for |
|   | ice break up  | Kopaliana  | Dr. Borshch in | acquaintance of  |
|   | and the       |            | Minneapolis.   | the American     |
|   | probably      |            | He reviewed    | experts with the |
|   | occurrence of |            | the data and   | Russian          |
|   | ice jams      |            | asked for      | experience in    |
|   | during        |            | several format | the field of     |
|   | breakup to    |            | changes. These | development of   |
|   | the Yukon     |            | will be        | ice forecast     |
|   | River in      |            | updated and    | methods in       |
|   | Alaska and    |            | mailed to Dr.  | Hydrometcenter   |
|   | the Red River |            | Borsch in      | of Russia.       |
|   | of the North  |            | January 2008.  |                  |
|   | in Minnesota  |            | Experts of     |                  |
|   | and North     |            | Hydrometcenter |                  |
|   | Dakota        |            | of Russia have |                  |
|   |               |            | analyzed the   |                  |
|   |               |            | data received  |                  |
|   |               |            | from the       |                  |
|   |               |            | American       |                  |
|   |               |            | colleagues. As |                  |
|   |               |            | they have      |                  |
|   |               |            | received an    |                  |
|   |               |            | incomplete     |                  |
|   |               |            | data series on |                  |
|   |               |            | the terms of   |                  |
|   |               |            | ice break-up   |                  |
|   |               |            | (there are a   |                  |
|   |               |            | lot of gaps in |                  |
|   |               |            | the lines of   |                  |
|   |               |            | ice break-up   |                  |
|   |               |            | data), they    |                  |
|   |               |            | have executed  |                  |
|   |               |            | the extension  |                  |
|   |               |            | of all lines   |                  |
|   |               |            | of data to a   |                  |
|   |               |            | single         |                  |
|   |               |            | observational  |                  |
|   |               |            | data series.   |                  |
|   |               |            | The period     |                  |
|   |               |            | from 1987 to   |                  |
|   |               |            | 1998 was       |                  |
|   |               |            | chosen for the |                  |
|   |               |            | use in further |                  |
|   |               |            | i              |                  |
|   |               |            | nvestigations. |                  |
|   |               |            | As a result of |                  |
|   |               |            | the analysis   |                  |
|   |               |            | of the data on |                  |
|   |               |            | terms of ice   |                  |
|   |               |            | break-up,      |                  |
|   |               |            | significant    |                  |
|   |               |            | time trends    |                  |
|   |               |            | are revealed.  |                  |
|   |               |            | In view of     |                  |
|   |               |            | this, it was   |                  |
|   |               |            | necessary to   |                  |
|   |               |            | exclude these  |                  |
|   |               |            | trends from    |                  |
|   |               |            | the time       |                  |
|   |               |            | series of the  |                  |
|   |               |            | ice break-up.  |                  |
|   |               |            | At the end of  |                  |
|   |               |            | March, the     |                  |
|   |               |            | discriminated  |                  |
|   |               |            | analysis was   |                  |
|   |               |            | carried out.   |                  |
|   |               |            | It made it     |                  |
|   |               |            | possible to    |                  |
|   |               |            | find out the   |                  |
|   |               |            | informative    |                  |
|   |               |            | areas in the   |                  |
|   |               |            | field of       |                  |
|   |               |            | predictors     |                  |
|   |               |            | (fields of     |                  |
|   |               |            | geopotential   |                  |
|   |               |            | H100 and H500  |                  |
|   |               |            | for January,   |                  |
|   |               |            | February, and  |                  |
|   |               |            | March). Also,  |                  |
|   |               |            | they have      |                  |
|   |               |            | executed the   |                  |
|   |               |            | component      |                  |
|   |               |            | analysis. The  |                  |
|   |               |            | experts from   |                  |
|   |               |            | the Russian    |                  |
|   |               |            | and American   |                  |
|   |               |            | sides          |                  |
|   |               |            | communicated   |                  |
|   |               |            | by email on t  |                  |
|   |               |            | he issue of    |                  |
|   |               |            | presentation   |                  |
|   |               |            | of the         |                  |
|   |               |            | meteorological |                  |
|   |               |            | information    |                  |
|   |               |            | necessary for  |                  |
|   |               |            | the            |                  |
|   |               |            | development of |                  |
|   |               |            | ice jams       |                  |
|   |               |            | forecast       |                  |
|   |               |            | methods.       |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 2 | Development   | U.S.:      | \(1\) NOAA     | To be further    |
| . | of methods    | Robin      | requested a    | discussed by     |
| 3 | and           | Radlein    | detailed       | electronic mail. |
|   | technologies  |            | description of | In addition, Dr. |
|   | for long-term | Russia:    | what data      | Borshch has been |
|   | background    | Sergey     | Roshydromet    | invited to       |
|   | forecasts,    | Borshch    | needs and what | participate in   |
|   | with a lead   |            | the selection  | the 2008         |
|   | time greater  |            | criteria       | Northern Forum   |
|   | than one      |            | should be in   | Flood Working    |
|   | month, of     |            | order to use   | Group meeting in |
|   | spring flood  |            | the Russian    | Krasnoyarsk      |
|   | maximum water |            | techniques;    | (date still      |
|   | level and its |            | this was       | unknown) and has |
|   | occurrence    |            | provided       | accepted,        |
|   | date          |            |                | pending the      |
|   |               |            | \(2\) NOAA has | availability of  |
|   |               |            | selected the   | financial        |
|   |               |            | candidate      | resources.       |
|   |               |            | locations on   |                  |
|   |               |            | the Yukon      |                  |
|   |               |            | River and Red  |                  |
|   |               |            | River of the   |                  |
|   |               |            | North for      |                  |
|   |               |            | evaluating the |                  |
|   |               |            | timing of      |                  |
|   |               |            | breakup and    |                  |
|   |               |            | the maximum    |                  |
|   |               |            | snow melt      |                  |
|   |               |            | runoff. The    |                  |
|   |               |            | necessary data |                  |
|   |               |            | is incomplete  |                  |
|   |               |            | and has not    |                  |
|   |               |            | yet been       |                  |
|   |               |            | received by    |                  |
|   |               |            | Hydrometcenter |                  |
|   |               |            | of Russia. Dr. |                  |
|   |               |            | Borsch is in   |                  |
|   |               |            | correspondence |                  |
|   |               |            | with NOAA on   |                  |
|   |               |            | matters of     |                  |
|   |               |            | data           |                  |
|   |               |            | composition    |                  |
|   |               |            | needed for     |                  |
|   |               |            | forecasting    |                  |
|   |               |            | method         |                  |
|   |               |            | development.   |                  |
|   |               |            | The Russian    |                  |
|   |               |            | side intends   |                  |
|   |               |            | to apply       |                  |
|   |               |            | methods used   |                  |
|   |               |            | in the country |                  |
|   |               |            | for background |                  |
|   |               |            | forecast of    |                  |
|   |               |            | the dates of   |                  |
|   |               |            | the occurrence |                  |
|   |               |            | and the        |                  |
|   |               |            | magnitudes     |                  |
|   |               |            | (range) of the |                  |
|   |               |            | maximum flood  |                  |
|   |               |            | level and      |                  |
|   |               |            | mainly         |                  |
|   |               |            | discriminated  |                  |
|   |               |            | component and  |                  |
|   |               |            | regression     |                  |
|   |               |            | analyses. For  |                  |
|   |               |            | this purpose,  |                  |
|   |               |            | the Russian    |                  |
|   |               |            | experts need   |                  |
|   |               |            | timing series  |                  |
|   |               |            | of the maximum |                  |
|   |               |            | levels         |                  |
|   |               |            | occurrence and |                  |
|   |               |            | the maximum    |                  |
|   |               |            | levels         |                  |
|   |               |            | themselves for |                  |
|   |               |            | the period     |                  |
|   |               |            | from 1958 to   |                  |
|   |               |            | 2007 at the    |                  |
|   |               |            | hydrological   |                  |
|   |               |            | level gauges   |                  |
|   |               |            | on the Yukon   |                  |
|   |               |            | River and Red  |                  |
|   |               |            | River.         |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
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+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 3 | \(a\) Access  | U.S.:      | \(a\) NOAA     | Both sides       |
| . | to global     | Felix      | provided a     | consider it      |
| 1 | ATOVS data    | Kogan,     | point of       | inappropriate to |
|   | from NOAA     | Peter      | contact at     | continue the     |
|   | satellites;   | Romanov    | NESDIS who is  | cooperation      |
|   | (b)           |            | responsible    | under the        |
|   | negotiation   | Russia: A. | for the        | activity (a) The |
|   | in the area   | Uspensky   | production of  | second activity  |
|   | of            |            | ATOVS data.    | (b) will be      |
|   | "Monitoring   |            | The data are   | reformulated     |
|   | the           |            | available;     | more             |
|   | Environment,  |            | however, the   | specifically and |
|   | Natural       |            | requested      | developed as a   |
|   | Disaster,     |            | format might   | separate item    |
|   | Climate, and  |            | be a problem.  | under Project 3. |
|   | Anthropogenic |            |                |                  |
|   | Activities"   |            | \(b\) NOAA has |                  |
|   |               |            | identified two |                  |
|   |               |            | organization   |                  |
|   |               |            | (Hydromet      |                  |
|   |               |            | Center and the |                  |
|   |               |            | Institute for  |                  |
|   |               |            | Agricultural   |                  |
|   |               |            | Meteorology,   |                  |
|   |               |            | Obninsk)       |                  |
|   |               |            | willing to     |                  |
|   |               |            | discuss joint  |                  |
|   |               |            | collaboration; |                  |
|   |               |            | a statement of |                  |
|   |               |            | work was       |                  |
|   |               |            | prepared and   |                  |
|   |               |            | sent to the    |                  |
|   |               |            | Russian        |                  |
|   |               |            | institutions;  |                  |
|   |               |            | Dr. Kogan      |                  |
|   |               |            | visited Moscow |                  |
|   |               |            | in             |                  |
|   |               |            | mid-September  |                  |
|   |               |            | 2006 to        |                  |
|   |               |            | further        |                  |
|   |               |            | discuss the    |                  |
|   |               |            | proposed       |                  |
|   |               |            | collabotation  |                  |
|   |               |            | with Dr.       |                  |
|   |               |            | Kleshenko and  |                  |
|   |               |            | Dr.            |                  |
|   |               |            | Strashnaiya    |                  |
|   |               |            | and Dr.        |                  |
|   |               |            | Maximenkova    |                  |
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| 4 | I             | U.S.:      | \(1\) The      | \(1\) NOAA Tiksi |
| . | mplementation | Taneil     | weather        | science plan and |
| 1 | of            | Uttal,     | station in     | draft            |
|   | observatory   | Robert     | Tiksi was      | Roshydromet      |
|   | in Tiksi      | Stone,     | rebuilt;       | science plan     |
|   |               | Sergey     | construction   | will be merged.  |
|   |               | Matrosov,  | was completed  |                  |
|   |               | Simon      | in October of  | \(2\) A black    |
|   |               | Stephenson | 2006           | carbon sampler   |
|   |               |            |                | will be shipped  |
|   |               | Russia:    | \(2\) NOAA     | from NOAA to     |
|   |               | Alexander  | hosted a joint | Roshydromet      |
|   |               | Makshtas,  | planning       | (Uttal)          |
|   |               | Yury       | meeting in     |                  |
|   |               | Tsaturov   | Boulder from   | \(3\) NOAA will  |
|   |               |            | February 27 -- | initiate a       |
|   |               |            | March 1, 2007; | personnel        |
|   |               |            | six            | services         |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | contract with    |
|   |               |            | scientists     | Roshydromet for  |
|   |               |            | participated,  | support salaries |
|   |               |            | including      | for              |
|   |               |            | r              | meteorologist    |
|   |               |            | epresentatives | tech             |
|   |               |            | from both      | nician/engineers |
|   |               |            | Tiksi and      | in Tiksi         |
|   |               |            | Yakutsk. NOAA  | (Nesterov,       |
|   |               |            | and            | Kilmyaninov, and |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | Dikhtyarenko)    |
|   |               |            | coordinated on |                  |
|   |               |            | the design and | \(4\)            |
|   |               |            | planning of a  | Roshydromet will |
|   |               |            | climate        | provide a        |
|   |               |            | observatory in | contact point    |
|   |               |            | Tiski (funding | for negotiating  |
|   |               |            | provided by    | the facilities   |
|   |               |            | NSF).          | contract based   |
|   |               |            | Construction   | on projected     |
|   |               |            | is scheduled   | observatory      |
|   |               |            | for completion | operating        |
|   |               |            | in May 2008.   | expenses         |
|   |               |            |                | (Nesterov,       |
|   |               |            | \(3\) A site   | Kilmyaninov, and |
|   |               |            | survey took    | Dikhtyarenko)    |
|   |               |            | place in       |                  |
|   |               |            | Russia in      | \(5\)            |
|   |               |            | August 2007;   | Roshydromet will |
|   |               |            | five           | provide a        |
|   |               |            | r              | contact point    |
|   |               |            | epresentatives | for negotiating  |
|   |               |            | from NOAA and  | the personnel    |
|   |               |            | one from VECO  | services         |
|   |               |            | Polar          | contract         |
|   |               |            | Resources      |                  |
|   |               |            | attended;      | \(6\)            |
|   |               |            | meetings took  | Roshydromet will |
|   |               |            | place in       | award a          |
|   |               |            | Moscow,        | communications   |
|   |               |            | Yakutsk, and   | contract for the |
|   |               |            | Tiksi.         | Tiksi facility   |
|   |               |            | Negotiations   | that will result |
|   |               |            | commenced on   | in satellite     |
|   |               |            | operations and | transfer of data |
|   |               |            | facilities     | to St.           |
|   |               |            | support for    | Petersburg       |
|   |               |            | the Tiksi      | (Kilmyaninov and |
|   |               |            | Observatory.   | Dikhtyarenko).   |
|   |               |            |                | Details of the   |
|   |               |            | \(4\) A        | communications   |
|   |               |            | summary of the | system will be   |
|   |               |            | Clean Air      | reviewed by VECO |
|   |               |            | Facility site  | Polar (McKibben) |
|   |               |            | survey was     |                  |
|   |               |            | prepared and   | \(7\) To         |
|   |               |            | shared with    | consider further |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | the feasibility  |
|   |               |            | (Uttal).       | and advisability |
|   |               |            |                | of               |
|   |               |            | \(5\)          | implementation   |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | of Climate       |
|   |               |            | has recovered  | Reference        |
|   |               |            | and digitized  | Network (CRN)    |
|   |               |            | historical     | sites at Tiksi   |
|   |               |            | data from the  | and Yakutsk      |
|   |               |            | Tiski weather  |                  |
|   |               |            | station.       | \(8\)            |
|   |               |            |                | Roshydromet will |
|   |               |            | \(6\) CRN site | pick a Russian   |
|   |               |            | selection and  | contact for a    |
|   |               |            | surveys for    | second CRN that  |
|   |               |            | Tiksi and      | is being         |
|   |               |            | Yakutsk        | proposed for     |
|   |               |            | completed      | Yakutsk          |
|   |               |            | (Diamond).     | (Kuzmich)        |
|   |               |            |                |                  |
|   |               |            | \(7\) A joint  | \(9\) The        |
|   |               |            | science        | Weather Station  |
|   |               |            | steering       | building report  |
|   |               |            | committee was  | will be          |
|   |               |            | established    | submitted to NSF |
|   |               |            | with 4 U.S.    | (McKibben)       |
|   |               |            | and 4 Russian  |                  |
|   |               |            | re             | \(10\) An        |
|   |               |            | presentatives. | outreach plan    |
|   |               |            |                | will be          |
|   |               |            | \(8\)          | developed for    |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | the Tiksi        |
|   |               |            | has xinokwrws  | community        |
|   |               |            | paperwork to   | (Kilmyaninov and |
|   |               |            | move the       | Uttal)           |
|   |               |            | surface ozone  |                  |
|   |               |            | sampler        | \(11\) Plans     |
|   |               |            | brought by the | will be          |
|   |               |            | NOAA           | developed for an |
|   |               |            | delegation on  | opening ceremony |
|   |               |            | August 16 form | for the Tiksi    |
|   |               |            | Russian        | facility in      |
|   |               |            | customs;       | summer of 2008   |
|   |               |            | sampler has    | (Dmitrieva and   |
|   |               |            | been shipped   | Tatusko)         |
|   |               |            | to Tiksi for   |                  |
|   |               |            | operation.     | \(12\) To        |
|   |               |            |                | consider the     |
|   |               |            |                | feasibility and  |
|   |               |            |                | advisability of  |
|   |               |            |                | inclusion of the |
|   |               |            |                | Tiksi            |
|   |               |            |                | Observatory into |
|   |               |            |                | the GCOS GUAN    |
|   |               |            |                | network.         |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
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+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 5 | Continuation  | U.S.       | Regular        | Continued        |
| . | of on-going   | Karsten    | updates of     | updates of all   |
| 1 | data exchange | Shein      | numerous       | jointly held and |
|   | and research  |            | electronic     | maintained       |
|   | activities    | Russia:    | data sets that | environmental    |
|   | between NOAA  | Marsel     | are maintained | data sets,       |
|   | and           | Sh         | by the U.S.    | especially       |
|   | Roshydromet   | aimardanov | and/or Russia. | global climate   |
|   |               |            | Transfer of    | data sets.       |
|   |               |            | climatological | Identification   |
|   |               |            | data, either   | and evaluation   |
|   |               |            | electronically | of new areas of  |
|   |               |            | (i.e., FTP) or | research using   |
|   |               |            | via hard media | these existing   |
|   |               |            | (e.g., CD,     | data sets and    |
|   |               |            | DVD)           | the development  |
|   |               |            |                | of new datasets  |
|   |               |            |                | for addressing   |
|   |               |            |                | specific climate |
|   |               |            |                | change           |
|   |               |            |                | questions. To be |
|   |               |            |                | further          |
|   |               |            |                | discussed at     |
|   |               |            |                | April meeting.   |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 5 | Management of | U.S. Imke  | Continued      | IGRA has been    |
| . | upper-air     | Durre/Russ | compilation    | transitioned to  |
| 2 | data          | Vose       | and update of  | operational      |
|   | exchange, and |            | IGRA and       | status and       |
|   | empirical and | Russia:    | CLIMAT         | updates are      |
|   | statistical   | Alexander  | upper-air data | available for    |
|   | analyses of   | Sterin     | sets. Upgrade  | download by      |
|   | current and   |            | of file        | Roshydromet on a |
|   | historical    |            | parsing        | regular basis.   |
|   | change of the |            | protocols to   | To provide       |
|   | fr            |            | improve FTP    | further          |
|   | ee-atmosphere |            | transfer of    | improvement of   |
|   | climate       |            | up-to-date     | the IGRA data    |
|   |               |            | data sets.     | set organization |
|   |               |            | Updated        | in order to      |
|   |               |            | statistical    | facilitate       |
|   |               |            | analysis of    | annual and       |
|   |               |            | upper-air data | monthly          |
|   |               |            | sent from      | downloads for    |
|   |               |            | Roshydromet    | users.           |
|   |               |            | (Sterin) to    | Additional       |
|   |               |            | CDIAC Trends   | development and  |
|   |               |            | Online         | research of      |
|   |               |            | publication.   | atmosphere       |
|   |               |            |                | climate          |
|   |               |            |                | regarding        |
|   |               |            |                | upper-air data   |
|   |               |            |                | continues to be  |
|   |               |            |                | conducted. To    |
|   |               |            |                | perform the      |
|   |               |            |                | analysis of      |
|   |               |            |                | completeness and |
|   |               |            |                | quality of       |
|   |               |            |                | upper-air data   |
|   |               |            |                | sets of both     |
|   |               |            |                | sides in order   |
|   |               |            |                | to create a      |
|   |               |            |                | future joint     |
|   |               |            |                | global upper-air |
|   |               |            |                | dataset for      |
|   |               |            |                | download on a    |
|   |               |            |                | regular basis    |
|   |               |            |                | since 2004. To   |
|   |               |            |                | be further       |
|   |               |            |                | discussed at     |
|   |               |            |                | April meeting.   |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 5 | Ground-based  | U.S.:      | Several        | Work to include  |
| . | data exchange | Karsten    | baseline data  | near-surface     |
| 3 | and empirical | Shein      | sets (e.g.     | (land and ocean) |
|   | and           |            | GHCN) continue | data collected   |
|   | statistical   | Russia:    | to be          | during IPY in    |
|   | analyses of   | Vladimir   | maintained,    | operational      |
|   | current and   | Razuvaev   | quality        | boundary-layer   |
|   | historical    |            | controlled,    | atmospheric and  |
|   | change of the |            | updated and    | oceanic datasets |
|   | surface-layer |            | transferred    | and to develop   |
|   | climate       |            | between the    | new datasets.    |
|   |               |            | U.S. and       | Development of   |
|   |               |            | Russia.        | key areas for    |
|   |               |            | Several of     | research foci    |
|   |               |            | these data     | utilizing these  |
|   |               |            | sets include   | data. To be      |
|   |               |            | information on | further          |
|   |               |            | snow depth and | discussed at     |
|   |               |            | snow-water     | April meeting.   |
|   |               |            | equivalence.   |                  |
|   |               |            | Statistical    |                  |
|   |               |            | analyses of    |                  |
|   |               |            | current and    |                  |
|   |               |            | historical     |                  |
|   |               |            | change of      |                  |
|   |               |            | terrestrial    |                  |
|   |               |            | climate are    |                  |
|   |               |            | ongoing within |                  |
|   |               |            | the scope of   |                  |
|   |               |            | the IPY.       |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 5 | Management of | U.S.       | At the present | This activity    |
| . | oceanographic | Margarita  | time, the U.S. | will be dropped  |
| 4 | data exchange | Conkri     | and Russian    | as a formal      |
|   |               | ght-Gregg, | participating  | activity of the  |
|   |               | Sydney     | personnel of   | MoU. To be       |
|   |               | Levitus    | this activity  | further          |
|   |               |            | wish to delay  | discussed at the |
|   |               | Russia:    | the inclusion  | April meeting.   |
|   |               | Nicolai    | of a Statement |                  |
|   |               | Mikhailov  | of Work under  |                  |
|   |               |            | the MoU until  |                  |
|   |               |            | such time as   |                  |
|   |               |            | they may       |                  |
|   |               |            | better address |                  |
|   |               |            | oceanographic  |                  |
|   |               |            | data exchange  |                  |
|   |               |            | protocols and  |                  |
|   |               |            | they develop   |                  |
|   |               |            | geo areas,     |                  |
|   |               |            | parameters,    |                  |
|   |               |            | and other      |                  |
|   |               |            | c              |                  |
|   |               |            | haracteristics |                  |
|   |               |            | of             |                  |
|   |               |            | oceanographic  |                  |
|   |               |            | data exchange  |                  |
|   |               |            | and also other |                  |
|   |               |            | directions of  |                  |
|   |               |            | joint in       |                  |
|   |               |            | relation to    |                  |
|   |               |            | the stated     |                  |
|   |               |            | goals of the   |                  |
|   |               |            | MoU. Until     |                  |
|   |               |            | that time,     |                  |
|   |               |            | work           |                  |
|   |               |            | associated     |                  |
|   |               |            | with this      |                  |
|   |               |            | project will   |                  |
|   |               |            | continue under |                  |
|   |               |            | the auspices   |                  |
|   |               |            | of the         |                  |
|   |               |            | In             |                  |
|   |               |            | tergovenmental |                  |
|   |               |            | Oceanographic  |                  |
|   |               |            | Co             |                  |
|   |               |            | mmission/World |                  |
|   |               |            | Data Center    |                  |
|   |               |            | (IOC/WDC)      |                  |
|   |               |            | International  |                  |
|   |               |            | Oceanographic  |                  |
|   |               |            | Data and       |                  |
|   |               |            | Information    |                  |
|   |               |            | Exchange       |                  |
|   |               |            | (IODE)         |                  |
|   |               |            | operations.    |                  |
+---+---------------+------------+----------------+------------------+
| 5 | To consider   | U.S.:      | Preliminary    | PI Leads to      |
| . | the possible  | Howard     | discussions on | identify         |
| 5 | duplication   | Diamond    | this subject   | candidate        |
|   | of agreed     |            | took place in  | satellite data   |
|   | satellite     | Russia:    | 2005 and 2006. | for a test       |
|   | data/products | Alexander  | US PI changed  | project. WDC-A   |
|   | in WDC-B in   | Sterin,    | to Howard      | to coordinate    |
|   | order to      | Marsel     | Diamond.       | development of   |
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|   | A-Roshydromet |            | 10-14, 2007.   | April 2008       |
|   | planning and  | Russia: M. | Rodney Weiher  | meeting:         |
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|   |               |            | detailing      | disseminate the  |
|   |               |            | major          | results of       |
|   |               |            | activities of  | economic         |
|   |               |            | cooperation.   | research on      |
|   |               |            |                | meteorology and  |
|   |               |            |                | to promote       |
|   |               |            |                | future           |
|   |               |            |                | cooperation in   |
|   |               |            |                | research         |
|   |               |            |                | activities of    |
|   |               |            |                | interest to NOAA |
|   |               |            |                | and Roshydromet. |
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|   |               |            |                | \(2\) Exchange   |
|   |               |            |                | results of       |
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|   |               |            |                | studies on the   |
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|   |               |            |                | households and   |
|   |               |            |                | other sectors.   |
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|   |               |            |                | \(3\) Exchange   |
|   |               |            |                | analytical       |
|   |               |            |                | materials of     |
|   |               |            |                | NOAA and         |
|   |               |            |                | Roshydromet      |
|   |               |            |                | conferences and  |
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|   |               |            |                | by major         |
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|   |               |            |                | of exchanged     |
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|   |               |            |                | Research         |
|   |               |            |                | Applications     |
|   |               |            |                | Laboratory (RAL) |
|   |               |            |                | to discuss the   |
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|   |               |            |                | efficiency and   |
|   |               |            |                | the usage of the |
|   |               |            |                | results of the   |
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|   |               |            |                | research.        |
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|   |               |            |                | \(5\) Creation   |
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|   |               |            |                | Roshydromet      |
|   |               |            |                | containing       |
|   |               |            |                | information on   |
|   |               |            |                | severe weather   |
|   |               |            |                | conditions and   |
|   |               |            |                | hyd              |
|   |               |            |                | rometeorological |
|   |               |            |                | hazards that     |
|   |               |            |                | cause social and |
|   |               |            |                | economic losses, |
|   |               |            |                | including the    |
|   |               |            |                | exchange of such |
|   |               |            |                | data with NOAA   |
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