Annex I List of Participants Representatives of Country (ROCs) member of the Executive Committee Mr Eric R LOCKLEAR Chairman, JTA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring Climate Program Office 1315 East-West Highway, Room 12107, SSMC 3 Silver Spring MD 20910-5603 United States Tel: +1 301 734 1236 Fax: +1 301 713 0518 Email: Dr Salim JAVED Manager, Terrestrial Assessment & Conservation Environment Agency Murour Road , P.O. Box 45553 ABU DHABI Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Tel: +971 2 6934711 Fax: +971 22 4997282 Email: Mr Johan STANDER South African Weather Service Weather Office, P O Box 21, International Airport Cape Town 7525 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 21 9355700 Fax: +27 (0) 21 934 4590 Email: Other ROCs Prof. David MELDRUM Research Fellow, Technology Development Scottish Association for Marine Science Scottish Marine Institute Oban, Scotland PA37 1QA United Kingdom Tel: +44 1631 559 273 Fax: +44 1631 559 001 Email: Dr Birgit KLEIN Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie Bernhard-Nocht Straße 78 20359 Hamburg Germany Tel: +49 40 3190 3228 Fax: +49 40 3190 5000 Email: Ms Holly LOURIE CLS Australia 3/33 Forbes St. Turner ACT 2612 Australia Tel: +61 0403855954 Email: Dr R. VENKATESAN National Institute Of Ocean Technology Pallikaranai Velachery - Tambaram Road Chennai 600100 India India Tel: +51 44 6678 3535 Fax: +51 94443 99829 E-mail: Other Representatives Mr Gilbert EMZIVAT Météo-France, CMM 13 rue du Chatellier – CS12804 29288 BREST CEDEX 2 France Tel: +33 (0)2 98 22 18 53 Fax: +33 (0)2 98 22 18 49 Email: Mr Scott ROGERSON Argos DCS Program Manager NOAA Satellite Operations Facility United States Tel: +1 301-817-4543 Email:
Dr Shouhua LIU Associate Scientist National Marine Data and Information Service No 93 Liuwei Road 300171 Tianjin China Tel: 022 240 10834 Fax: 022- 240 0926 Email: huazai950@hotmail.com Dr Ting YU National Marine Data and Information Service State Oceanic Administration No 93 Liuwei Road, Hedong District Tianjin 300171 China Tel: +86 22 2401 0821 Fax: +86 22 2401 0926 Julia_yu_nmdis@163.com Secretariat Mr Etienne CHARPENTIER Scientific Officer World Meteorological Organization Observing and Information Systems Department Observing Systems Division World Meteorological Organization 7bis, av. de la Paix Case Postale 2300 1211 Genève 2 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 730 82 23 Fax: +41 22 730 81 28 Email: Dr Thomas GROSS Programme Specialist GOOS, Web Services Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy 75732 Paris cedex 07 France Tel: +33 1 45 68 39 92 Fax: +33 1 45 68 58 12 Email: CLS Mr Yann BERNARD Head of Environmental Monitoring Department Collecte et Localisation par Satellite (CLS/Service Argos) Parc Technologique du Canal 8-10, rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville Saint-Agne France Tel: +33 (0)5 61 39 39 09 Fax: +33 (0)5 61 39 47 97 Email: Gillian LICHOTA CLS America, Inc. 4300 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 110 Lanham MD 20706 United States Email: Ms Holly LOURIE CLS Australia 3/33 Forbes St. Turner ACT 2612 Australia Tel: +61 0403855954 Email: ________________
ANNEX OF ANNEX III Summary of action items from JTA-EC-13 No. Ref. (agenda item) Action/decision item By whom Deadline Comment JEC13#1 J35/2.3.6 JTA-EC to propose a new structure of the JTA assuring proper governance, and user representation Chair JTA-EC-14 ToRs of the ROCs, RUGs and nomination process to be reviewed. Targeted user groups: GOOS JCOMM CBS Wildlife ? JEC13#2 J35/3.4 JT-EC to develop the strategy document according to the template, in the view to submit it to the next Session of the JTA in 2016 J. Stander, Gillian JTA-36 JEC13#3 J35/7.1.2 JTA-EC to finalize the membership of the Technical Advisory Group on Wildlife Argos Applications (TAGW) and to make a proposal at the next JTA meeting Chair JTA-36 Eric to develop a proposal with the Chair of TAGW. JEC13#4 J35/8.1.3 JTA-EC to provide JTA-36 with information on how flexible it is in controlling the Argos operating costs to take into account the possibility of a decline in JTA Argos usage CLS & Chair JTA-36 JEC13#5 J35/8.3.1 to address the two issues of introducing an end-to-end Entry Level kit for emerging countries, such as developing countries and SIDS for Argos, and promoting scientific activities using Argos in polar regions regions, and make a proposal at the next JTA meeting through the JTA-EC J. Stander G. Lichota D. Meldrum Y. Bernard JTA-EC-14 Proposal to be developed by JTA-EC-14 JEC13#6 J35/11.10 JTA-EC to consider updating the Operating Principles to change the term of the JTA-EC members in order to better reflect a commitment to improve long term continuity of the JTA activities J. Stander JTA-EC-14 Proposal to be made at JTA-EC-14
JEC13#7 J35/11.12 JTA-EC to develop a JTA ROC and RUG nomination package to be considered by the The package will be used by the Secretariat to prepare the invitation letters to JTA meetings, and asking for nominations Chair JTA-EC-14 Chair to liaise with the Secretariat in this regard. JEC13#8 JEC13 Writing an introduction to the operating principles to refer to new Vision and Mission Chair JTA-EC-14 JEC13#9 JEC13 Including a typical JTA-EC agenda in the Operating Principles as an annex T. Gross JTA-EC-14 JEC13#10 JEC13 Reviewing the intersessional workplan (Annex XI-J of the operating principles). JTA-EC workplan and reporting process to be developed and inserted in this annex. Chair JTA-EC-14 JEC13#11 JEC13 to confirm preferred choice for the dates of J. Stander asap _____________________
ANNEX VI – LIST OF ACTIONS Note: The ongoing action items have been moved to Annex M of the Operating Principle. 1. Status of open actions from previous JTA Sessions No. Ref. (agenda item) Action/decision item By whom Deadline Status J34#06 JTA34/ 9.3 USA ROC should seek agreement to sign for a non-fixed rate, or pay in Euros USA ROC JTA-35 Open; to be pursued by Eric Locklear J34#07 JTA34/ 9.4 Review the JTA tariff to ensure it is fair, equitable and simple with respect to currency conversion JTA-EC JTA-35 Pending resolution of J34#06 J34#08 JTA34/ 11.2 Representation of the wildlife community will be solicited, and the Wildlife Technical Advisory Group (WTAG) will be formed. Chair WTAG JTA-EC 12 Process: Form WTAG with Chair as JTA-EC member. Kim Holland proposed for Chair. 2 – Status of open actions from previous JTA-EC meetings No. Ref. Action item By whom Deadline Comment JEC9#2 JEC9/2 1200 threshold issue & Wildlife large programmes: Proposal to be prepared and presented by the JTA Chair in consultation with Salim Javed (UAE) and CLS at JTA-EC-10. Task Team on Wildlife(& S. Javed) JTA-35 Usage should be encouraged. Conditions for benefiting from discounts to be defined (e.g. standards, funding, quantities, single organization, etc.). To be presented at JTA-34 Reassigned to Task Team on Wildlife OPEN JEC12/2.2.1 JTA chair to request of Satcom chair an invitation to Satcom meeting in Madrid 2016. JTA Chair Aug. 2015
JEC12/3.2 The ATAG must apply for RUG status. JTA Chair and K. Holland JTA-36 4. Actions and decisions of the present JTA-35 meeting No. Ref. (agenda item) Action/decision item By whom Deadline Comment J35#1 2.3.6 to propose a new structure of the JTA assuring proper governance, and user representation JTA-36 JTA-36 J35#2 3.4 to develop the strategy document according to the template, in the view to submit it to the next Session of the JTA in 2016 JTA-EC JTA-36 J35#3 4.3 to relay the CLS feedback on the national reports to the national users, and to invite them to make use of the CLS customer care service ROCs JTA-36 J35#4 4.4 to address, and to report feedback from the national reports at the next JTA Session CLS JTA-36 J35#5 7.1.2 to finalize the membership of the Technical Advisory Group on Wildlife Argos Applications (TAGW) and to make a proposal at the next JTA meeting JTA-EC JTA-36 J35#6 8.1.3 to provide JTA-36 with information on how flexible it is in controlling the Argos operating costs to take into account the possibility of a decline in JTA Argos usage JTA-EC JTA-36
J35#13 11.12 to develop a JTA ROC and RUG nomination package to be considered by the JTA-EC. The package will be used by the Secretariat to prepare the invitation letters to JTA meetings, and asking for nominations JTA-EC JTA-EC-14 ________________
Processing centers In progress The second phase is the integration of Argos4 data and the development of Argos-4 specific functions. This phase has been paused since 2014, waiting for better visibility of Argos-4 system schedule. However, the new cooperation CNES/ISRO has changed the deal. With the expected launch of Argos-4 on Indian satellite OceanSat-3 in 2018, this second phase will start by the end of 2015. In parallel, CNES and CLS have started the development of new Master Beacons and Reference Beacons. These beacons are multi-mission, and the Argos-3 system will benefit from the new master beacons as soon as they are deployed on-site, waiting for the Argos-4 instrument launch. Argos Users applications Monitoring Argos platforms The number of active Ocean/Met Argos platforms has increased by nearly 5% in 2015. This is due primarily to the larger number of active drifting buoys using Argos in the Global Drifter Program. Figure 41: Monthly active ocean Argos platforms statistics Figure 42 : Active Argos platforms repartition (June 2015) CLS Argos report for JCOMMOPS CLS continues to submit quarterly reports to JCOMMOPS which include the following information: All new ocean and meteorological Argos programs created All new ocean and meteorological Argos ID numbers created Active Argos platforms without WMO ID number assigned All Iridium ocean/met platforms processed by CLS Argos data timeliness The Argos Data disposal time is defined as the elapsed time between when an observation is collected by an Argos platform and when it is available to the user. The Argos Data Mean Disposal Time is composed of four delays: T1 = the revisit time (time for a platform to be seen by one of the Argos satellites), T2 = the time for the data to be downloaded to a ground station (nearly instantaneous for an HRPT station or corresponding to the time for the satellite to reach a global station), T3 = the data retrieval time (average time for the data to be transmitted to the Argos Data Processing Centers), T4 = the processing time (time required for the data to be processed in the Argos Data Processing
ANNEX XI-M ONGOING JTA ACTION ITEMS No. Ref. Action/decision item By whom Comment 1 JTA34/ 3.3 JTA Reports will include an annex of issues arising from national reports JTA-EC, Secretariat 2 JTA34/ 8.1.2 Evaluate and analyse the CLS charging algorithm and metrics. CLS, JTA-EC 3 JEC12/2.2.1 Requests DBCP chair to allow the JTA EC to report to the DBCP annual session JTA Chair 4 JTA35/2.3.4 to invite and inform the GOOS into the dialogue established between Animal telemetry and the IOOS (from IUCAWA) JTA 5 JTA35/11.4 to invite the national Argos users to consider including the Citation in peer reviewed journals, newspapers, web postings and/or social media interviews when describing their scientific work that used Argos satellite data telemetry ROCs The citation read as follows: The was used to collect the scientific data for this work. A global satellite system dedicated to studying and protecting the environment, Argos is an international program that relies on instruments provided by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) flown on polar-orbiting satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). _______________
Annex XIII List of Representatives of Country (ROCs) for the Argos jta (October 2015) Australia Holly Lourie Client Support CLS Aust-NZ-South Pacific Satellite IT Pty Ltd PO Box 42 South Yarra Victoria 3141 Australia Tel: +61 403 855 954 E-mail: BOTSWANA Kyle Good Programs Manager Cheetah Conservation Botswana, Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Private Bag 0457, Gaborone, BOTSWANA Telephone: +(267) 72356782 Telefax: + (267) 3500613 E-mail: kmgood@accelerate-it.co.bw Brazil Mr Wilson Yamaguti Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Av. dos Astronautas, 1758 12227-010 SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Brazil Telephone: +55-12 3322 9977 Telefax: +55-12 3321 8743 E-mail: yamaguti@dss.inpe.br Canada Mr Keith Lennon [To be confirmed] Fisheries and Oceans Canada 9860 West Saanich Road SIDNEY, BC V8L 4B2 Canada E-mail: CHILE Mr Christian Bull [To be confirmed] Cunlogan SA E-mail: China Yu Ting [To be confirmed] National Marine Data and Information Service 93 Liuwei Road. Hedong District Tianji, 300171 P.R. China Telephone: +86-22 24010 859 E-mail: julia_yu_nmdis@163.com Denmark Mr Claus Nehring Danish Meteorological Institute 100 Lyngbyveg DK-2100 COPENHAGEN 0 Denmark Telephone: +45 3915 7500 Telefax: +45 3927 1080 E-mail: cn@dmi.dk Finland Milla Johansson Finnish Meteorological Institute Erik Palménin aukio 1 PO Box 503 FI-00101 Helsinki Finland Telephone: +358 9 1929 6425 Telefax: + 356 9 3231 025 E-mail: Milla.Johansson@fmi.fi Germany Dr Birgit Klein
Mr Eric Locklear Climate Program Office NOAA 1100 Wayne Avenue Suite 1210 Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA Telephone: +1 301 427 2361 Telefax: +1 301 427 2222 E-mail: eric.locklear@noaa.gov OTHER Dr I-Jiunn Cheng National Taiwan Ocean University Institute of Marine Biology No. 2 Pei-Ning Road 202 KEELUNG Taiwan Telephone: +886-2 2462 2192-5303 Telefax: +886-2 2462 8974 E-mail: _______________