date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:14:47 +0100 from: "Rob Allan" subject: ACRE Zurich meeting Actions to: holger.meinke@wur.nl, stone@usq.edu.au, Pascal.Yiou@lsce.ipsl.fr, Albert.Klein.Tank@knmi.nl, pdailey@air-worldwide.com, Malcolm.Haylock@partnerre.com, Gilbert.P.Compo@noaa.gov, compo@colorado.edu, AMassacand@geosec.org, carton@atmos.umd.edu, parkin@essic.umd.edu, Thomas.Klein@smhi.se, Scott.D.Woodruff@noaa.gov, p.jones@uea.ac.uk, craig.donlon@metoffice.gov.uk, stefan.bronnimann@env.ethz.ch, Markus.Erhard@eea.europa.eu, Russell.Vose@noaa.gov, kenneth.casey@noaa.gov, ulbrich@met.fu-berlin.de, Jan.Kleinn@aspen-re.com, tom.howard@metoffice.gov.uk, andrea.grant@env.ethz.ch, Sakari.Uppala@ecmwf.int, juerg@giub.unibe.ch, antonio.cofino@unican.es, Paul.Della-Marta@meteoswiss.ch, menzel@forst.tu-muenchen.de, Bryson.Bates@csiro.au, kuettel@giub.unibe.ch, David_Bresch@swissre.com, valerie.trouet@wsl.ch, Xiaolan.Wang@ec.gc.ca, c.grossi-sampedro@uea.ac.uk, t.m.osborne@reading.ac.uk, RKUNZ@scor.com, Simon.Lloyd@lshtm.ac.uk, Dick.Dee@ecmwf.int, Paul.Holper@csiro.au, catharinesi@aol.com, sylvie.jourdain@meteo.fr, pascale.delecluse@meteo.fr, Howard.Diamond@noaa.gov, James.E.Overland@noaa.gov, JBuchanan@platinumre.com, Gabriela.Seiz@meteoswiss.ch, GJMA@bas.ac.uk, Jenny.Riches@premiers.qld.gov.au, Kevin.R.Wood@noaa.gov Dear All, I've attached here the set of Actions that were agreed at the ACRE Workshop in Zurich last month in advance of the full report on the meeting, which we're still working up. This will give WG leaders and all participants information on what we need to do to take the initiative further. I'll also send through the minutes of a small UK meeting under ACRE on Archives and Climate Change which was held at Queensland House last Friday (11th of July) for information on the data and archives area of ACRE activity. Cheers, Rob. ACRE Working groups 1. Data Rescue (Rob Allan) 2. Downscaling (Antonio Corfino) 3. Verification and Validation (Gil Compo) 4. User requirements and applications (Roger Stone) Action1: ACRE to contact ECSN to discuss the needs of ACRE and to explore how to work well with ECSN Actrion2: ACRE to request guidance and information on data policy Action3: ACRE to contact GEO/GEOSS to make them aware of the activity and link to a GEO task sheet Action4: ACRE to explore the possibility of making a presentation at the ECSN management meeting ACTION5: ACRE should establish which Inter-governmental teams (e.g. WMO CaGM, CCl, ET2.2, ETCCDI, GCOS focal points, WMO/IOC JCOMM etc.) are (a) relevant to ACRE and (b) could assist ACRE ACTION6: ACRE to set up a web page on the ACRE site to promote data rescue and expose the use of their data, applications etc. ACTION7: Phil to send the list of GCOS PRs to Rob with an explanation of proper process regarding collaboration for data access and rescue. ACTION8: Gil Compo to provide a summary of the problems with lack of MSLP data in the early part of the record to be sent to WMO Etienne Charpantier with a request for help ACTION9: An inventory of data used/available etc will be developed (Russ Vose NCDC) and put on the ACRE web site to complement that already provided by Rob Allan ACTION10: All to have a look at the ACRE web site and pass feedback and suggestions on improvements ACTION11: (Gil Compo) ACRE web site to include a Wiki/interactive blog?/comms tool/dairy to enable on-line discussion of major issues. ACTION12: NCDC can check the possibility of archiving digital images of lohgbooks etc. (Rob Allan, Russ Vose NCDC) link to Action1§3 ACTION13: Rob to put up a page on the ACRE web site that will explain what needs to be done for digitisation and how people can get involved. The page could explore a 'SETI' type community approach to community digitisation which would require a web interface and guidance on how to digitize data (FAQ or more detailed). Promote the Google Earth successes of Brohan et al (visual seduction…), identify the needs (Remarks books etc) ACTION 14: ACRE web site to include guidance on how to do data rescue – link to MEDARE project – FAQ and perhaps more – how to do this and what is best practice (how should this be done?). IMMA format?, verification? Validation? Tools? Problems and pitfalls? Successes? ACTION15: Saki Uppala to explore early archives at WMO (check with Saki) ACTION16: (Roger Stone) Explore if a student could be deployed to try and help digitise the UKHO/US NOAA Central Library Remarks Books ACTION17 (Stefan Bronnimann, Rob Allan) Has a web interface and 19 students to digitize data which could be used as a model system for ACRE. ACRE to explore how this system could be (a) promoted and (b) be used as a baseline system for further international STI Data Rescue activities ACTION18: Rob Allan to provide a list of monthly pressure data station list of the world for HadSLP and put on ACRE web pages ACTION19: Rob Allan, Markus Erhard, Roger Stone. to make contact with the Global Vegetation Modelling community. Applications, use iof the model inter-compariosn etc Action20: Roger link to FEAST, QERCI EU- Australia projects Action21: ACRE to reach out and ensure good connection to the people who are doing the raw data recovery – at the next meeting Action22: Have a target for data recovery as a countdown - % done bar on the web site – church appeal style Action23: WG chairs to develop ToR and plan of work with some deliverables Action24: (Rob Allan and Jan Klein) ACRE top seek advice on how best to work with the reinsurance industry (Bermuda) Action25: Rob and Xiaolan work towards a WMO article Action 26: Rob publish a formal pdf report of the meeting to help future funding of ACRE activities Action 27: Rob Allan and others to explore an ACRE.org web site including oceans etc. Action 28: Rob Allan to set up some top level (i.e. limited updates if any required) multi lingual web pages (Albert Klein-Tank DU, Carlotta Grossi ES, Xiaolan Wang CN, Stefan Bronnimann GR, Sylvie Jourdain FR) Action 29: ALL to advocate ACRE at national and international conferences, workshops etc. Action 30 Martin Juckes to explore convening a session on ACRE at EGU Action 31: Rob Allan to provide guidance on bringing the WG outputs together at the end of ACRE – top level objectives etc -- Dr Rob Allan, ACRE Project Manager, Climate Monitoring and Attribution Group, Met Office Hadley Centre. E-mail: rob.allan@metoffice.gov.uk ACRE WWW Page: http://brohan.org/hadobs/acre/acre.html Alternative E-mail: allarob@googlemail.com Phone: +44 (0)1392 886904 Fax: +44 (0)1392 885681 International phone: +44 1392 886552 Met Office climate change predictions can now be viewed on Google Earth http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/google/ Address: Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB United Kingdom