cc: "John Zillman" <j.zillman@bom.gov.au>, "John Church" <john.church@csiro.au>, "Mark Stafford-Smith" <Mark.StaffordSmith@csiro.au>, "Kevin Noone" <zippy@igbp.kva.se>, "Ann Henderson-Sellers" <AHenderson-Sellers@wmo.int>, "GCOSJPO" <GCOSJPO@wmo.int>, "Stephan Bojinski" <SBojinski@wmo.int>, "Valerie Spalding" <VSpalding@wmo.int>
date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:45:10 +0100
from: "David Goodrich" <DGoodrich@wmo.int>
subject: Climate Research and Observation Strategies Workshop
to: "Lucka Kajfez-Bogataj" <lucka.kajfez.bogataj@bf.uni-lj.si>, "Konrad Steffen" <konrad.steffen@colorado.edu>, "Francis Zweirs" <Francis.Zwiers@ec.gc.ca>, "Adrian Simmons" <Adrian.Simmons@ecmwf.int>, "Han Dolman" <han.dolman@geo.falw.vu.nl>, "Martin Parry" <martin.parry@metoffice.gov.uk>, "Gerald Meehl" <meehl@ncar.ucar.edu>, "Ed Harrison" <D.E.Harrison@noaa.gov>, "Susan Solomon" <susan.solomon@noaa.gov>, "V. Ramaswamy" <V.Ramaswamy@noaa.gov>, "David Karoly" <dkaroly@ou.edu>, "John Stone" <john.stone@rogers.com>, "Stephen Schneider" <shs@stanford.edu>, "Linda Mearns" <lindam@ucar.edu>, "Kevin Trenberth" <trenbert@ucar.edu>, "Phil Jones" <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

Dear Colleague,

We had contacted you in December regarding possible dates for a
workshop entitled Climate Research and Observation Strategies: Building
on the 2007 Climate Change Assessment (A Joint GCOS/WCRP/IPCC Workshop).
Following consultations with potential sponsors, we have agreed that the
workshop will take place on  4-6 October 2007, at the Hilton Hotel,
Sydney, Australia.  The workshop will be held following the Greenhouse
2007 Conference (http://www.greenhouse2007.com/ ) at the same venue

You had indicated your potential interest in participating, following
my initial message to you in December, and I sincerely hope that you
will be able to join us. Publication of the full IPCC 4th Assessment
Report (AR4) provides a unique opportunity to consider the climate
research challenges and observing system implications for the future.
The workshop will have a major input to the evolution of the Global
Climate Observing System (GCOS), and the research agenda for the World
Climate Research Programme (WCRP). We are planning for a meeting of
around 50 attendees, with a primary focus on the lessons to be learned
from IPCC Working Groups I and II.

We are in the process of putting together a draft agenda for this
workshop, and completing a full list of participants as soon as
possible. Travel and local expenditure for the meeting would be
supported.  Please confirm again your participation in the meeting to
gcosjpo@wmo.int by 9 March 2007.

We look forward to working with you and using the IPCC efforts to shape
the climate research and observation agenda.

Yours sincerely,





Dr. David M. Goodrich
Director, GCOS Secretariat
World Meteorological Organization  
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