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0800 Coffee
0830 Introductory session (1 hr, 30 min)
Joint session – welcome (local hosts), logistics, intro talks, workshop outcomes
Keeley – GOSUD overview, status (20 mins) –
Smith – SAMOS overview, status (20 mins) –
Outcomes: outcomes.ppt
KeeleyGOSUD.ppt
Smith_intro.ppt
1000 Break (20 min)
1020 Begin GOSUD and SAMOS working group meetings (2 hr)
Parallel sessions – See agendas below
1220 Lunch (1 hr, 10 min)
On own
1330 Continue working group meetings (1hr, 45 min)
Parallel sessions – See agendas below
1515 Break (15 min)
1530 Continue working group meetings (1hr, 30 min)
Parallel sessions – See agendas below
1700 End sessions

0800 Coffee, Poster set-up
0830 Invited Speakers: Science and Application (1 hr, 45 min)
Moderator: Robert Keeley
Gary Wick (20 min) – gary.wick_sst.ppt
Application of in situ observations to current satellite derived sea surface temperature products
Jaqueline Boutin (20 min) – Presentation_boutin_short.pdf
SMOS mission: a new way for monitoring SSS?
John Gunn (20 min) – Gosud-Samos_jgunn_final.ppt
Aquarius sea surface salinity satellite mission validation using near-real time, insitu oceanographic data
Benoit Tranchant (20 min) – GOSUD_Tranchant_bis.ppt
Interest of assimilating SSS data in an operational oceanographic context: The
MERCATOR OCEAN experience
Panel discussion (25 min)
1015 Break (15 min)
1030 Invited Speakers: Science and Application (1 hr, 45 min)
Moderator: Mark Bourassa
Janet Sprintall (20 min) - gosud_sprintall.ppt
Southern ocean surface measurements and the upper ocean heat budget
Hiroyuki Tomita (20 min) – Tomita_SAMOS_ep.pdf
Estimation of satellite-derived turbulent heat flux and use of in-situ observation
Frank Bradley (20 min) – BradleyRainfallatsea.ppt
Rainfall measurements aboard ships
Val Swail (20 min) – Waves_Swail.ppt + ship_in_big_swell.mpg
Requirements for surface marine observations in support of wind and wave forecasting and hindcasting
Panel discussion (25 min)
1215 Lunch (1 hr, 15 min) on own
1330 Invited Speakers: Science and Application (1 hr, 45 min)
Moderator: Chris Fairall
Ellsworth Dutton (20 min) – DuttonGOSUD-SAMOS.ppt
Progress in surface radiation measurements
Elizabeth Kent (20 min) – KentBias_SAMOS_v2.ppt
Bias correction of in situ observations
Ben Moat (20 min) – moat-SAMOS-final.ppt
Airflow modeling for research vessels
Mark Bourassa (20 min) – BourassaErrorAnalysis.ppt
1515 Break
Sensitivity of surface turbulent fluxes to observational errors
Panel discussion (25 min)

1530 Invited Speakers: Program Collaboration (1 hr, 30 min)
Moderator: Shawn Smith
Loic Petit De La Villeon (15 min) – coriolis_samos_petit_villeon.ppt
Potential collaboration between the Coriolis – a French project for operational oceanography – and the SAMOS Initiative
Phillip McGillivary (15 min) – McGillivarySAMOSPMCG06.ppt
TBA – U. S. Coast Guard
Douglas Perry (15 min) – Perry_SAMOS.ppt
NOAA shipboard data acquisition and data management
Elizabeth Kent [presenting for Graeme Ball] (15 min) – SAMOS-GOSUD-SOToverview.ppt
The JCOMM Ship Observations Team
Panel discussion (30 min)
1700 End session
1730 Poster session (with catered reception)
Presenting Author Title
Frank Bahr
Mark Bourassa
Jaqueline Boutin
(for Nathalie LeFevre)
Thierry Delcroix
Surface meteorology from Volunteer Observing Ships
Uncertainty in monthly surface wind fields from in situ
Chris Fairall
Patrick D. French
Gustavo Goni
Shinsuke Iwasaki
Elizabeth Kent
Masahisa Kubota
Phillip McGillivary
Geoffrey Morrison
Steven Rutz
Shawn Smith
Shawn Smith
Scott Woodruff observations - Bourassa_uncertainty_poster.ppt
Measuring surface seawater fugacity of CO2 on board ships of opportunity and moorings
Monitoring sea surface salinity in the global ocean from ships of opportunity: the French observation service
Progress on the NOAA Portable Seagoing Air-Sea Flux
Standard – fairall_et_al_samos_talk_05_06.ppt
Development of a low-cost autonomous micro-weather station module for use in open ocean and coastal marine environments
Thermosalinograph (TSG) transects maintained by
NOAA/AOML - Poster_Gustavo.pdf
Comparison of two global sea surface temperature data sets – iwasakiposter.pdf
Exploiting the synergies of VOS and research vessel marine meteorology – KentVOS_samos_poster.pdf
Surface heat fluxes from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis at the
KEO buoy site – kubotaposter.pdf
Autonomous surface vessels for air-sea flux and satellite calibration/validation studies - McGillivaryposter.pdf
Ferrybox sensor interface standard (FSIS) –
Morrisonposter.pdf
Following the flow of two underway data streams within the U.
S. National Oceanographic Date Center - poster_srutz.ppt
A comparison of SAMOS and bridge observations on research vessels – SmithRVicoads.pdf
Shipboard automated meteorological and oceanographic system initiative – Smithsamos_poster.pdf
ICOADS and High-Resolution Marine Meteorology and
Oceanography – Woodruff_icoads_poster.pdf

1930 End poster session

0800 Coffee
0830 Joint round table discussions (1 hr, 45 min)
Engaging and building a user community
What products can GOSUD and SAMOS provide to address needs raised by
Wednesday’s Speakers?
1015 Break (15 min)
1030 Continue round table discussions (1 hr, 45 min)
Identify areas open for collaboration (GOSUD and SAMOS)
Consider role of additional marine data collection initiatives (e.g., SeaKeepers, ADA
Technologies, FleetLink, others)
Discuss collaborations to improve high-latitude data access (IAATO, Raytheon, etc.)
Define actions to address collaboration
Funding international activities and collaborations
1215 Lunch (1 hr, 15 min) on own
1330 Continue round table discussions (1 hr, 45 min)
Discuss expanding activities to include observations not routinely observed (e.g. wind waves, swell)
Consider new directions for technology development (radiation standards, precipitation, currents, other subsurface measurements?)
1515 Break
1530 Continue round table discussions (1 hr, 30 min)
Setting priorities, new action items
Wrap-up, writing assignments, future workshops
1700 End Workshop

1020 Session 1 (2 hr)
Status Reports (10 min each)
Data stewardship/pilot project (Smith)
Portable standard (Fairall and Bahr) – fairall_et_al_samos_talk_05_06.ppt
Past action items (Smith)
Marine Handbook (Bradley – 1 hr) – Handbook_presentation.ppt
Collaboration with GOSUD (data exchange, etc.)
1220 Lunch (1 hr, 10 min)
On own
1330 Session 2 (1hr, 45 min)
Develop a plan for CFD modeling efforts (Smith, Moat)
What do we wish to learn from CFD
First steps, finding leader, developing proposal
Discuss radiation standards for ships (Fairall)
Minimum instrumentation, areas for future design
Completing accuracy requirements (Bourassa)
Scheduling on-board comparisons using ESRL/WHOI wireless portable standard
1515 Break (15 min)
1530 Session 3 (1hr, 30 min)
SAMOS initiative’s role in:
INMARTEC 2006 (October, Woods Hole)
International Polar Year (2007-2008)
Flux summer schools, tech training activities
Archival of instrument level (sub-1 minute samples) observations from RVs
Stewardship of automated “direct” flux measurements
Aiding RV operators in site design for optimal deployment of met sensors
(consulting)
Other topics as time allows:
Recruitment of new vessels to SAMOS
Data distribution: real-time via GTS vs. data withheld for validation efforts
Should SAMOS Initiative have a steering committee?
1700 End sessions

1020 Session 1 (2 hr) a) Review agenda b) Review of Actions from Southampton c) Status report – real-time and delayed mode processing – all d) QC processing (France, Canada) e) Duplicates control (France) f) Archives (France, US, others)
1220 Lunch (1 hr 10 min)
On own
1330 Session 2 (1 hr 45 min) a) Provision of data and information to others (all) b) Review of Project plan and needed developments (all)
1515 Break (15 min)
1530 Session 3 (1 hr 30 min): Linkages a) SMOS, Aquarius (Boutin, Gunn) b) Ferry Box, SeaKeepers, etc. (UK, others) c) OceanSITES d) Training materials (if suitable) - Keeley e) SAMOS i.
How to coordinate with GOSUD? ii.
How to share data on reception? iii.
National (US & SAMOS) and international (GOSUD) data reception iv.
How to collaborate on QC? v.
How to deliver data to archives? vi.
How to deliver a unified product to users? f) Other business
1700 End sessions